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  6. 11 Apple Cocktails You'll Want to Make This Fall

11 Apple Cocktails You'll Want to Make This Fall

September 11, 2021
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Cheers to fall! These delicious cocktails highlight the tastiest fruit of fall: apple. Whether the drink is made with fresh apples, apple brandy or apple cider, you're in for a boozy beverage that aims to please. Recipes like our Hot Cider with Apple Brandy & Spices and Orchard 75 are perfect for sipping on during the cooler months.

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Hot Cider with Apple Brandy & Spices

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A natural, cloudy apple cider is delicious for this exotically spicy and aromatic winter warmer, but if you desire a sparkling-clear drink, apple juice can be substituted. Calvados, which is a French apple brandy, adds richness. If you wish to omit it, just add more cider or juice.

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Spiced Hot Cider

<p>For a nonalcoholic version, omit the applejack and schnapps and add 2 tablespoons cinnamon-flavored syrup, such as Torani brand.</p>
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For a nonalcoholic version, omit the applejack and schnapps and add 2 tablespoons cinnamon-flavored syrup, such as Torani brand.

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Slow-Cooker Hot Cider with Brandy

Slow-Cooker Hot Cider with Brandy
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Brew up a batch of warm apple cider with ease in this no-sugar-added drink recipe. The hot toddy stays warm and party-ready in your crock pot all night long.

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Apple Brandy Old Fashioned

Apple Brandy Old Fashioned
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Here Jason Wilson, cocktail connoisseur and editor of The Best American Travel Writing book series, gives a classic Old Fashioned an autumn twist by using maple syrup in place of simple syrup and apple brandy instead of whiskey.

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Orchard 75

Orchard 75
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This autumn cocktail from Jason Wilson, of the Everyday Drinking newsletter and podcast, features pommeau, a lower-in-alcohol spirit hailing from Normandy. It's made by adding unfermented apple juice to apple brandy for extra sweetness. You can use it in place of brandy or vermouth in cocktails.

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Bourbon Caramel Apple Cocktail

Bourbon Caramel Apple Cocktail
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Bourbon gets a fall makeover when combined with apple cider and sweet caramel sauce.

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Crisp Apple-Ginger Cocktail

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Enjoy the taste of fall in a cocktail with this crisp combo of apple cider and ginger ale spiked with vodka.

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Big-Batch Hot Bourbon Cocktail with Maple & Apple Cider

Big-Batch Hot Bourbon Cocktail with Maple & Apple Cider
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Grab a mug and get all the flavors of fall—apple, maple and spices—in this warm mulled cider cocktail. And this version, with a hint of ginger liqueur for extra spice, is just as enjoyable whether you're sipping it around a bonfire or on your couch with a cozy blanket. It's like a New England autumn evening in drinkable form. If you'd like to make this alcohol-free for a family gathering and spike each glass individually, add 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) bourbon and 1/2 ounce (1 tablespoon) ginger liqueur to each cup of mulled cider.

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Spiced Rum Apple Spritzer Pitcher Cocktail

Spiced Rum Apple Spritzer Pitcher Cocktail
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Spiced rum adds a kick to this apple spritzer cocktail made with sweet apple cider. Club soda gives it its signature spritz—just be sure to add it just before serving to preserve the bubbles.

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Apple Pie Mimosa

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This three-ingredient mimosa combines bubbly Champagne with sweet apple cider. Cinnamon sticks add extra spice.

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Plum & Cider Sangria

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In this apple cider sangria recipe, we've skipped the added sugar and used hard apple cider, apple liqueur and tons of fresh fruit to create a delicious, yet healthy cocktail.

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