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Fall Cocktails from Resorts Around the World

by Mary Melnick

Oct 12, 2021

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Food & Drink

It’s time to say goodbye to summer clothes activities and drinks. Switch out your favorite summer sips for delicious fall-themed cocktails from hotels and resorts around the world. Whether you like vodka, rum or bourbon, there is a cocktail just for you.

 

Pumpkin Spice Martini at Bungalows Key Largo

This cocktail puts a unique twist on the traditional martini and utilizes pumpkin puree and nutmeg to embrace the seasonal fun.

Ingredients

1.5 ounces vanilla vodka

0.5 ounce simple syrup

½ teaspoon cinnamon sugar

1.5 teaspoon pumpkin puree

Cinnamon sugar rim

Cinnamon stick, for garnish

Sprinkle of nutmeg

Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice and shake. Strain and serve in an old fashioned glass with cinnamon.

 

 

 

Autumn Delight at Marriott Harbor Beach, Fort Lauderdale
The vodka-based martini combines multiple fall flavors such as pumpkin puree, White Creme de Cacao and Baileys Irish Cream.

Ingredients
2 ounces Stoli Vanilla Vodka
1 ounce Pumpkin Spice Puree
1 ounce White Crème de Cacao
1 ounce Baileys Irish Cream
Splash of cream
Chocolate shavings, for garnish

Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice to chill. Pour mixture into a martini glass and top with a sprinkle of chocolate shavings.

 

 

Fall Equinox at Amsterdam Manor Beach Resort, Oranjestad, Aruba 

The fruity Fall Equinox cocktail reflects the vibrant hues of Aruba, while tasting like autumn.

Ingredients

1.5 ounce Red Rhubarb liquor

1 ounce Tito’s Vodka

1 ounce orange juice

1 drop grenadine

Orange wedges, cut in half for garnish

3 blueberries, for garnish

Rosemary stem, for garnish

Add ice and grenadine syrup into a stemless wine glass. In a shaker, combine ice, red Rhubarb liquor, Tito’s Vodka, and orange juice. Shake before straining into the wine glass. Lastly, garnish with blueberries, orange wedges, and rosemary stem.

 

 

Spice of Paradise at Timbers Kaua’i, Kaua’i Island, Hawaii

Enjoy the delicious taste of fall while basking in the sun and nice weather in Hawai’i.

Ingredients

1 bar spoon pumpkin spice mix

1.5 ounce Koloa Gold Rum

0.75 ounce lime juice

0.75 ounce Cointreau

0.5 ounce simple syrup

1 pasteurized egg white

Combine all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled. Pour over fresh ice in a rock glass and enjoy!

Applewood Smoked Fall Old Fashioned at Mansion on Forsyth Park, Savannah, Georgia

 

 

The Applewood Smoked Fall Old Fashioned is the perfect warming cocktail for a cozy night.

Ingredients

2 ounces Basil Hayden’s Bourbon

½ ounce fall spice-infused cane syrup (cinnamon, clove and nutmeg)

2 dashes Angostura Bitters

2 dashes Angostura Orange Bitters

Stir and strain all the ingredients into a rocks glass, smoke with apple woodchips and garnish with dehydrated orange slices, cinnamon sticks and a Luxardo cherry.

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