Autumn Cocktails: Rye

This post contains these recipes:

• Autumn Leaves
• Dark Skies Ahead
• Great Pumpkin Cocktail

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Autumn Leaves

Makes 1

Ingredients

0.75-oz (1.5 Tbsp) straight rye whiskey

0.75-oz (1.5 Tbsp) apple brandy

0.75-oz (1.5 Tbsp) sweet vermouth

0.25-oz (2 tsp) Strega

2 (0.5 tsp) dashes Angostura bitters

Garnish:

Orange twist

Preparation

Combine all of the ingredients in a mixing glass; add ice cubes. Stir and strain over ice in an old-fashioned glass. Garnish with the orange twist.

Source: Mr. Boston Holiday Cocktails, Edited by Anthony Giglio and Jim Meehan (Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2009), 82 - 83.

Photo: Alice Gao

Dark Skies Ahead
Adam Robinson
Makes 1

Ingredients

1.00-oz (2 Tbsp) Rittenhouse Bonded Rye
0.75-oz (1.5 Tbsp) Averna Amaro
0.50-oz (1 Tbsp) pumpkin butter such as American Spoon Foods or Stonewall Kitchen
0.25-oz (2 tsp) lemon juice
2 Dashes Angostura bitters
Ice

For serving:
3.00-oz (6 Tbsp) Newcastle brown ale, or similar

Preparation

Combine rye, Averna, pumpkin butter, lemon and bitters in cocktail shaker; fill with ice and shake until chilled. Double strain into a old fashioned glass. Top with ale. 

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Great Pumpkin Cocktail
Jim Meehan - 2011

Makes 1

Ingredients
2.00-oz (4 Tbsp) Southampton (find it near you?) Pumpkin Ale
1.00-oz (2 Tbsp) Rittenhouse Bonded Rye
1.00-oz (2 Tbsp) Laird's Bonded Apple Brandy
0.50-oz (1 Tbsp) Grade B maple syrup
1 whole egg
Ice

Garnish:
Whole nutmeg


Preparation
Add pumpkin ale, rye, apple brandy, and maple syrup to a mixing glass. Swirl to decarbonate beer. Add egg and shake without ice (for a long time) until foamy. Add ice and shake well. Strain into chilled serving glass and garnish with fresh-grated nutmeg.


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