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Fall Bourbon Cocktails

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As the days grow shorter and the air turns crisp, bourbon seems to find its natural season. With its notes of caramel, vanilla, oak, and warm spice, bourbon pairs beautifully with the flavors we associate with fall, but there’s far more to a good fall bourbon cocktail than pumpkin spice and apple cider! Read on for more!🥃

A collage of creative fall bourbon cocktails.

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This collection brings together cocktails that celebrate the season in all kinds of ways, from familiar autumn favorites to creative combinations featuring fruit, warming spices, and unexpected ingredients. Whether you’re looking for something cozy and comforting or a cocktail with a little more complexity, there’s a bourbon drink here to suit the mood.

🥃Classic Fall Bourbon Cocktails

These cocktails embrace the familiar flavors of fall – pumpkin, maple, cinnamon, warm spices, and apple – in simple, approachable combinations that feel like autumn from the first sip.

Bourbon Maple Old Fashioned 🥃 Olive Tavern

Bourbon Maple Old Fashioned 🥃 Olive Tavern
This Bourbon Maple Old Fashioned is a delicious fall twist on a classic cocktail recipe. An alcoholic drink for autumn and Thanksgiving.
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Cinnamon Old Fashioned 🥃 Champagne Tastes

Cinnamon Old Fashioned 🥃 Champagne Tastes
This cinnamon Old Fashioned cocktail is made with bourbon, aromatic bitters and a homemade spiced simple syrup.
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Apple Cider Bourbon Cocktail 🥃 The Short Order Cook

An apple cider bourbon cocktail in a rocks glass with ingredients in the background.
Sip on this yummy fall cocktail, Apple Cider Bourbon Cocktail. The easy 5 ingredient recipe is sweet, tart and festive for holidays.
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🥃Fall Bourbon Cocktails, Reimagined

Cocktails that feature beloved fall flavors in unexpected combinations and creative cocktail formats. Some may require a homemade simple syrup, or a less typical ingredient.

Maple Old Fashioned Cocktail 🥃 Mitten Girl

A close up of a creative maple old fashioned with orange slice.
This Maple Old Fashioned cocktail recipe is a twist on a classic that features smooth bourbon, rich maple syrup, and a blend of bitters.
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Pumpkin Sangria with Bourbon 🥃 Beyond Mere Sustenance

2 glass mugs of fall pumpkin sangria on a live edge wood tray.
This Pumpkin Sangria with Bourbon features bourbon-soaked apple and pear, a bottle of chardonnay with toasted vanilla notes, and bubbly ginger beer.
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Chai Hot Toddy with Bourbon 🥃 Dash of Jazz

Chai Hot Toddy with Bourbon 🥃 Dash of Jazz
This warm chai hot toddy with bourbon packs in earthy spices for an easy twist on the classic cocktail in only five minutes!
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Apple Cider Whiskey Sour with Smoked Cinnamon 🥃 The Sage Apron

Apple Cider Whiskey Sour with Smoked Cinnamon 🥃 The Sage Apron
This apple cider whiskey sour uses bourbon, fresh apple cider, amaro di angostura and fresh lime juice for the perfect Autumn cocktail!
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Pumpkin Kentucky Mule 🥃 Beyond Mere Sustenance

Pumpkin Kentucky Mule Birds Eye view with pumpkin and shaker.
Celebrate fall with a delightful twist on the classic Kentucky Mule. This Pumpkin cocktail combines pumpkin butter, bourbon, ginger beer, and cardamom bitters.
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Best Apple Cider Bourbon Cocktail Recipe 🥃 The Fresh Cooky

Best Apple Cider Bourbon Cocktail Recipe 🥃 The Fresh Cooky
This Apple Cider Bourbon Cocktail recipe is the best fall cocktail. Made with apple butter, cider, vanilla, balsamic, orange and bourbon. Smooth and easy, make by the glass or the pitcher.
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Apple Cider Kentucky Sunrise 🥃 Champagne Tastes

Apple Cider Kentucky Sunrise 🥃 Champagne Tastes
This Apple Cider Kentucky Sunrise is made with bourbon, apple cider, and pomegranate simple syrup. This southern twist on the classic Tequila Sunrise is the perfect fall cocktail.
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🥃Unexpected Fall Bourbon Cocktails

Discover bourbon cocktails featuring seasonal flavors you may not expect to find in your glass. From sweet potatoes to persimmons to figs and pears, these bourbon cocktails are calling my name!

Sweet Potato Old Fashioned Cocktail 🥃 Dash of Jazz

Sweet Potato Old Fashioned Cocktail 🥃 Dash of Jazz
My sweet potato old fashioned is strong, rich, and sweet–and simple to make! Once you taste this mashup of southern classics, you’ll want another round.
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Fig Old Fashioned 🥃 Olive Tavern

Fig Old Fashioned 🥃 Olive Tavern
Fig Old Fashioned is a twist on the classic bourbon cocktail. A fruit flavor in a strong alcoholic drink, perfect for Christmas, Thanksgiving
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Bourbon Persimmon Cocktail 🥃 EmilyFabulous

This Bourbon Persimmon Cocktail tastes like late fall in a glass made with bourbon, a persimmon simple syrup, and a dash of orange bitters.
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Amaro Averna Cocktail 🥃 Little Sugar Snaps

Amaro Averna Cocktail 🥃 Little Sugar Snaps
This easy amaro Averna cocktail combines the enticing flavours of Sicilian Averna liqueur with bourbon and subtle nuances of chocolate, cherries and orange. While it is not “quintessentially” fall, it has the essence of fall!
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Pear Bourbon Smash 🥃 The Wholesome Spoon

Pear Bourbon Smash 🥃 The Wholesome Spoon
This Pear Bourbon Smash screams fall! That fresh thyme in there, the honey, the bourbon, lemon and pear!? It was so flavorful and delicious!
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I hope this curated list of fall bourbon cocktails, piques your interest and you make one (or more!). While a couple of these are mine, I am looking forward to trying all of them as fall approaches…🍁

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