Thanksgiving Drinks for 2025
It’s time to give thanks, and we are thankful for all the great cocktail recipes submitted to us throughout the year. We couldn’t do it without you! Here are seven drinks we like for Thanksgiving 2025.
Apple Sage
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Calvados apple brandy¾ oz. Honey apple sage syrup*¼ oz. Lemon juice
Instructions
Combine ingredients and shake.
Strain over a big cube in single rocks glass.
Garnish with a sage leaf.
Notes
*For Apple honey sage syrup
Combine 300 g. honey and 300 g. water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil stirring. Add 300 g. apple cider and 20 g. sage leaves, bring back to a rolling boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and allow sage leaves to steep for 1 hour. Strain.
Combine 300 g. honey and 300 g. water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil stirring. Add 300 g. apple cider and 20 g. sage leaves, bring back to a rolling boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and allow sage leaves to steep for 1 hour. Strain.
The mixologists at Four Twenty Five in New York created this recipe.
Proper Pearing
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. iichiko Silhouette shochu1 oz. Pear juice¾ oz. Simple syrup¾ oz. Lemon juiceProsecco
Instructions
Add all ingredients except for prosecco into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
Shake and strain into a wine glass.
Top with prosecco.
Garnish with a pear slice.
Cider Maple Old Fashioned
Ingredients
1 oz. Koloa Cane Fire rum1 ½ oz. Bourbon½ oz. Maple syrup1 oz. Apple cider2-3 dashes Orange bitters
Instructions
Combine ingredients in a mixing glass.
Stir with ice to chill.
Strain into lowball glass over a large ice cube.
Garnish with an orange peel.
Notes
The mixologists at Koloa created this recipe.
Pumpkin Pie Margarita
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Teremana reposado tequila¾ oz. Lime juice½ oz. Dark agave nectar1 heaping tbsp. Pumpkin pie filling
Instructions
The mixologists at Teremana created this recipe.
Notes
The mixologists at Teremana created this recipe.
Bourbon Bacon Barrel
Ingredients
2 oz. Wyoming Whiskey double cask bourbon½ oz. Pedro Ximenez sherry½ oz. Ancho Reyes chile liqueur2 dashes Angostura bitters
Instructions
Combine all spirits and ingredients in a glass mixture.
Add ice and stir to chill and mix thoroughly.
Strain the mixture into a rocks glass and top with ice.
Garnish with maple glazed bacon strip
Notes
The mixologists at Waldorf Astoria Washington D.C. created this recipe.
Maple Ginger Sour
Ingredients
2 oz. Dewar’s Scotch whisky¾ oz. Lemon juice½ oz. Maple syrup½ oz. Ginger syrup¾ oz. Blood orange juice2 dashes Angostura bitters
Instructions
Combine ingredients and shake with ice.
Strain into ice filled rocks glass.
Garnish dried dried orange.
Notes
The mixologists at Dewar’s created this recipe.
Core Values
Ingredients
2 oz. Vodka¼ oz. Apple cider vinegar¾ oz. Fennel cordial*1 ½ oz. Spiced apple cider**¼ oz. Lemon juiceSodaDehydrated apples for garnish
Instructions
Combine ingredients except soda in a shaker and shake.
Strain into a tall glass over ice.
Top with soda.
Garnish with a dehydrated apple.
Notes
*For Fennel cordial
Combine 2,000 ml. cane sugar, 2,000 ml. water, 2 pinches of salt and black pepper, 200 grams fennel bulbs (chopped) in a sauce pot. Heat on high until combined. Strain, cool and store.
Combine 2,000 ml. cane sugar, 2,000 ml. water, 2 pinches of salt and black pepper, 200 grams fennel bulbs (chopped) in a sauce pot. Heat on high until combined. Strain, cool and store.
** For Spiced apple cider
Combine 1 gallon apple cider, 500 ml. water, 169 g. chopped ginger, 2 star anise, 2 cloves, 1 tbsp. coriander seed, and the peels of 1 orange and 1 lemon in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer, and turn to low heat. Let simmer for 15 minutes. Strain and store.
Anderson Riddle, bar manager at The Radical Hotel in Asheville, NC, created this recipe.
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