Thanksgiving may be all about the turkey and copious side dishes, but don’t forget about the cocktails. A surefire way to get the celebration of thanks started is by offering a delicious festive seasonal cocktail as soon as guests arrive. Here are eight we like for 2022. (And here’s the 2021 Thanksgiving drinks roundup for more options.)

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Balsamic Fig Fizz

Course Drinks

Keyword balsamic vinegar, Champagne, fig, rosemary, Scotch

Ingredients

• 1 part The Glenlivet Founder’s Reserve Scotch infused with rosemary*
• 3 parts G.H. Mumm Grand Cordon Brut Champagne
• ½ part Balsamic vinegar
• ¾ parts Fig jam syrup**

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Pumpkin Cider

Course Drinks

Keyword apple cider, ginger beer, lemon, pumpkin, vodka

Ingredients

• 2 parts New Amsterdam vodka
• ½ part Lemon sour
• ½ part REAL pumpkin syrup
• Fill with equal parts apple cider and ginger beer to taste

Instructions

• Add ingredients into a block ice-filled punch bowl.
• Stir together to combine/chill.
• Garnish with blood orange slices and apple slices.

Notes

The mixologists at New Amsterdam created this recipe.

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Autumn Breeze

Course Drinks

Keyword bacanora, cloudy apple juice, honey, lemon, vermouth

Ingredients

• 1 ⅓ oz. Kilinga Bacanora Blanco
• ½ oz. Vermouth
• 1 ⅓ oz. Apple juice
• ½ oz. Lemon juice
• ¾ oz. Honey

Instructions

• Combine ingredients in a mixing tin and shake.
• Strain into a coupe glass.
• Garnish with dehydrated citrus.

Notes

The mixologists at Kilinga created this recipe.

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Cranberry Strand

Course Drinks

Keyword cranberry, lime, mezcal

Ingredients

• Cranberry Strand
• 2 oz. Montelobos Espadín mezcal
• 1 oz. Cranberry syrup Stir together 1 part unsweetened cranberry juice with 1 part fine sugar by weight
• ¾ oz. Fresh lime juice

Instructions

• Combine all ingredients in a tin.
• Add ice and shake.
• Strain over fresh ice in a double rocks glass.
• Garnish with a cranberry on a pick.

Notes

The mixologists at Montelobos created this recipe.

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Rhum Butter Cider

Course Drinks

Keyword apple cider, butterscotch liqueur, orange liqueur, rum

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz. Rhum Barbancourt 5 Star
• 1 oz. Orange liqueur
• 1 oz. Butterscotch liqueur
• 4 oz. Hot apple cider

Instructions

• Pour the first three ingredients in a mug
• Add the hot cider.
• Garnish with a cinnamon stick and a star anise

Notes

The mixologists at Rhum Barbancourt created this recipe.

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Sage The Date

Course Drinks

Keyword lemon, Peach nectar, sage, vodka

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Humboldt organic vodka
• ½ oz. Fresh organic lemon juice
• 1 oz. Peach purée
• 1 oz. Sage simple syrup*

Instructions

• Combine all ingredients in a tin.
• Add ice and shake.
• Strain into a coupe glass.
• Garnish with a lemon twist.

Notes

*For Sage simple: In small pan, combine 1 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar. Bring to a simmer, and cook until sugar has dissolved completely. Add 8-10 sage leaves and simmer for 1 minute. Remove from heat and allow leaves to steep for 30 minutes to 1 hour. Strain leaves after cooled.

The mixologists at Humboldt created this recipe.

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Autumn Sour

Course Drinks

Keyword Apple cider vinegar, bourbon, Crop Meyer lemon vodka, honey, rosemary

Ingredients

• 2 parts Basil Hayden bourbon
• 1 part Fresh lemon
• ¾ part Honey
• 2 dashes of Apple cider vinegar
• 1 dash Angostura bitters
• 1 sprig of Charred rosemary

Instructions

• Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice.
• Shake vigorously and strain into a rocks glass.
• Serve neat or on the rocks.
• Garnish with a sprig of charred rosemary.

Notes

The mixologists at Basil Hayden created this recipe.

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Warm & Cozy

Course Drinks

Keyword honey, lemon, Milk oolong tea, pecan syrup, vodka

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz. Ketel One vodka
• ½ oz. Spiced honey syrup
• 1 tsp. Pecan syrup*
• ¼ oz. Lemon juice
• 2 dashes Chocolate bitters
• 3 oz. Milk oolong tea

Instructions

• Steep milk oolong tea in boiled water for 3 minutes.
• Add first five ingredients to mug, top with tea and stir.
• Garnish with cinnamon stick and pinch of nutmeg.

Notes

The mixologists at Ketel One created this recipe.