The days are shorter, the nights are longer, and there’s a chill in the air—fall is upon us! Stock your bar’s cocktail menu with some of these cozy, seasonally appropriate fall whiskey cocktail recipes.
Buckwheat Honey Old Fashioned
Ingredients:
2 oz Rampur Asava Indian Single Malt Whisky
¼ oz buckwheat honey
2-4 dashes Angostura Bitters
Orange peel
Directions:
In the bottom of a large rocks glass, combine the orange peel, bitters, and honey. Muddle to combine flavors and release the orange oil. Add 2 oz Rampur Asava. Stir gently to combine. Add ice, and stir again to further combine the ingredients and chill to dilution.
Recipe courtesy of Rampur Asava Indian Single Malt Whisky.
Ballotin S’mores
Ingredients:
1 oz Ballotin Caramel Turtle Whiskey
1 oz Ballotin Bourbon Ball
0.5 oz Marshmallow vodka 2 oz heavy cream
Directions:
Shake with ice, and strain into a graham cracker rimmed glass.
Recipe courtesy of Ballotin Chocolate Whiskey.
Pendleton Whisky Orchard Punch
Ingredients:
2 oz. of Pendleton Original
3 oz. of Apple Cider
1 dash of Angostura Bitters
Apple slice
Directions:
Combine all ingredients.
Recipe courtesy of Pendleton.
Ballotin Whiskey Kiss
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Ballotin Caramel Turtle Whiskey
3 oz champagne or prosecco
Dash of bitters
Directions:
Stir Ballotin Caramel Turtle and bitters in a mixing tin with ice. Strain into a champagne flute and top with Champagne or Prosecco. Garnish with a cherry.
Recipe courtesy of Ballotin Chocolate Whiskey.
Spiced Pear Old Fashioned
Ingredients:
2 oz Breaking & Entering American Whiskey
3/4 oz St. George Spiced Pear Liqueur
4 dashes Angostura Bitters
Directions:
Stir all ingredients with ice until chilled, then strain into an Old Fashioned glass over ice. Garnish with a flamed orange peel.
Recipe courtesy of St. George Spirits. Photo by Nicole Parisi.
Rosemary’s Cocktail
Ingredients:
3 oz. Emerald Giant Redwood Empire Whiskey
1 oz. Rosemary Honey Syrup
3 Dashes Aromatic Bitters
Directions:
Stir all together with ice. Strain over cubes in rocks glass. Garnish with lemon and rosemary.
Recipe courtesy of Garrett.
Ballotin Caramel Apple Cider
Ingredients:
1 oz Ballotin Caramel Turtle Whiskey
2 oz Hot Apple Cider
Directions:
Fill a mug with hot apple cider, add one ounce of Ballotin Caramel Turtle. Garnish with whipped cream if desired.
Recipe courtesy of Ballotin Chocolate Whiskey.
Kilbeggan Spiked Irish Cider from Lookout Farm in Natick, MA
Ingredients:
1 part Kilbeggan® Original Irish Whiskey
2 parts Lookout Farm, Farmhouse Hard Cider
2 parts Lookout Farm Apple Cider
Directions:
Add ingredients to mule mug over ice, stir with cinnamon stick to combine. Garnish with Lookout Farm apple slices and cinnamon stick
Recipe courtesy of Amy Probasco, Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey.
Fistful of PSL
Ingredients:
1 part of Fistful of Bourbon
2 cups of milk
2 tablespoons of pumpkin puree
1/2 tablespoon of pumpkin spice
1/2 cup of coffee
Directions:
Add all ingredients except for the bourbon in a warming vessel – this could be a pot on the stove for a few minutes or in a bowl, covered with Saran Wrap, cut 3 slits and microwave for 1 minute. Once warm, pour in Fistful of Bourbon and transfer into your favorite mug. Top with whip cream and dust with pumpkin spice.
