Fabulous Fall Cocktails

Makes one cocktail

• 2 oz. citrus vodka
• ¾ oz. fresh lime juice
• ¾ oz. unsweetened cranberry juice
• ½ oz. agave nectar
• Lemon twist or fresh cranberries, for garnish (optional)

Instructions:

Combine vodka, lime juice, cranberry juice, and agave nectar in a shaker over ice. Shake vigorously and pour into a chilled coupe or martini glass. Garnish with fresh cranberries or a lemon twist, if you like.

Hot Mulled Cider

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Makes 8 cocktails

Ingredients:

• 1 gallon apple cider
• 3/4 cup dry white wine, such as Chardonnay
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 quince—peeled, cored and finely chopped
• One 4-inch rosemary sprig
• Two 3- to 4-inch cinnamon sticks, broken
• 4 cloves
• 1 star anise
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest

Instructions:

Combine the cider, wine, honey, quince, rosemary, cinnamon, cloves, star anise and lemon zest in a large saucepan and simmer over low heat for 45 minutes. Strain the mulled cider and discard the solids. Serve the mulled cider warm.

Apple-Brandy Hot Toddy

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Makes 8 cocktails

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups water
• 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons honey
• 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
• 2 cups apple brandy, preferably Calvados
• Eight 3-inch cinnamon sticks

Instructions:

In small saucepan, bring the water to a boil. Remove from the heat and stir in the honey until dissolved. Stir in the lemon juice and apple brandy. Set a cinnamon stick in each of 8 mugs or heatproof glasses, pour in the hot liquid and serve.

English Harvest

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Makes one cocktail

Ingredients:

• Ice
• 1 ounce London dry gin
• 3/4 ounce bonded apple brandy
• 3/4 ounce dry vermouth
• 3/4 ounce unfiltered apple juice
• 1/4 ounce orgeat (almond-flavored syrup)
• 3 dashes of Angostura bitters
• 1 spiral-cut orange twist, for garnish

Instructions:

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add all of the remaining ingredients except the garnish and shake well. Strain into a small chilled coupe or snifter and garnish with the orange twist.

Silver Autumn Blossom

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Makes one cocktail

Ingredients:

• 1 oz NOLET’S Silver Dry Gin
• .75 oz Lemon Juice
• .5 oz Simple Syrup
• .5 oz Aperol
• One wedge (about 1/8) of a Blood Orange

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Makes one cocktail

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Belvedere Citrus
• 3 oz. Pressed Apple juice
• .5 oz. Lemon Juice
• .5 oz. Home-made Toffee Syrup

1. Shake all ingredients with ice.
2. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
3. Garnish with an apple slice.

*Homemade toffee syrup

1. Place a handful of toffee in the bottom of a saucepan.
2. Add half a cup of warm water.
3. Apply a gentle heat and stir until the toffee dissolved.
4. Allow to cool.

Blood Orange Jalapeno Margarita

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Makes two cocktails

Ingredients:

• 4 ounces jalapeño-infused silver tequila (*see recipe below)
• 3 ounces fresh-squeezed blood orange juice
• 1 ounce fresh-squeezed lime juice
• 3 ounces Cointreau (I scaled it back to 2 ounces)

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a cocktail glass. Optional garnish: salt the rim of the glass.

Sparkling Pear & Cranberry Cocktail

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Makes eight cocktails

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons dry cranberries
• 1/2 cup organic pear nectar
• 32 ounces Moscato d’Asti wine
• 8 small sprigs fresh rosemary