happy hour thursday....

With shorter days and longer nights, autumn provides ample opportunity for an after-dinner drink by the fire.

Smashing Pumpkin, and Bourbon Cider are cocktails that highlights apple, nutmeg, and pumpkin, and will help you welcome the cooler weather. Pair these drinks with barbecue pork ribs or mac and cheese for a true comfort food (and drink) experience.

 

 

"Smashing Pumpkin"

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Maker's Mark bourbon

1 oz. pumpkin puree

3 segments of tangerine with peel

1/2 oz. Grand Marnier

1/2 oz. brown sugar simple syrup

nutmeg for garnish

 

 

Directions:

First, make brown sugar simple syrup by mixing two parts brown sugar with one part water. Bring to a boil and then let cool down before mixing into drink. Once the sugar has cooled, muddle it with the tangerine pieces in a glass. Add remaining ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake and pour into glass. Garnish with nutmeg.

 

"Bourbon Cider"

Ingredients:

1 tsp to 1 tbsp sugar

2 dashes Angostura Bitters

1 1/2 oz. Maker's Mark bourbon

4 1/2 oz. dry hard cider

maraschino cherry and orange slice, for garnish

 

 

Directions:

In a champagne glass, stir together the sugar and the bitters until the sugar dissolves. Add Maker's Mark bourbon. Top with cold cider. Garnish with a cherry and slice of orange.

Created by lead bartender Robert Leavey from The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs.