Fall for Cocktails

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fall cocktails

Cooler weather doesn’t only mean it’s time to switch from frappes to hot lattes! It’s also time to switch up your adult beverages. Au revior rose’! Ok, ok, rose’ is here to stay, so before you quit reading and boycott this post, give these fall cocktails a try.  

Dark ‘N Stormy

If you like a Moscow Mule, you’ll love a Dark ‘N Stormy. Made with Bermuda’s Gosling Black Seal Rum and Stormy Ginger Beer, this sweet/spicy libation is the perfect transition from summer to winter. Adult Halloween party coming up? Make it a Dark ‘N Stormy night!

  • 6 oz Goslings Stormy Ginger Beer
  • 2 oz Goslings Black Seal Rum

Pour into a tall glass filled with ice, pour the Gosling’s Ginger Beer and float the rum on top. Stir (until it looks like a storm cloud).

The Hot Toddy  

This classic drink is rumored to cure the most stubborn of cold-weather colds. With or without post-nasal drip, it’s certain to cure the cooler weather blues!

  • 1 oz Knappogue Castle 12 Year Old
  • 1 oz Celtic Honey Liqueur
  • Lemon wheel
  • 5-6 cloves
  • 1 cup hot water

Add the Knappogue Castle and the Celtic Honey to an Irish Coffee glass. Insert the cloves into the lemon on both sides and drop into the mug.  Very gently give the lemon a couple of presses with a muddler (or the back of a spoon) and add hot water.

Irish Coffee 

Ba-bye cold brew. I like my coffee hot and with some kick. This is a classic take on Irish Coffee.

  • 1 1/2 oz Clontarf Irish Whiskey
  • 3/4 oz Simple Syrup (boil equal parts water and sugar until it thickens)
  • 4 oz Brewed, hot coffee
  • Heavy cream, lightly whipped (optional – but is it really?)

Pour simple syrup into an Irish Coffee glass. Combine whiskey and coffee. Stir to combine and top with a layer of heavy whipped cream.  Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg and cinnamon.  

Apple Cider-Bourbon Martini

Last and if you know me, certainly not least. My two favorites collide—Delicious, seasonal, apple cider, and bourbon. You can use any bourbon, but I’m biased. I love my Jefferson’s Reserve!

  • 2 oz Jefferson’s Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon
  • 6 oz freshly pressed apple cider (found from any of our wonderful local Westchester farms!)
  • 1 oz Lemon Juice

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add cider, bourbon, and lemon juice. Shake well. Strain into either a martini glass, cocktail glass, or Irish Coffee mug. Garnish with fresh apple slices and cinnamon stick.

Look, the bottom line is there are lots of fun cocktails to try this season. But your personal preference is always in style. Drink what you like, any time of year!    

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Angela Bosco is a native of Westchester. She chose Briarcliff Manor as her home after too many hurricanes in Florida and too many people in NYC. She’s mom to her son, Blaise (2016), who’s energy she simultaneously envies and fears. She shares a love of adult beverages with her husband Michael who, like her, is in the spirits industry. A self-proclaimed expert multi-tasker, you can find her on the Hudson Line cramming podcasts, emails and breakfast while penciling in her eyebrows and trying not to spill coffee on her seat mate during her morning commute to the city. On her free time she struggles to choose between doing yoga, reading NY Times best-seller’s or watching all things Real Housewives: the latter usually wins out. In her 20s you could hear her asking when her life would begin- now in her 30s you’ll find her reveling in it-chaos and all.