Time to Spice Up the Cocktails

The transition from summer into early fall is often met with mixed feelings. All at once we’re saying goodbye to easy breezy summer days as we turn our attention to fall’s cool, crisp evenings and delight in the anticipation of filling our plates and glasses with the bountiful flavours of harvest season.

The cocktails in this feature showcase the best of both seasons.

We’ve kept some of summer’s lighter flavours in the mix while also introducing some darker and spicier flavours that accompany a bountiful harvest season.

The cocktails in this feature mark the start of a brand new season on the horizon for each one of us and we invite you to make them your own as you enjoy the spirit of harvest season.

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Football Fizz

Ingredients:

• Sugar (for rim)
• 1 oz lime juice
• 3 oz CROWN ROYAL 750ML
• 1 can ginger ale
• Ice
• 2 limes
• Mint (garnish)

Steps:

1. On a small plate, combine sugar and lime zest. Using a lime wedge, wet rim of glass, then dip in sugar mixture
2. Add ice to glass
3. Pour in Crown Royal, lime juice and top with ginger ale
4. Stir drink
5. Garnish with mint

Red Wine Pomegranate Punch

Ingredients:

• 1 cup frozen cherries pitted
• 1 ½ cups frozen strawberries
• 1 cup TITOS HANDMADE VODKA 1750ML ($5 off)
• 2 cups cran-pomegranate juice (regular pomegranate juice is fine too)
• ½ cup fresh ruby red grapefruit juice
• 750ml CASILLERO DEL DIABLO MERLOT 750ML (6 for $66)

Steps:

1. Add the frozen fruit to a pitcher
2. Pour in the vodka and juices
3. Pour in the wine
4. Stir to combine
5. Pour over ice in rocks or wine glasses, being sure to get some of the fruit into the glass

Pitch Dark Coffee Stout

Ingredients:

• 2 oz DR MCGILLICUDDYS COFFEE 750ML
• 2 shots of espresso
• GUINNESS EXTRA STOUT ORIGINAL 330ML

Steps:

1. Mix the coffee liqueur, and espresso together in a spouted measuring cup
2. Divide between two 10-ounce chilled beer mugs
3. Then, evenly split the stout between the glasses
4. Stir gently to combine

High Horse

Ingredients:

• 0.25 oz grenadine
• 1 oz lime juice
• 1 oz APEROL 750ML
• 1 oz PATRON REPOSADO 750ML
• 0.5 oz CASAMIGOS MEZCAL 750ML

Steps:

1. Combine grenadine, lime juice, Aperol and Tequila into a cocktail shaker
2. Add ice to the cocktail shaker and shake for 20 seconds or until chilled
3. Add large ice to a chilled rocks glass
4. Strain into rocks glass
5. Float mezcal overtop

Blackberry Collins (Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• 4 blackberries
• Ice
• ½ oz vanilla extract
• 1 oz sparkling cranberry juice
• ¾ oz fresh lemon juice
• ¾ oz simple syrup
• 2 oz chilled club soda

Steps:

1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle 3 blackberries
2. Add ice and the vanilla, cranberry juice, lemon juice and simple syrup and shake well
3. Combine ingredients into a tall glass with ice
4. Garnish with mint

Apple Ginger Fizz (Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• 3 oz still apple cider
• 1 oz freshly squeezed lime juice
• 6 mint leaves
• 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
• Pinch powdered cinnamon
• 3 oz ginger ale

Steps:

1. Place apple cider, lime juice, cinnamon, apple cider vinegar and a few ice cubes into a cocktail shaker. If you don't have a shaker, anything with a tight lid will work, such as a mason jar or drink bottle
2. Clap the mint together in your hands to release the scent and add to the shaker. Shake for about 20-30 seconds until ingredients are combined
3. Pour into an ice filled glass and top with ginger ale
4. Stir gently, garnish with mint, dried citrus or a cinnamon stick, and serve

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