The Ultimate Guide to Sweater Weather Cocktails
Can you feel that shift in the air? The warm days and cool nights are here! The dog days of summer, lobster bakes, and cookouts, are pretty much behind us and air conditioners are being pulled out of windows all around the state.
It is sweater weather season! It is that short, short season where you don’t quite need a coat but appreciate a cozy sweater and putting on a sweater feels comforting and novel.
Sweater weather season is the perfect time of year to explore fall flavor profiles like pumpkin, bourbon, apple, and seasonal spices.
We have made the ultimate list of sweater weather cocktails for you! Pull out your coziest sweater and unwind with any of these delicious craft cocktails that you can make right at home!
You can also download our free app and choose the Sweater Weather mood board to start shaking up (or stirring) something fun!
Cognac Summit
Ingredients:
- 1.5 Parts Courvoisier Vsop Cognac
- 1 Lime
- 4 Thin Slices Ginger
- 2 Parts Lemon-Lime Soda
- 1 Long Slice Cucumber
Directions:
Prepare directly in the glass. Place the lime zest and ginger slices in the glass. Pour in 3/4 parts of Cognac. Lightly press the lime and ginger 2 to 3 times using a pestle. Half fill the glass with ice. Stir well for 5 seconds using a bar spoon. Pour in 3/4 parts of Cognac. Add lemon-lime soda and the cucumber peel. Stir well for 5 seconds using bar spoon.
Fireside Cocoa
Ingredients:
- 1 oz Jim Beam Kentucky Fire
- 3 oz Hot Chocolate
- 1 Marshmallow
- 1 Cinnamon Stick
Directions:
Build in a heat proof mug. Garnish with marshmallows and cinnamon sticks.
The Honeymoon
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Apple Brandy
- 1/2 oz Orange Curaçao
- 1/2 oz Benedictine
- 1/2 oz Lemon Juice
Directions:
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, add apple brandy, curacao, Benedictine, and lemon juice. Shake well and strain into a chilled coupe.
the Fireside Vanilla Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz Vodka
- 0.5 oz Lemon Juice
- 0.5 oz Vanilla Syrup
- Top With Soda Water
- Garnish Grapes
Directions:
1. Combine ingredients in shaker.
2. Shake and strain into a glass.
3. Top with soda water and garnish with grape.
Gordon’s Citrus
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz Gordon's Gin
- 0.75 oz Lemon Juice
- 0.75 oz Simple Syrup
- 0.75 oz Orange Juice
- Cinnamon
- 1 Orange
Directions:
1. Fill a cocktail shaker with fresh ice and pour all the ingredients over it.
2. Shake vigorously for a minute or two.
3. Wet the rim of a rocks glass and place on a saucer of cinnamon to dust.
4. Then fill with cubed ice and pour over the contents of the cocktail shaker.
5. To garnish, add a thin slice of fresh orange.
Muy Caliente!
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz Bribon Blanco Tequila
- 0.5 oz Simple Syrup
- 0.3 oz Bauchant Orange Liqueur
- Lemon Juice
- 3-4 dashes Chamucos Jalapeño Hot Sauce
- 3 slices Cucumber
- garnish Orange
Directions:
01. Muddle simple syrup and cucumber slices in a shaker.
02. Add ice, tequila, liqueur, lemon juice and hot sauce; shake until chilled.
03. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with orange zest.
Pumpkin Bourbon Cider
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Basil Hayden's Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- 0.75 oz Lemon Juice
- 0.5 oz Sweet Vermouth
- 0.25 oz Sugar
- 0.75 oz Pumpkin Puree
- 6 Dashes Angostura Bitters
- 2 oz Hard Apple Cider
- 1 Pinch Nutmeg
- 1 Cinnamon Stick
Directions:
Combine pumpkin puree, superfine sugar, sweet vermouth, bitters and lemon juice into a mixing glass. Stir until sugar is nearly dissolved. Add Basil Hayden’s Bourbon and ice. Stir well and strain into a cocktail glass. Top with dry hard cider. Garnish with grated nutmeg and a cinnamon stick.
On the Drift
Ingredients:
- 2oz Glenmorangie Scotch Whisky
- .5oz Amaretto Disaronno
- .75oz Lemon Juice
- .25oz Simple Syrup
- 1 Egg White
Directions:
Dry shake all ingredients
Add ice, shake again
Double strain into glass