Fall Cocktails

[Peppers90 NC]

Fall is a great time of year.  Football and the leaves things and oh, pumpkin beer.  Although this year, Ive tried about 10 or so and only one pumpkin beer is doing anything for me.  Thats not what this is about but I'll give you the one anyway, it's Southern Tier's Pumking, nice 8%+ abv and drinks easy.

 

I am more of a liquor guy myself, and I like to make nice drinks.  Anybody have any fall recommendations?  I was given a 200mL of corn moonshine from the Kings Co Distillery and was looking up some cocktail recipes.  Ive only have drunken shine straight or mixed with honey or flavored schnapps, but checking out this cocktail looks intriguing - Bootleggers Pumpkin Pie.   Anybody have any fall cocktails they would like to share?

 

 

[g5jamz]

Aviator brewery had an awesome pumpkin beer.  That's sugar with nutmeg/cinnamon mixed in to garnish the edge.  It was incredible.  Don't know much about the cocktail though as I'm a beer drinker. 

[Peppers90 NC]

i havent come across that one yet, it may be more local

[PhillyB]

2oz pinnacle whipped vodka

3/4oz apple pucker

3/4oz buttershots

two splashes sweet and sour mix

shake strain and enjoy.

[Captroop]

Saranac Pumpkin Ale is the best of the bunch in my opinion.

 

Also can't think of a Fall seasonal cocktail. Talk to me after Black Friday and I got a cornucopia for holiday cocktails.

 

However, I do have it in mind to make a beer bread with pumpkin ale this month. I've had bread beers before, and they rock. Pumpkin bread is amaze-balls. So naturally...

 

Will let you know how that works out.

[Peppers90 NC]

saranac pumpkin was pretty solid, but if you guys see that Pumking from Southern Tier, I highly recommend it.  It is a NY state beer so you may not get it down there but Whole Foods is where I get them here.

 

Philly, is there a name for that cocktail?  It seems kinda familiar

[Peppers90 NC]

I will let you guys know how that bootleggers pumpkin pie cocktail turns out too, sounds delish.

 

2oz moonshine corn whiskey

1oz sparkling wine

1/2oz ginger syrup

1T pumpkin butter

splash of OJ 

cinnamon sugar on rim

orange twist

 

Shake the first 5 ingredients excluding the wine in a mixer with ice, rim glass with cinnamon sugar, strain into glass and top with sparkling wine and orange twist.

[PhillyB]

caramel apple or some bullshit. but it's good

[Captroop]

Ranking of Pumpkin Ales:

http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/10/the-great-pumpkin-beer-list-the-best-and-worst-pumpkin-ales.html

 

And sweet baby jeebus, this is happening soon:

 

Pumpkin Cheesecaketini

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup milk or cream
• 3 tablespoons Hiram Walker Pumpkin Spice Liqueur
• 1 tablespoon Hiram Walker Cinnamon Schnapps
• 1 teaspoon cheesecake instant pudding mix (regular or sugar free)
• Caramel
• Graham cracker crumbs
• Whipped cream
• Cinnamon

Instructions

1. Mix milk/cream, Pumpkin Spice Liqueur, Cinnamon Schnapps, and pudding mix in shaker with ice. Shake for about 30 seconds.
2. Dip rim of glass in caramel, then dip into graham cracker crumbs. Strain drink into glass.
3. Top drink with whipped cream and a dash of cinnamon if desired.

 

[Floppin]

I'm not sure if they still make it but Cottonwood Brewery's (merged with foothills brewery a few years back) Pumpkin ale was fuging phenomenal for years.

[thefuzz]

I'm gonna go with a nice IPA.

 

 

The same thing I recommend for the Winter, Spring, and Summer as well.

[Peppers90 NC]

I'm gonna go with a nice IPA.

 

 

The same thing I recommend for the Winter, Spring, and Summer as well.

absolutely and it pairs well with some very kind bud.  Lagunitas usually puts out a nice variety of high octane IPA's.

[pstall]

I need to grow pumpkins

[4Corners]

we made some cocktails two weeks ago that were basically makers mark and apple cider. my gf made had put a little nutmeg or lemon juice in there as well.