The Ultimate Fall Cocktail

fall cocktail with gin and sweet vermouth cinnamon and orange slice garnish

Autumn time is the best time for the Ultimate Fall Cocktail. It's warm notes are perfect to enjoy over ice for the ultimate balanced drink for rain or shine, because let's face it, the fall is never predictable.

Course Cocktail, Drinks

Cuisine American

Keyword autumn gin cocktail, gin cocktail

Prep Time 5

Total Time 5

Servings serving

Calories 219kcal

Equipment

1 Lemon squeezer

Ingredients

1.5 oz Gin
1.5 oz Sweet vermouth
A few drops Classic bitters
0.5 oz Simple syrup
1 Mandarin orange , juiced
3 oz Club soda (about ⅓ cup)
1 large Cinnamon stick to garnish
1 slice Mandarin orange to garnish

Instructions

Fill a glass ⅔ of the way with ice. Skip the ice if you're not serving right away.
Directly over the ice, add gin and sweet vermouth.
Add a couple drops of bitters. Just 2 drops is plenty potent.
Using a lemon squeezer, juice 1 mandarin right into the glass.
Add club soda and stir, stir, stir.
To garnish, add a cinnamon stick and a slice or two of mandarin.

Notes

STORAGE TIPS

Is there a such thing as extras? If there is, you can store it in a large mason jar or a bottle with a lid for about 3-4 days.

Make sure you drain out all the ice so it doesn't water down your drink. When you're ready to enjoy the cocktail, add ice to your glass and pour the drink, adding garnish if you'd like.

HOW TO PREP AHEAD

If you need to make this drink in advance, you're in luck, because this drink only gets better the longer it sits.

I like to make it at least 4 hours prior to serving, but you can make it the night before, adding the cinnamon sticks in right away. The longer they sit in the drink, the more it will taste like fall!

*nutritional info is only a estimate calculation.

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