Calvados Sour

In a saucepan over medium-high heat, add sugar, water, cinnamon sticks, and cloves. Boil until fragrant, 3-5 minutes. Let cool, strain and discard spices.

Combine Calvados, lemon, syrup, and egg white in a cocktail shaker. Dry shake vigorously with no ice for 10 seconds. Add ice and shake for 10 more seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.

Maple Bourbon Cider

Add ingredients to an old-fashioned glass with a large ice cube. Stir until syrup is incorporated. Garnish with a cloved lemon wheel. 

Spiced Blood Orange Margarita

To make the simple syrup, in a saucepan over medium-high heat, add sugar, water, and cinnamon sticks. Boil for 5 minutes. Turn off heat and let cool completely. Once cooled, strain out and discard cinnamon sticks.

Add juices, syrup, and tequila to a cocktail shaker with ice, and shake for 10-20 seconds. Strain into a salt-rimmed glass over fresh ice, garnish with a round of blood orange and cinnamon stick.

Holiday Slippers

Add lime juice, cranberry juice, and simple syrup into a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake for at least 15 seconds until well chilled. Pour grenadine into bottom of a Collins or highball glass. Add ice and then slowly pour chilled mixture down side of glass or over back of a bar spoon to layer. Top with ginger ale and garnish with a lime wheel.

Falling Leaves

Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker and fill a quarter full with ice. Shake for at least 15 seconds until well chilled. Strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with a lime twist.  

Pimm’s Cup

In a large pitcher, combine Pimm’s, orange and lemon slices, and mint. Chill for about 10 minutes. Stir in ginger ale.

Put 2 cucumber wedges, standing on end, into each of 4 pint glasses. Fill halfway with ice. Pour in Pimm’s mixture. Push mint down into drinks and divide orange, lemon, and apple slices among drinks.

Whiskey Peach Breeze

Muddle fruit and lemon wedges with curaçao. Add mint leaves and bourbon.

Shake well and strain into a double rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with a peach slice and a mint sprig.

Blueberry Cardamom Shrub

Place blueberries in a bowl, coat with sugar and set aside, about 10 minutes.

Place cardamom pods on a level surface and, using flat edge of a knife, press down on pods to slightly crack. In medium saucepan over medium heat, toast cardamom pods until fragrant. Add blueberry mixture and vinegar and let steep for 20 minutes.

Pour mixture into a blender, blend until smooth, then strain well. Put mixture back into an airtight container and it may be stored for several months.

Fill a tall glass with ice, add vodka, 2 teaspoons shrub, and sparkling water. Stir to combine.

Watermelon Cucumber Cooler

Combine cucumber and simple syrup to a cocktail shaker and muddle gently. Add rest of ingredients, except for watermelon juice. Add ice and shake until chilled. Strain into a highball glass. Add watermelon juice. Stir lightly and serve with cucumber slice.

Make Your Own Sports Drink

In a pitcher, combine the base, juice, sweetener and salt and stir.

Nutrition will vary depending on base, juice and amount of salt and sugar added.