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New Riff Distilling has shared some of their fall-inspired cocktails for our readers to try at home. Both have bourbon, obviously, but one features a more apple-forward flavor and the other goes all-in on pumpkin spice.
Go get your cozy cocktail on.
HOW BOUT DEM APPLES
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz. Martinelli’s apple cider
- 2 oz. New Riff Kentucky Straight Bourbon
- .5 oz. cinnamon-sugar simple syrup*
- .25 oz. lemon juice
- .25 oz. Bragg’s apple cider vinegar
- .25 oz. bourbon maple syrup
- .25 oz. REAL brand apple syrup
Instructions: Make the cinnamon-sugar simple syrup first by heating equal parts cinnamon-sugar and boiling water. Stir to combine and let cool. Make the cocktail by shaking all ingredients together and straining into a highball glass filled with ice and half-rimmed with cinnamon sugar (you can use a little maple syrup to adhere if you like!). Garnish with a dehydrated apple disc.
SOUTHPAW SIP
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. New Riff Kentucky Straight Bourbon
- 1 oz. REAL brand pumpkin spice puree syrup
- .5 oz fresh lemon juice
- 2 dashes of Angostura bitters
- Lefthand Nitro Milk Stout
Instructions: Add all ingredients except the milk stout to a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a highball filled with ice. Top with Lefthand Nitro Milk Stout and a grate of fresh nutmeg.
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This article appears in Sep 29 – Oct 12, 2021.