Seasonal Cocktails That Will Spice Up Your Life

While familiarity is a comforting thing, especially when it comes to cocktails, sometimes you just need to cut loose and go for something new. It may be daunting to try a new but when you do, a whole fresh world opens up.

Inspiration for a Change

We love to make a shift when the seasons change – whether it’s our wardrobe, decor, or the food we eat, transitioning things can be fun. Perhaps the best thing about this time of year, as the weather begins to (hopefully) turn cooler, is the opportunity to try new seasonal flavors. Right about now, many wonderful ingredients and spices make their presence known in food and drinks alike.

The aromas and flavors of typical fall spices can bring us back to a happy, warm place from our past or tantalize us with thoughts of the festive days ahead. It’s definitely a good time to get adventurous and get spicy.

Whether they are infused in the liquor, mixed in syrup, or simply rimmed the glass, spices are a great way to enhance some of your favorite beverages. In food, cinnamon, apple, nutmeg, and clove are unleashed in many a dish. Then the ubiquitous pumpkin appears. It’s in pie, lattes, cookies, and yes, cocktails.

Pumpkin Caipirinha

It may be challenging to think about jumping straight into the heavier cocktails that are holiday season favorites so try making a gentle transition. Pumpkin is typically partnered with bourbon or whiskey, but it plays well with lighter spirits like vodka, gin, or even that leftover cachaca you would normally use to make Caipirinhas.

Ingredients:

• ½ lime, cut into 4 pieces
• ½ oz. Agave nectar
• 1 tsp fresh grated ginger (or ½ oz. ginger liqueur)
• 1 ½ oz. Cachaca
• 1 ½ oz. Pumpkin puree
• Ice
• Nutmeg
• Lime wheel

Directions:

• Muddle the lime, agave nectar, and fresh ginger in the bottom of a cocktail shaker.
• Add cachaca, pumpkin puree, and ice. Shake until thoroughly mixed and chilled.
• Strain into a glass filled with ice, and garnish with grated nutmeg and a lime wheel.

Apple Pumpkin Beer

Even if you’re more of a beer lover, you can find ways to bring in some fall spice other than just sampling a special brew. Go for the trifecta of apples, pumpkin, and cinnamon with your beer and bourbon in this little delight

Ingredients:

• 8 ounces of good-quality bourbon
• 9 oz. apple cider
• 2 ½ oz. Lemon juice
• 12 ounces pumpkin ale
• ice
• cinnamon sticks
• cranberries

Directions:

• In a cocktail shaker, shake together the bourbon, apple cider, and lemon juice.
• Pour into 4 glasses filled with ice.
• Pour the beer evenly into each glass.
• Garnish with cinnamon sticks and cranberries.

Get Spicy with Signature Cocktails at 1920 Tavern

We may still have temperatures hovering near 90, but soon the leaves will change color and the air will carry that crisp, cool feeling, so it’s the perfect time to spice things up. Be daring and try a cocktail with unexpected ingredients such as pepper, rosemary, bitters, or even the more commonly used pomegranate and get a taste of fall. Visit the 1920 Tavern, your favorite Roswell restaurant, for delicious food that puts a twist on the standard and a libations menu that offers something new and different.

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