Fall Cocktail Recipes: The Pumpkin-Free Edition

It's not officially fall until September 22, but already fall flavors and cocktails are popping up on menus. And while pumpkin has reigned as the favorite fall flavor over the last few years, there are signs that consumers are looking to branch out into other autumnal flavors. In fact, according to Talker, 58% of U.S. adults favor fall flavors beyond pumpkin spice.

So we've rounded up a collection of fall cocktail recipes to help you update your menus—with a twist—you won't find any pumpkin here! We challenge you to delight guests with some other fall flavors that go beyond the orange gourd!

Autumn Appletini

Ingredients:

1.5 oz Ketel One Vodka

.25 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

.5 oz Cinnamon Syrup

.75 oz Apple Cider

Garnish: Apple fan

Directions:

For the cinnamon syrup:

1. Boil 2 cups of water with 3 cinnamon sticks on high for 10 minutes. Reduce to a low simmer for an additional 15 minutes.
2. While the water is still hot, measure out 1 cup of the cinnamon water and mix with 1 cup of dark brown sugar until it dissolves. Store in the Fridge for up to 3 weeks.

For the cocktail:

1. In a shaker, combine ingredients with ice and shake vigorously for 7 -10 seconds.
2. Strain up into a chilled Martini glass and add a green apple fan for garnish

Sueño de Patio

Ingredients:

1 ½ oz of Tequila Ocho Plata

1 oz Fresh Melon Juice (About 4 1in fresh pieces muddled)

½ oz Fresh Lime Juice

½ oz Honey Syrup

¼ oz Chareau Aloe Liqueur 

¼ oz Dolin Blanc Vermouth

1-pinch sea salt

Directions:

1. Measure the ingredients listed above into a shaker tin.
2. Add ice, shake, and serve in a tall glass filled with ice.
3. Top with club soda and garnish with fresh mint. 

Punch Out Paradise

Ingredients :
1.5 oz Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum 
.33 oz Velvet Falerum
.33 oz Banana liqueur
4-5  drops Bittermens Elemakule Tiki Bitters
1 oz Fresh Blackberry Puree
.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice

Directions:

1. Shake all ingredients with ice.
2. Double strain over crushed ice in a Tiki mug.
3. Garnish with fresh blackberries, mint leaves and a lime wheel.
4. Serve and enjoy!

Fall Into It

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz Premium Spiced Rum
1/4 oz Monin® Spiced Brown Sugar Syrup
1/2 oz Monin® Pomegranate Syrup
2 oz Cranberry Juice
1/4 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

Garnish: Cranberries, Dehydrated orange wheel, sage

Directions:

1. Fill serving glass full of ice.
2. Pour ingredients into mixing glass with 2/3 ice in order listed.
3. Cap, shake and strain into serving glass with ice.
4. Add garnish and serve.

Boogie Nights

Ingredients:

1.0 oz Macallan 12yo

1.0 oz Montenegro

0.75 oz dates & ginger

0.75 oz lemon juice

Directions: 

1. Shake Macallan 12-Year-Old, Montenegro, date & ginger syrup, and fresh lemon juice with ice until well chilled.
2. Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube.
3. Garnish with a candied ginger slice or a lemon twist.

Breadfruit Turmeric Spritz

Ingredients:

1 ½ oz Mutiny Island Vodka ROOTS Ginger & Turmeric Infusion

½ oz lemon juice

½ oz pineapple syrup

½ oz lychee syrup

2 to 3 oz sparkling rosé

2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters

Garnish: pineapple leaf, lemon peel

Directions: 

1. Combine ingredients directly into a chilled large wine glass with ice.
2. Stir until well mixed.
3. Add garnishes. 

The Salted Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel

Ingredients:

1.5 oz. Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey

¾ oz. Chocolate Liqueur

Directions:

1. Dip chilled coup or martini glass into light amount of caramel sauce and then light amount of sea salt.
2. Stir Skrewball Whiskey and chocolate liqueur and strain into dressed coupe glass.   

Apple to My Eye

Ingredients:

2 oz El Tequileño Añejo

2 oz Amontillado Sherry

1 oz unfiltered apple juice

Directions:

1. Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with cubed ice.
2. Shake until ice cold.
3. Fine strain into a cocktail coupe.

The Mexican Negroni

Ingredients:

1 oz Gracias a Dios Mezcal Espadín

1 oz Boissiere Sweet Vermouth

1 oz Campari

Garnish: orange wheel

Directions: 

1. Add all ingredients to a rocks glass with ice.
2. Stir gently and garnish.

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