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Cocktails that Taste Better than Pumpkin

Pumpkin season is upon us and Halloween is now just a month away. To properly celebrate this season, full of rich flavors and changing colors, we mixed them together in three tasty cocktails. Think ingredients such as apples, pears, maple and ginger. These delicious drinks will warm you up and prepare for the shorter, colder days.

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SPICY CUTTY PEAR COOLER

Ingredients:

1.5 oz. Cutty Sark Prohibition Edition

0.25 oz. Ancho Reyes Chile Liqueur

0.25 oz. Lemon Juice

0.25 oz. Honey

2 oz. Ginger Beer

1/8th of a ripe Pear

Preparation:

In a mixing tin, muddle the pear with honey and lemon. Add the Cutty Pro and Ancho Reyes and shake. Double strain over fresh ice into a Collins glass.  Top with ginger beer and garnish with a pear slice.

PearCooler_cocktail_v2 - Cocktails that Taste Better than Pumpkin

CUTTY CIDER

Ingredients:

2.5 oz. Apple Cider

0.5 oz. Cutty Sark Prohibition Edition

0.5 oz. Cinnamon Schnapps

Preparation:

Mix apple cider, Cutty Pro and cinnamon schnapps. Shake with ice and pour  into coupe glass.

CuttyCider - Cocktails that Taste Better than Pumpkin

MAESTRO DOBEL APPLE MARGARITA

Ingredients:

2 oz. Maestro Dobel tequila

1.5 oz. triple sec

2 oz. apple cider

Cinnamon + sugar for glass rimming

Apple slices for garnish

Preparation:

Combine ingredients over ice, shake & strain.  Garnish rim with cinnamon, sugar and a couple of apple slices.

Dobel_AppleMargarita - Cocktails that Taste Better than Pumpkin

HUDSON MAPLE CASK RYE WHISKEY

This soon-to-be-released whiskey has a heady nose of rye and boasts a full spiced taste and maple inflection. If you’re not into the idea of cocktails, then pour yourself a thumb of this new release and kick back.

Hudson Maple Rye - Cocktails that Taste Better than Pumpkin

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