If like us, you are just as sad about the warm days and light evenings coming to an end, then, we have compiled a small list of delicious autumn and winter cocktails to lift your spirits and will have you craving those cosy evenings on the sofa and making the most of the romantic air that autumn brings.
From more earthy palettes, non-alcoholic aperitifs, autumnal fruit and vodka mixes to creamy goodness with one of our premium whiskeys – there really is an option for anyone!
VIVIR
If you’re a fan of the whisky notes and looking to experiment with ingredients the VIVIR Anejo is the ideal gateway spirit into the agave category. It’s bold enough so that it can be enjoyed neat as though sipping a whisky. It has been aged for eighteen months which adds yet more depth to the colour and flavour profile. The smoky American Oak barrel evolves the liquid into a darker caramel tone and gives it gentle woody notes which are met with a rich creamy mouthfeel.
VIVIR’s Bramble provides warm dark berry notes and is the perfect cocktail to enjoy with friends during the autumn months.
Autumnal Cocktail Recipes – VIVIR Bramble
50ml VIVIR Anejo | 30ml Fresh Lemon Juice | 1tbsp Agave Syrup | 1tbsp Blackberry Liqueur
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, and add VIVIR Anejo, lemon juice and agave. Shake until well-chilled. Fill a small tumbler with crushed ice and pour over the shaken mixture. Drizzle the Crème de mûre over the top so that it ‘bleeds’ down into the glass. Garnish with your blackberries and sprig of rosemary for the aromas.
Available to purchase via Master of Malt | RRP £39.95
EVERLEAF
Everleaf is a vibrant and distinct non-alcoholic aperitif. It’s brimming with botanicals and crafted sustainably by combining cherry-picked botanicals from across the globe including sweet orange blossom and Madagascan vanilla, bitter gentian and golden saffron, earthy vetiver, and spicy cassia bark, inspired by forest layers, from the canopy to the understory.
Its signature Vanilla Sour provides a light taste of earthy autumnal flavours to enjoy any time of day.
Autumnal Cocktail Recipes – Vanilla Sour
50ml Everleaf FOREST | 25ml fresh lemon juice | 15ml vanilla syrup | 15ml aqua faba (or egg white)
Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake hard with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with a lemon twist or edible flowers.
Priced at £18 | Available via Marks & Spencer | Website here
BLACK COW VODKA
Distilled in beautiful West Dorset, Black Cow is the world’s first vodka to be made entirely from milk. Delightfully smooth and made from the milk of 100% grass grazed cows from the West Dorset area, Black Cow is the quintessential English drink capturing the flavour of the English countryside and when mixed with autumnal fruits makes for a crisp delicate cocktail
Autumnal Cocktail Recipes – APPLE + BRAMBLE
50ml Black Cow | 20ml Apple Juice| 10ml Blackberry Liqueur Top With Soda
Add Black Cow, Apple Juice and Blackberry Liqueur in a tall glass and stir. Add cubed ice and top with soda. Garnish with an apple slice and a blackberry.
Priced at £25| Available to purchase here
STAUNING WHISKEY
Stauning is the premium whisky from the west coast of Denmark. Award winning and globally recognised for its quality and innovative approach. Stauning was created by a group of nine friends – four engineers, a helicopter pilot, a doctor, a teacher, a chef and a butcher – who joined together to push the boundaries of whisky-making, to create whiskies reflective of their heritage with distinct Danish character.
Stauning’s After Dinner Tea provides a real warming wintery flavour profile delicately decorated with grated chocolate, this really is an after dinner treat!
Stauning After Dinner Tea
20 ml Stauning Kaos | 20 ml Creme de Cacao| 30 ml Double Cream | 20 ml Sugar Syrup| 15 ml Earl Grey reduction
Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker and give it a good shake. Serve in a Coupe glass and garnish with grated chocolate
Priced at £75 | Available from here
Autumnal Cocktail Recipes – Premium Mezcal Pensador
Pensador Espadin is made from 100% Espadin, the agave species most closely related to Blue Agave used to make tequila, Pensador Espadin is ideal for those who want to explore mezcal and mix up twists on classic cocktails. In time for the autumn season the mezcal has teamed up with Cool Chile for the perfect hot chocolate.
Autumnal Cocktail Recipes – Pensador Hot Chocolate
200ml hot milk or Oat milk|3 tablespoons Cool Chile Oaxacan Hot Chocolate | 2 teaspoons sugar | 25ml Pensador Espadin| Orange twist – express and discard|Cinnamon dusting
Stir all the ingredients until well blended. Garnish with orange twist and a dusting of cinnamon.
The kit is priced at £41.50| Available on the Pensador website here from 15th November
Daddy Rack Whiskey
Made from an original recipe, Daddy Rack is a smooth and sumptuous whiskey from Tennessee that will delight first-time whiskey drinkers and connoisseurs alike. Rich and fruity, Daddy Rack is light gold amber in appearance, with notes of maple, honey, light oak and caramelised banana.
It is perfect in a variety of simple serves to make at home, like the Popcorn Old Fashioned, and delivers a true taste of the American South with every sip.
Popcorn Old Fashioned
60ml Daddy Rack | 15ml MONIN Popcorn Syrup| 2 dash Angostura Bitters |1 Orange Peel
Add all the ingredients into a mixing ice with cubed ice. Stir until chilled and strain into an Old Fashioned glass filled with cubed ice. Garnish with popcorn and orange zest.