Three pours, zero wrong turns. Consider this your fall flight: three cocktails, each with a different take on the season.
Aplós & Cacao Honey
If you are feeling particularly ambitious we invite you to garnish this cocktail with the smoke from strawberry guava bark. Cover to infuse cocktail and enjoy an adventure for the senses.
Ingredients
Aplós Calme or Ease
2 oz
Chocolate honey syrup*
2 oz
Instructions
Stir and strain both ingredients into a snifter glass.
*Cacao and honey syrup: Combine 3oz cacao nibs and 1oz local honey with 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water. Stir over heat until sugar dissolves, then strain.
Depressed in the Bath
Oh, it’s lovely to be depressed in the bath. A shower would wash off the sadness, but in a bath, you can seriously commit to soaking in your misery. Tears, should you be able to shed them, conveniently tumble into bathwater like little buds of Epsom salts. It’s crucial to strike the right balance between a healthy bout of self-pity and all-out despair. Best not to take it too far. Some profound and relevant reflections may include: How unfair life is! How misunderstood we are! How much better things were back then! (They weren’t.) At some point, sorriness will be overwhelmed by shriveledness. Or listlessness. Or chilliness. And then it is time to dry off. We must schedule an hour to feel awful in the bath more often, before returning to dry land, sweet-smelling, with a slight spring in our step.
Ingredients
Aplós Calme or Ease
- Calme
- Ease
2 oz.
Lemon juice
¾ oz.
Honey syrup (2 parts honey, 1 part water)
½ oz.
Orange bitters
1 dash
Egg white
¾ oz.
Instructions
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake without ice. Add ice and shake well. Strain into a lowball glass. Garnish with a cherry.
The Slow Glow
An uplifting punch best enjoyed among friends by the warm glow of the firelight.
Ingredients
Aplós Calme or Ease
- Calme
- Ease
2 oz
Sparkling apple cider
1/2 cup
Pomegranate juice
1/2 cup
Blood orange or orange juice
1/4 cup
Sparkling water
1/4 cup
Cinnamon stick
Apple slices
Instructions
Simply combine ingredients in a pitcher or punch bowl and stir to mix. Add optional herbs to the punch. Serve in a punch cup or wine glass, and garnish as desired. Let all distractions fade away.