Fall is officially here and nothing accompanies colorful foliage and a cool autumn breeze than a diverse list of fall seasonal cocktails from some of Orlando's top restaurants.
Try a few of these festive takes on three traditional cocktails.
Gone Apple Picking Gin & Tonic
Jaleo by José Andrés – Orlando, FL
Ingredients:
- 1 oz Hendricks gin
- .5 oz La Gitana Manzanilla sherry
- .25 oz Valdespino El Candado Pedro Ximenez sherry
- 4.5 oz Fever Tree Indian tonic water
- Garnish 2 Granny Smith apple slices
- 1 star anise (full pod)
Smoked Maple Old Fashioned
Enzo’s Hideaway, Disney Springs – Orlando, FL
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Smoked Maple Knob Creek bourbon
- .25 oz of cinnamon pear syrup
- 4 dashes chocolate bitters
- Orange-peel garnish
- Cinnamon stick
Directions:
- Pour 2 oz of Smoked Maple Knob Creek into mixing glass with .25 oz of cinnamon pear syrup with ice
- Add 4 dashes of chocolate bitters
- Stir all ingredients with stirring spoon
- Burn tip of cinnamon stick with lighter, take rocks glass and put over burning cinnamon stick to give the glass a smokey flavor
- Single strain cocktail into rocks glass with one big ice cube
- Garnish with one orange peel twist and a cinnamon stick
Pumpkin White Russian
Maria & Enzo’s, Disney Springs – Orlando, FL
Ingredients:
- 2 oz organic pumpkin spice vodka
- .5 oz of cinnamon simple syrup
- 1.5 oz of Borghetti espresso liquor
- Splash of milk
- Whipped cream
- Graham cracker
Directions:
- Add pumpkin spice rim to a rocks glass
- Pour 2 oz of organic pumpkin spice vodka into the rocks glass
- Add 1.5 oz of Borghetti espresso liquor into the glass
- Add .5 oz of cinnamon simple syrup
- Add a splash of milk
- Stir in glass and then add ice
- Top with whipped cream and graham cracker