It’s time to give thanks, and we are thankful for all the great cocktail recipes submitted to us throughout the year. We couldn’t do it without you! Here are seven drinks we like for Thanksgiving 2025.
Apple Sage
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz. Calvados apple brandy
- ¾ oz. Honey apple sage syrup*
- ¼ oz. Lemon juice
Instructions
- Combine ingredients and shake.
- Strain over a big cube in single rocks glass.
- Garnish with a sage leaf.
Notes
*For Apple honey sage syrup
Combine 300 g. honey and 300 g. water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil stirring. Add 300 g. apple cider and 20 g. sage leaves, bring back to a rolling boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and allow sage leaves to steep for 1 hour. Strain. The mixologists at Four Twenty Five in New York created this recipe.
Combine 300 g. honey and 300 g. water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil stirring. Add 300 g. apple cider and 20 g. sage leaves, bring back to a rolling boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and allow sage leaves to steep for 1 hour. Strain. The mixologists at Four Twenty Five in New York created this recipe.
Cider Maple Old Fashioned
Ingredients
- 1 oz. Koloa Cane Fire rum
- 1 ½ oz. Bourbon
- ½ oz. Maple syrup
- 1 oz. Apple cider
- 2-3 dashes Orange bitters
Instructions
- Combine ingredients in a mixing glass.
- Stir with ice to chill.
- Strain into lowball glass over a large ice cube.
- Garnish with an orange peel.
Notes
The mixologists at Koloa created this recipe.
Bourbon Bacon Barrel
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Wyoming Whiskey double cask bourbon
- ½ oz. Pedro Ximenez sherry
- ½ oz. Ancho Reyes chile liqueur
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
Instructions
- Combine all spirits and ingredients in a glass mixture.
- Add ice and stir to chill and mix thoroughly.
- Strain the mixture into a rocks glass and top with ice.
- Garnish with maple glazed bacon strip
Notes
The mixologists at Waldorf Astoria Washington D.C. created this recipe.
Maple Ginger Sour
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Dewar’s Scotch whisky
- ¾ oz. Lemon juice
- ½ oz. Maple syrup
- ½ oz. Ginger syrup
- ¾ oz. Blood orange juice
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
Instructions
- Combine ingredients and shake with ice.
- Strain into ice filled rocks glass.
- Garnish with candied ginger.
Notes
The mixologists at Dewar’s created this recipe.
Core Values
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Vodka
- ¼ oz. Apple cider vinegar
- ¾ oz. Fennel cordial*
- 1 ½ oz. Spiced apple cider**
- ¼ oz. Lemon juice
- Soda
- Dehydrated apples for garnish
Instructions
- Combine ingredients except soda in a shaker and shake.
- Strain into a tall glass over ice.
- Top with soda.
- Garnish with a dehydrated apple.
Notes
*For Fennel cordial
Combine 2,000 ml. cane sugar, 2,000 ml. water, 2 pinches of salt and black pepper, 200 grams fennel bulbs (chopped) in a sauce pot. Heat on high until combined. Strain, cool and store. ** For Spiced apple cider
Combine 1 gallon apple cider, 500 ml. water, 169 g. chopped ginger, 2 star anise, 2 cloves, 1 tbsp. coriander seed, and the peels of 1 orange and 1 lemon in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer, and turn to low heat. Let simmer for 15 minutes. Strain and store. Anderson Riddle, bar manager at The Radical Hotel in Asheville, NC, created this recipe.
Combine 2,000 ml. cane sugar, 2,000 ml. water, 2 pinches of salt and black pepper, 200 grams fennel bulbs (chopped) in a sauce pot. Heat on high until combined. Strain, cool and store. ** For Spiced apple cider
Combine 1 gallon apple cider, 500 ml. water, 169 g. chopped ginger, 2 star anise, 2 cloves, 1 tbsp. coriander seed, and the peels of 1 orange and 1 lemon in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer, and turn to low heat. Let simmer for 15 minutes. Strain and store. Anderson Riddle, bar manager at The Radical Hotel in Asheville, NC, created this recipe.
