There’s a crisp feeling in the air, leaves are starting to turn golden brown, and we’re in the mood to get cozy.

Fall is a truly spectacular season, and it’s best when paired with a delicious drink. Next time you put on your favorite sweater and enjoy an evening by the fire, pair it with one of these delightfully-cozy autumn cocktails.

There’s a crisp feeling in the air, leaves are starting to turn golden brown, and we’re in the mood to get cozy.

Fall is a truly spectacular season, and it’s best when paired with a delicious drink. Next time you put on your favorite sweater and enjoy an evening by the fire, pair it with one of these delightfully-cozy autumn cocktails.

Vampires of Perthshire

This delightful recipe from Aberfeldy distillery in Perthshire, Scotland, uses single malt whiskey, apple cider and orange bitters to conjure a smooth, spicy and slightly-spooky sip.

Ingredients

• 2 oz Aberfeldy 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
• ¼ oz apple cider syrup
• ¼ oz Averna
• 2 dashes Orange Bitters

Directions

Add all ingredients to a glass and stir. Express oil of an orange peel and garnish.

Fallin’ For You

Lambay Irish Whiskey invites you to kick back with this apple and ginger-flavored delight, full of fall flavors to tickle your fancy. Show off for guests during your autumn festivities with this beauty.

Ingredients

Ginger Spice Syrup:

• ¾ cup sliced ginger
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water

Cocktail:

• 2 oz Lambay Small Batch Blend
• 1 oz unfiltered/ cloudy apple juice
• 1 oz lemon juice
• ⅔ oz ginger syrup
• 4 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
• Garnish: apple fan

Directions

Add all ingredients except bitters to shaker with ice Shake then strain over ice into highball Dash bitters on top of cocktail then garnish. For Ginger Spice Syrup: Add all ingredients to a small saucepan Bring to medium heat then stir until sugar is dissolved Remove from heat and cool then strain.

Ginger Lambay Spritz

Now that you've made that ginger spice syrup, use it on another tasty treat with Lambay's sparkling and refreshing ginger-spice spritz.

Ingredients

• 2oz Lambay Small Batch Blend
• 1oz ginger spice syrup
• ½ oz lemon juice
• Top with sparkling wine/dry prosecco
• Garnish lemon twist/cinnamon stick/rosemary

Directions

Add Lambay Small Batch, ginger spice syrup, and lemon juice to a shaker. Shake then strain over ice into a tall wine glass/or goblet. Top with prosecco then garnish to your liking.

Villa One Blood Orange Cocktail

Why should whiskey have all the fun? This tequila cocktail from Nick Jonas and John Varvatos’ company Villa One uses blood orange and fresh-squeezed lemon juice to send a shiver of deliciousness up your spine. Hat tip to Villa One ambassador Braxton Overgaauw for creating this recipe.

Ingredients

• 2 oz Villa One Silver
• 1½ oz blood orange juice
• ¾ oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
• ¾ oz date syrup 1:1 ratio
• ½ oz liquor 43
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• 1 dash angostura

Directions

Shake and serve over ice. Garnish with a blood orange slice.

Kilkea Wizard

Take a trip to Ireland with this deep-flavored cocktail from Kilkea Castle. Devised by Kilkea’s master mixologist David Pedro, the Kilkea Wizard uses citrus and brown sugar with prosecco for a well-balanced cocktail that comes with a fun grape garnish. It might just inspire you to book a stay in Kilkea Castle, 45 minutes from the Dublin airport.

Ingredients

• 3 c. red or black seedless grapes, divided (per serving)
• ¼ c. brown sugar
• 2 tbsp. grated fresh ginger plus one 3-inch piece of ginger, thinly sliced
• 1 750-mL bottle prosecco and two measures of pomegranate

Directions

Mix sugar, prosecco and pomegranate together in large bowl. Serve over ice, and garnish with grapes.

Amber Martini

Bombay Sapphire gin comes into play with this easy-to-recreate cocktail that brings all the colors of autumn to life in a glass.

Ingredients

• 2 oz Bombay Sapphire Gin
• 1 oz Martini & Rossi Riserva Speciale Ambrato
• 2 drops of orange bitter

Directions

Stir all ingredients gently over ice in a shaker and strain into a martini glass.

ChezChez’s Spritz

ChezChez is a trendy bar in San Francisco that salutes the end of summer with a red wine spritz, hearty enough to make you feel warm from head to toe.

Ingredients

• 1 part Martini & Rossi Fiero
• 1 part tonic water
• 1 part dry sparkling red wine

Directions

Build all ingredients in a balloon glass over ice and stir gently.

Double Chicken Please’s Negroni

Swing on over to the Big Apple to taste NYC cocktail bar Double Chicken Please’s fall-ready negroni. A dash of byrrh, an aromatic wine aperitif, gives this cocktail some backbone.

Ingredients

• 1 oz Bombay Sapphire Gin
• 1 oz Martini Rubino
• 1 oz Martini Fiero
• Dash of byrhh

Directions

Build all ingredients in a glass with ice and stir, garnish with orange twist.

Trapizzino’s Fig Negroni

Another NYC treat, this fig negroni from Roman-style pizzeria Trapizzino adds autumn fruit flavors to the classic Italian cocktail.

Ingredients

• 1 oz Bombay Sapphire Gin
• 1 oz Fig-Infused Martini Rosso
• 1 oz Martini & Rossi Fiero

Directions

Build all ingredients in a glass with ice and stir, garnish with fig if desired.

La Petite Maison’s Barrel Aged Negroni

Miami might not be the most autumnal place in the States, but they sure do know how to party. Enjoy this final negroni recipe from Magic City’s La Petite Maison bar and bring a little sunshine to your fall fete.

Ingredients

• 1 oz Martini Rubino
• 1 oz Martini Bitter
• 1 oz Bombay Sapphire Gin

Directions

Build all ingredients in a glass with ice and stir.