Drink Ideas For Thanksgiving
Mixed Drinks To Enjoy This Thanksgiving Holiday.
Thanksgiving is a time of the year that gets everyone excited. It is the first of the many
upcoming holidays. Mixed drinks are a great way to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. We
assembled some of the best Thanksgiving mixed drinks. Click on the links to see how these
great tasting drinks are made.
Mixed Drinks For Thanksgiving:
Berry Thankful
Great looking and is easy to prepare, just mix Baileys Irish Cream, raspberries
and crushed ice
Pass the Turkey
Ingredients in this drink speaks Thanksgiving. Made with Wild Turkey 101,
apple cider, cranberry jelly, sage, thyme and a glass rimmed with turkey juice
and breadcrumbs.
Great Pumpkin Cocktail
The Great Pumpkin Cocktail uses pumpkin ale, rye whiskey, apple brandy,
maple syrup and a whole egg.
Whiskey-Cranberry Slushes
Whiskey, cranberry juice, pomegranate juice, orange juice and lime juice make
this slush a must for Thanksgiving.
Autumn Harvest
Bourbon, cherry liqueur, aromatic bitters, Milk Stout Beer and fresh nutmeg
make up this great tasting Thanksgiving drink.
Holiday Highball
With a slight flavor of coffee, this cocktail has Baileys Irish Cream, Bulleit
Bourbon, iced coffee and raw sugar syrup.
Spiced Pumpkin
Pumpkin is always a big part of Thanksgiving and this pumpkin cocktail uses
Pinnacle Pumpkin Pie Vodka, Irish Cream and a splash of half and half.
Hot Cinn Apple Toddy
This hot cinnamon apple drink is made with bourbon, Walker Cinn Cinnamon
liqueur, lemon juice and agave nectar.
The Autumn Aperitif
Orange in color and strong in flavor, the Autumn Aperitif is made with Ketel One
Oranje Vodka, sweet vermouth, Zwack herbal liqueur and angostura bitters.
1747 West Pulaski Hwy.
Elkton, MD 21921
(410) 287-5710
Store Hours:
Mon -Thurs: 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Fri -Sat: 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Sun: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Berry Thankful
Ingredients:
2 oz Baileys Original Irish Cream
8-9 raspberries
Crushed ice
Garnish: Three speared raspberries
Instructions: Place 4-5 raspberries at the
bottom of a rocks glass and lightly muddle
them. Top with crushed ice. Add Baileys
Irish Cream.
Great Pumpkin Cocktail
Ingredients:
2 oz Southampton Pumpkin Ale
1 oz Rittenhouse Bonded Rye
Whiskey
1 oz Laird's Bonded Apple Brandy
½ oz Deep Mountain Grade B
Maple syrup
Whole Egg
Ice
Garnish: Freshly-grated nutmeg
Instructions: Combine all ingredients
in a cocktail shaker and dry shake.
Then add ice and shake again. Strain
into a chilled highball glass and garnish
with grated nutmeg.
The Autumn Aperitif
Ingredients:
1 ounce Ketel One Oranje vodka
1 ounce sweet vermouth
¼ ounce of Zwack herbal liqueur
5 dashes angostura bitters
Orange peel
Garnish: Orange peel
Instructions: Pour Ketel One Oranje,
sweet vermouth, Zwack and agostura
bitters in a rocks glass over ice. Gently
stir
Pass the Turkey
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz Wild Turkey 101
2 oz apple cider
1 tbs cranberry jelly
1 sprig fresh sage
1 sprig fresh thyme
Instructions: Muddle sage and thyme
with apple cider. Add ice, top with Wild
Turkey and cranberry jelly. Shake well,
strain over ice in a glass rimmed with
turkey juice and breadcrumbs.
Hot Cinn Apple Toddy
Ingredients:
1 ½ parts bourbon
1 ½ parts Hiram Walker Original Cinn
cinnamon liqueur
½ part fresh lemon juice
1 tsp agave nectar
Garnish: Cinnamon stick or a green
apple
Instructions: Fill glass with hot apple
cider. Pour the bourbon, Original Cinn,
and lemon juice into a footed mug. Stir
well. Fill with hot apple cider.
Whiskey-Cranberry
Slushes
Ingredients:
2 cups whiskey, preferably Crown
Royal
6 cups cranberry juice
4 1/2 cups pomegranate juice
2 cups orange juice
Juice of 2 limes
1 cup sugar
1 cup fresh cranberries, diced
Garnish: Mint leaves
Instructions: Combine the whiskey, 3
cups cranberry juice, the pomegranate
juice, orange juice, lime juice, sugar
and 1/2 cup water in a large, shallow
freezer-safe container. Stir well, then
cover and freeze until the mixture is icy,
stirring every 20 to 30 minutes, 4 to 5
hours.
Scrape the frozen mixture with a spoon
and divide among glasses, filling them
three-quarters of the way. Divide the
remaining 3 cups cranberry juice
among the glasses and top with the
diced cranberries; stir until slushy.
Autumn Harvest
Ingredients:
2 parts Basil Hayden’s Bourbon
3/4 parts Heering Cherry Liqueur
1 dash Fee Brothers Old Fashioned
Aromatic Bitters
2 parts Milk Stout Beer
Fresh nutmeg
Garnish: Nutmeg and cherry on top
Instructions: Combine Basil Hayden’s,
cherry liqueur and bitters in a mixing
glass. Add ice and shake. Roll in the
milk stout beer. Strain into an old
fashioned glass with ice.
Holiday Highball
Ingredients:
1 oz Baileys Original Irish Cream
.5 oz iced coffee
1 oz Bulleit Bourbon
1/8 oz 2:1 raw sugar syrup
3 mint sprigs
Instructions: Mix coffee and sugar
syrup together and set aside. In a
highball glass, layer 2 mint sprigs in the
bottom of the glass, then top with
crushed ice. Add Baileys Original Irish
Cream, Bulleit Bourbon, and simple
syrup. Swizzle together, leaving the
mint at the bottom of the glass. Float
coffee on top and garnish with last mint
sprig.
Spiced Pumpkin
Ingredients:
2 parts Pinnacle Pumpkin Pie Vodka
1 part Irish Cream
Splash Half & Half
Garnish: Cherry
Instructions: Shake with ice, strain
into a cinnamon sugar rimmed martini
glass.