5 Delicious Cocktails To Pair With Your Thanksgiving Feast
The holiday season is here and everybody is busy thinking of the best food and drinks menu that will make their Thanksgiving feast a hit this year. When your family and friends huddle around the dinner table in the anticipation of great food and even more amazing cocktails, the pressure is real. Everyone wants to add something special to their menu which says Thanksgiving like never before and also adds a touch of innovation.
Well, this festive season you do not have to worry any more as you can just browse through this list and can take care of the cocktail menu like a pro.
Which Cocktails Go Well With Thanksgiving Feast?
Here is a list of cocktails you can serve with your homemade feast, with recipes.
Cranberry-Aperol Spritz
Ingredients
350 ml Aperol
350 ml Cranberry Juice Cocktail
Juice of 1/2 orange
600 ml Prosecco
Ice
Fresh cranberries, orange slices, and rosemary sprigs, for serving
Instructions
Take a pitcher and combine Aperol, cranberry juice, and orange juice.
Pour in Prosecco and stir to combine.
Fill wine glasses with ice.
Pour in spritz.
Top each with cranberries, an orange slice, and a rosemary sprig.
Sparkling Apple Cider Sangria
Ingredients
1 lemon wedge
1/4 cup cinnamon-sugar
1 bottle sparkling cider, chilled
1 bottle white wine, chilled
100 ml fireball
2 apples, thinly sliced, some reserved for garnish
Cinnamon sticks
Instructions
Rim each of your glasses with lemon wedge.
Dip in cinnamon-sugar.
Take a large pitcher and combine cider, wine, and fireball.
Add sliced apples to the mixture and stir to combine the liquids well.
Serve into prepared glasses.
Garnish with an apple slice and cinnamon stick.
Thanksgiving Jungle Juice
Ingredients
2 bottles red wine
960 mL ginger ale
720 mL cranberry juice
160 mL Fireball
160 mL whiskey
2 cups frozen cranberries
1 orange, sliced into rounds
1 apple, cut into thin slices
Instructions
Combine all ingredients in a punch bowl.
Stir together until mixed well.
Serve.
Pumpkin Margarita
Ingredients
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 lime wheel, plus more for serving
60 ml reposado tequila
22 ml store bought or homemade pumpkin spice syrup or simple syrup
15 ml Cointreau
15 ml fresh lime juice
1 Tbsp. pumpkin puree
Ice
1 lime wedge (optional)
1 (3") cinnamon stick (optional)
Instructions
Take a plate and mix salt and pumpkin pie spice.
Rub the rim of a rocks glass with a lime wheel.
Roll rim in spice mixture to coat the rim properly.
Combine tequila, pumpkin spice syrup, Cointreau, lime juice, and pumpkin puree in a cocktail shaker.
Fill the shaker with ice, cover, and shake until the outside of the shaker is frosty. [about 20 seconds]
Fill the prepared glass with ice.
Strain margarita into the glass.
Garnish with lime wheel and cinnamon stick. [Optional]
Gold Rush Cocktail
Ingredients
120 ml water
60 ml honey
90 ml bourbon whiskey
60 ml fresh lemon juice
Ice cubes
Lemon peel, for garnish
Instructions
Combine water and honey in a heatproof measuring cup.
Microwave on high, stirring occasionally, until honey is dissolved. [about 30 seconds]
Combine honey syrup, whiskey, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker.
Fill the shaker with ice.
Cover it and shake until the outside of the shaker is frosty. [about 30 seconds]
Strain into 2 ice-filled rocks glasses.
Garnish with lemon peel.
Drink responsibly. This communication is intended for audiences aged 25 and above.
