Holiday Entertaining Cocktails

Posted by Naomi Gabay

Bourbon, whiskey, pear nectar, maple syrup, pistachios… all the scents and tastes of fall are now in full swing! Today’s cocktails from Allen Katz are autumn in a glass and are perfect all your Thanksgiving entertaining.

Bourbon Milk Punch
Ingredients:
1 1/2 ounce Wild Turkey Bourbon
3 ounces milk
1 teaspoon maple syrup
1 dash vanilla extract

Directions:
1. Shake ingredients over ice and serve in highball glass. Top with freshly grated nutmeg.

Nutty Old Man
Ingredients:
2 ounces Buffalo Trace Bourbon
1/4 ounce Dumante Pistachio Liqueur
1/4 ounce agave syrup
3 dashes orange bitters

Directions:
1. Stir ingredients over ice and strain into an old-fashioned glass ¾ filled with ice. Garnish with a wide orange twist.

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Mother’s Manhattan
Ingredients:
2 1/2 ounces Wild Turkey Rye Whiskey
1 ounce Dry Vermouth
1/2 ounce Yellow Chartreuse
2 dashes Angostura Bitters

Directions:
1. Stir ingredients over ice until exceedingly well-chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with three brandied cherries on a cocktail pick.

Too Much of Nothing
Ingredients:
1 ounce Buffalo Trace Bourbon
1 ounce Cognac
1 ounce pear nectar
1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup

Directions:
1. Shake ingredients over ice and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a fan of 3 pear slices.