Fall Cocktail Inspiration
Inspired drinks to kick off the fall season
Gold Rush
Ingredients:
2 parts Maker’s Mark Bourbon
1 part honey syrup (equal parts honey and water)
¾ part fresh squeezed lemon juice
Garnish:
Lemon wedge
Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake. Strain over ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with lemon peel.
Tea N Tea Lemonade
Ingredients:
1 part Twisted Tea Sweet Tea Whiskey
1 part Original Twisted Tea
1 part lemonade
Garnish:
Lemon wedge
Combine ingredients in a glass over ice and gently stir to mix. Garnish with a lemon wedge.
Neat
Basil Hayden Malted Rye is best served neat given its complex flavor profile.
Serving it neat allows the 100% malted rye mash bill to truly shine, showcasing the delicate notes of floral aroma, vanilla and baking spice.
Old Fashioned
Ingredients:
2 parts Knob Creek® Straight Rye Whiskey
2 dashes Angostura® Bitters
½ part demerara syrup
Garnish:
Lemon Peel
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass and stir until properly diluted. Strain over fresh ice (ideally one large cube) in a rocks glass. Express lemon oil over cocktail and rub around the rim before placing into the glass.
Elderflower Margarita
Ingredients:
2 parts Tres Generaciones Reposado Tequila
½ part simple syrup
¾ parts lime juice
½ part elderflower liqueur
Garnish:
Lime wedge, for garnish
Salt, for rim
Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a salted rocks glass over ice. Garnish with a lime wedge.
Blood Orange Crush
Ingredients:
1 ½ parts Truly Blood Orange Vodka
½ part triple sec
1 part orange juice
3 parts citrus soda (ex: Sprite)
Garnish:
Orange wheel or wedge/blood orange wheel
or wedge, for garnish
Combine ingredients in a tall cocktail glass with ice and top with citrus soda. Garnish with an orange wheel or wedge/blood orange wheel or wedge.