Annual Food & Drink Issue

Thanksgiving Cocktail Recipes

In the Spirit

Holiday time is the best time.
Between the decorations and gatherings with friends and family, it’s hard not to feel joyous during those special times of year … and then there’s the food and drinks – festive and tasty tokens that take the celebration to a whole new level. Here, area establishments share several show-stopping cocktails so that you too can impress guests with your cheerful creations.

Photography by Rich Smith

Harvest Moon Cocktail

Shelby Walker

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Ingredients

1 lemon slice
1 oz. Ole Smoky apple pie Moonshine
0.5 oz. Rebel Yell 100 proof bourbon whiskey
1 oz. homemade cinnamon and clove spiced simple syrup apple cider

Instructions

In a cocktail shaker, muddle a lemon slice before adding moonshine, whiskey, and simple syrup.
Add ice and shake for 30 seconds to combine.
Strain into a wine glass with fresh ice and top with apple cider until the liquid is about an inch from the top.
Garnish with a frozen apple slice and a sprinkle of cinnamon.

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Shelby Walker at Urban Stack

Shelby Walker at Urban Stack

Sullivan & Co. Cocktail

Drew Houts

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Ingredients

For the cocktail:

2 oz. Four Roses bourbon
1 oz. spiced apple cider
0.5 oz. apple gastrique
1 oz. lemon juice
1 dropper Ms. Betters botanical foamer

For the apple gastrique:

1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
1 cup apple cider vinegar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup spiced apple cider

Instructions

To create the apple gastrique

Add all ingredients to a small pot and heat just below boiling, stirring to combine.
Once the sugar and salt have been incorporated, simmer on low for 45 minutes.
Allow to cool and strain into a container using a fine mesh strainer.

To build the drink

Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
Shake until properly incorporated. Remove ice and dry shake before straining into a coupe glass and garnishing with 2 whole star anise pods.

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Drew Houts at STIR