These 15 festive Thanksgiving cocktails take the flavors you love, apple, pumpkin, cinnamon, and transform them into some of the best cocktail recipes of the year.
Be prepared to give thanks for these recipes! Although most people think turkey and mashed potatoes when they think Thanksgiving, it’s time to that the Apple Pie Margarita or Pumpkin Spiced Old Fashioned become part of your tradition. Let me know which is your favorite!
Thanksgiving Cocktail Recipes
Instead of simple syrup, Vince Oleson of Bankhall added Pumpkin Syrup to spice up the Old Fashioned a bit more! It doesn't have to be autumn to enjoy this delicious serve!
Not only is this margarita filled with pumpkin, it also has tequila! It's the cosiest margarita you make!
You don't have to be a Liverpudlian to love this very pumpkiny cocktail! You just have to love the Beatles (just kidding!) and gin!
How much better can warm Apple Cider get? By adding Chairman's Reserve rum to it in this easy recipe!
This recipe is from The Art & Craft of Coffee Cocktails by Jason Clark and it's one of his best! The combination of cream, coffee and warming star anise makes this perfect for a winter days!
If you prefer Apple Pie to Pumpkin Pie, then this is the margarita you might want to try instead of the Pumpkin Pie one above. It's so tasty you might want more than one!
If you just want a shot of Apple pie, not the whole pie, try one of these tiny, but potent shots!
A simple upgrade to this classic whisky cocktail in the form of festive garnishes to add that Christmassy aroma.
Quick and easy to make at home, the honeyed sweet spice and nutmeg notes of ABERFELDY 12 Year Old elevates this classic, using local honey, spice and cinnamon to finish.
Award-winning Belfast-based mixologist Emily Doherty' inspiration behind this drink is the iconic golden star on the Gelston’s bottle. And with the festive season fast approaching, she created this drink to enjoy on a cold winter day.
She explains: “Samuel Gelston's Irish Cream Liqueur is a warm hug in a glass, it’s smooth, creamy and sweet, and perfect with hot coffee and spiced brown sugar syrup.”
This Thanksgiving try a wonderful cocktail from intimate St James Bar in London. It's a wonderfully balanced festive tipple, enchanted with notes of sweet cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves as well as subtle hints of dark, earthy chocolate aromas which accentuate a naturally barky finish.
Forget chicken soup, this warm, inviting easy Avallen Calvados recipe might be the next cure-all for whatever ails you!
Pressed Apple juice adds a fresh & sweet contrast to the deep cinnamon, nutmeg & clove spices that make up Gin Bothy's signature Gunshot Gin. Serve with a dusting of cinnamon to really bring out the flavors.
A warm, winter gin cocktail recipe. Spiced and mulled - it's perfect for a cold, nippy day or night!
You don't have to be Irish-American to end your Thanksgiving meal with an Irish Coffee. Just make it with really good coffee and even better whiskey!