Fall Drinks Fit For Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is coming up fast, and time to get your menus sorted out. Why not plan a festive welcome drink to enjoy before the big feast? Here are six that we like for 2026.
Pumpkin Chaitini
Ingredients
1 bar spoon Aquafaba1 ½ oz. Pumpkin spice syrup1 oz. Chilled chai tea1 oz. Half & half1 ½ oz. Ketel One VodkaSweet vanilla cold foam
Instructions
Combine ingredients and shake.
Strain into coupe glass
Top with sweet vanilla cold foam
Garnish with biscotti and vanilla bean.
Notes
Manoli Vlachakis, lead bartender at Society 48 at The Belgrove Resort & Spa West Palm Beach, created this recipe.
Ginger-Chamo Mule
Ingredients
½ oz. Misunderstood ginger whiskey¾ oz. Lime¾ oz. Chamomile tea syrupPink apple kombucha
Instructions
Combine first three ingredients and shake.
Pour into rocks glass.
Top with pink apple kombucha
Garnish with lemon wheel.
Notes
The mixologists at Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, NY, created this recipe.
Plum Spritz
Ingredients
2 oz. Umeshu ume plum liqueur½ oz. Fortified wine¼ Plum sliced (plus 2 slices for garnish)½ oz. Orange oleo don’t use if plum is already sweet3 oz. Cava½ Cardamom pod crushed
Instructions
Muddle plum in mixing glass.
Add plum liqueur, fortified wine, cardamom and oleo.
Shake and strain into wine glass.
Top with cava and stir.
Add two plum slices to glass.
Garnish with a thyme sprig and orange slice and an edible fall flower, if available.
Notes
Jorge Centeno, mixologist at The Bar at Deer Path Inn in Lake Forest, IL, created this recipe.
Earl Grey Orchard Sour
Ingredients
2 oz. Earl Grey-infused Vara High Desert gin*¾ oz. Fresh lemon juice¾ oz. Unfiltered apple cider½ oz. Honey syrup½ oz. Egg white or aquafabaThin apple fan or lemon twist for garnish
Instructions
Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker without ice.
Shake vigorously for about 10 seconds.
Add ice and shake again until thoroughly chilled.
Double-strain into a chilled coupe.
Garnish with a thin apple fan or expressed lemon twist.
Notes
*For Earl Grey-infused gin:
Add one Earl Grey tea bag to 8 oz. gin. Infuse for 20 minutes, then taste. Continue infusing for up to 10 additional minutes if a stronger tea flavor is desired. Remove the tea bag and store the gin in a sealed container.
Add one Earl Grey tea bag to 8 oz. gin. Infuse for 20 minutes, then taste. Continue infusing for up to 10 additional minutes if a stronger tea flavor is desired. Remove the tea bag and store the gin in a sealed container.
The mixologists at Vara created this recipe.
Spiced Pear Reposado Old Fashioned
Ingredients
2 parts Código 1530 reposado tequila½ part Spiced pear liqueur¼ part Rich demerara syrup1 dash Fennel bitters1 dash Black walnut bitters1 Luxardo cherry2 thin Pear slices for garnish1 large ice cube
Instructions
Add tequila, spiced pear liqueur, rich demerara syrup and walnut bitters to an Old Fashioned glass over one large ice cube.
Stir with a bar spoon for about 20 seconds, until the glass is noticeably cold.
Garnish with two thin pear slices and a Luxardo cherry.
Notes
The mixologists at Código created this recipe.
Carajillo Old Fashioned
Ingredients
1 ¾ oz. Branch & Barrel straight bourbon½ oz. Licor 43¼ oz. Coffee liqueur2 dashes Angostura bitters1 dash Orange bitters
Instructions
Combine ingredients and stir with ice.
Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube.
Garnish with an expressed orange peel and a cocktail cherry.
Notes
The mixologists at Branch & Barrel created this recipe.
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