9 Labor Day Cocktails to Kickstart Fall

Kick off fall this Labor Day (9/2) with some delicious cocktails!

Prepare for apple picking with Proper Whiskey’s Irish Apple Cider, warm up by a bonfire with Dos Hombres and Ilegal’s smoky mezcal cocktails, or find another recipe below to bring on the chilly weather with.

Rum

Planas Chai Tea

Ingredients

• 1.5 parts Diplomatico Planas
• 2 parts Hot Chai Tea
• 0.5 part Coconut Syrup
• 0.25 part Fresh Lemon Juice

Preparation

1. Combine all ingredients in a glass.
2. Garnish with cinnamon powder.

Hard Cider, Whiskey

Proper Irish Apple Cider

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Proper No. Twelve Irish Apple
• 4 cups Apple Cider
• 6 Sticks of Cinnamon
• 4 Tbs Nutmeg
• 10 Cloves
• Orange Zest

Preparation

1. Over heat, combine Proper No. Twelve Irish Apple, apple cider, cinnamon sticks, nutmeg, cloves and fresh orange zest.
2. Pour into a heat-protected mug, garnish with an orange twist and enjoy warm.

Vermouth, Whiskey

The Rob Roy

Ingredients

• 1 oz. The Glendronach Original Aged 12 Years
• 1/2 oz. Sweet Vermouth
• 1 dash Angostura Bitters

Preparation

1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice.
2. Stir until very cold and strain into a chilled coupe.
3. Garnish with cherry.

Mezcal

Oaxacan Coffee

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz. Dos Hombres Mezcal
• 1/4 oz. Demerara Syrup
• 1 oz. Cold Brew
• 3 dashes Chocolate Mole bitters
• 3/4 oz. Amaro 

Preparation

1. Add ingredients to a shaker filled with ice.
2. Shake and strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube.
3. Garnish with expressed orange peel.
4. Enjoy!

Whiskey

F&Tea

Ingredients

• 1.5 parts Fraser & Thompson
• 4 parts Iced Tea
• .5 parts Citrus Juice

Preparation

1. Combine all ingredients in a tall glass over ice.
2. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Gin, Sake, Vermouth

Salted Plum Sake Martini

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Revivalist Garden Gin
• 1 oz. Joto Umeshu Plum Sake
• ¼ oz. Dry Vermouth

Preparation

1. Add all ingredient to mixing glass, add ice and stir until perfect dilution.
2. Strain into Nick n Nora glass and garnish with Saline solution mist.

Photo by Carnelian Cooks

Tequila

Batch Tequila Sunrise

by Carnelian Cooks

Ingredients

• 1 750 ml bottle of Dulce Vida Pineapple
• Jalapeño Tequila
• 1.5  cup Fresh Lime Juice
• 1.5 cup POG Juice
• 1-1.5 cup Water
• Grenadine, for topping

Preparation

1. In a pitcher, add your Dulce Vida Pineapple Jalapeño with fresh lime juice, POG juice and water.
2. Stir until combined.
3. Place in the fridge for at least 1 hour.
4. When ready to enjoy, serve in glasses filled with ice.
5. Top with your desired amount of grenadine.
6. Garnish with a cherry and a lime wheel.

Liqueur, Tequila

The Horseshoe Carajillo

Ingredients

• 1 oz. Herradura Reposado
• 1 oz. Licor 43
• 1.5 oz. Fresh Espresso
• 0.5 oz. Vanilla Syrup
• 1 dash Orange Bitters

Preparation

1. Shake all ingredients over ice.
2. Fine strain into glass.
3. Garnish with Dehydrated Orange slice and Ground Nutmeg or Cinnamon to dust one half of the drink.

Mezcal, Tequila

Ilegal EL POBLANO

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Ilegal Mezcal Joven
• 2 slices of Poblano Pepper
• 1 oz. Lime Juice
• 0.5 oz. Agave Nectar
• Chipotle Salt (3 tsp Chipotle en Adobo Purée + 1 cup Kosher Salt)

Preparation

1. Mix Chipotle Salt ingredients together and let dry.
2. Add ingredients to shaker and shake.
3. Strain into stemmed glass with chipotle salt rim.
4. Garnish with a Poblano slice.