Try This At Home
With crisp fall weather comes an opportunity to sit by the fire with family, enjoy a meal on the patio with friends or watch a football game with a cold one. Wherever your fall activities lead you, these cocktails from around town are sure to add a delicious splash to any meal or gathering.
Caramel Apple-Tini
Submitted by The Coach House in Hamilton
Ingredients:
3/4 oz. of apple pucker
1 ½ oz. of RumChata
3/4 oz. of caramel vodka
Caramel sauce
Apple (sliced)
Equipment:
Martini glass
Shaker
Strainer
Directions:
- Lightly coat half of the rim of the martini glass with caramel
- Add a full scoop of ice to the shaker
- Pour in apple pucker, RumChata and caramel vodka in listed quantities in the shaker
- Shake vigorously
- Strain contents into the prepared martini glass
- Slice a sliver of apple and garnish the caramel side of the rim
Moscow Mule
Submitted by Kona Grill at Liberty Center
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz. Tito’s Vodka
1/2 oz. freshly-squeezed lime juice
4 oz. Gosling’s Ginger Beer
Ice cubes
1 lime wheel for garnish
Equipment:
Copper mug
Directions:
- Fill a copper mug with ice
- Build ingredients over ice: Tito’s Vodka, then fresh squeezed lime juice, then Gosling’s Ginger Beer
- Garnish with lime wheel floated on top
Apple Cider Sangria
Reader submission
Ingredients:
1 bottle (standard size) of Pinot Grigio
2 ½ cups fresh apple cider
1 cup club soda
1/2 cup ginger brandy
3 honey crisp apples, chopped
3 pears, chopped
Equipment:
Pitcher
Wine glass
Directions:
- Combine all ingredients together in a pitcher and stir
- Refrigerate for at least an hour before serving
- Serve over light ice
New Mexican Martini
Submitted by Chuy’s in Union Centre
Ingredients:
2 oz. Green Chile infused El Jimador tequila
1 oz. Cointreau
1 ½ oz. fresh lime juice
1 ½ oz. sugar water
Lime wedge
Two jalapeno-stuffed olives with a sword pick
Equipment:
Salted martini glass
Shaker
Directions:
- Fill shaker with ice
- Combine all ingredients in shaker and shake vigorously
- Pour into martini glass and finish with garnish
Prickly Pear Margarita
Submitted by Uno Pizzeria & Grill in Union Centre
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz. Sauza Gold Tequila
1 oz. Cointreau
1 ½ oz. fresh lime juice
1 oz. Monin Desert Pear Syrup
1 lime wedge
Kosher salt to rim the glass
Equipment:
Shaker
Salt-rimmed margarita glass
Directions:
- Measure all ingredients together in a shaker glass with ice
- Shake vigorously for 30 seconds
- Rim glass with salt, garnish with lime wedge, and fill with ice
- Strain shaker into glass and serve