Yes we are! Think pumpkin and spice and everything yummy! Thanksgiving is right around the corner and these cocktails will be a hit! Let your imagination run wild with these delicious cocktail recipes.
A toast to the simple joys of the season; gathering around a table with good friends and rich cocktails.
Ideal for both unique and reinvented classics, Appleton Estate rums gives every cocktail a Jamaican soul. Always looking for unique flavours that speak to the heart of Jamaica, ingredients and aromas that compliment the rum bouquet and celebrate the spirit of the land. That’s why enjoying a cocktail made with Appleton Estate means savouring the perfect mix of passion and excellence.
The 8 Year Old Reserve is the perfect golden touch to elevate your cocktail experience. It features versatile aromas of spicy fruit and oak, followed by hints of honey, vanilla, holiday spice and our signature orange peel note.
Hibernator’s Vacation
Lightly spiced and creamy but not too sweet!
Appleton Estate 8 Year Old Reserve, Oat Milk, Maple Syrup, Angostura Bitters, Soda Water
Canadian winters always make me crave warm spices and teas, but I also love the tropical drinks you get on vacation. This drink is the best of both worlds! It takes inspiration from the ultra Canadian flavour of maple syrup paired beautifully alongside Appleton Estate 8 Year Old Reserve, plenty of Angostura Bitters for those spiced, tropical tones and a bit of soda water and oat milk for that je ne sais quoi “am I on a beach or in the middle of a snow storm” feel! Perfect for a fun night warming up beside a fire or for a taste of home in a cabana by the sea.
1.5oz (45ml) Appleton Estate 8 Year Old Reserve
1.5oz (45ml) Oat Milk
0.5oz (15ml) Maple Syrup
3 heavy dashes Angostura Bitters
Soda Water
Add the first 4 ingredients in a shaker tin. Fill with ice and shake for 15 seconds until chilled. Strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice. Top with soda water. Optional garnish: Star Anise pod and freshly grated nutmeg.
Bush Plane
Orange, Molasses, Vanilla and Coffee transport you to your own private island – whether that be a tropical paradise or the remote Arctic wilderness.
Appleton Estate 8 Year Old Reserve, Aperol, Root Beer & Coffee Bean syrup, Orange bitters, Angostura bitter, Orange wheel
This riff on a Paper Plane highlights the cargo crate of flavours found in Appleton Estates 8 Year Reserve. I was really taken with the molasses notes in the Appleton 8 Year and thought those notes would be highlighted with Root Beer. Reducing that down to a syrup (and adding coffee bean for some complexity and added bitterness) gave me more control and made space for other flavours. I’ve been experimenting with Paper Plane variations (mostly because I can’t find Amaro in Yellowknife) and while this shares very little in common with the original recipe, I think that the flavours play well and root it both in the rum’s Caribbean origin and the far North, with a nod to the bush pilots and the planes that transport us there.
2oz (60ml) Appleton Estate 8 Year Old Reserve
0.5 oz (15ml) Aperol
1oz (30ml) Root Beer & Coffee Bean Syrup*
2 dashes Orange Bitters
4 dashes Angostura bitters (for garnish)
1 orange wheel (for garnish)
In a mixing glass, combine the Rum, Aperol, Root Beer Syrup and Orange Bitters with ice. Stir thoroughly for 30+ seconds. Set aside. Place the orange wheel in a chilled coupe glass and soak with 4 dashes of Angostura Bitters. Strain the cocktail gently into glass over the orange wheel.
*Root Beer & Coffee Bean Syrup: Add one 500ml bottle of root beer and 10-12 coffee beans (intact or cracked but not ground) to a saucepan. Boil until reduced by two-thirds. One 500ml bottle will produce approx 175 ml of syrup. Store any leftover syrup in the fridge.
Bessarion Station
Classic and dry profile with a tropical twist. A perfect nightcap for any season.
Appleton Estate 8 Year Old Reserve, Dry Vermouth, Maraschino Liqueur, Orange Liqueur, Chocolate Bitters, Absinthe rinse, Grapefruit peel
Appleton is an incredibly versatile spirit and I wanted to showcase its usability in a classic style of cocktail.
60ml Appleton Estate 8 Year Old Reserve
15ml Cynar
7.5ml Dry Vermouth
1 bar spoon Maraschino Liqueur
1 bar spoon Orange Liqueur
2 dashes Chocolate Bitters
Absinthe rinse
Add a few drops of Absinthe to a cocktail coupe. Rinse and dump. Set glass aside. Add all other ingredients to a mixing glass. Fill with ice and stir until chilled. Strain into prepared glass. Garnish with grapefruit peel.
Our rum production process is born out of heritage and joy. At Appleton Estate, every rum is blended by experts, and every barrel used in our brands is personally selected by Maser Blender Joy Spence and her team. We adhere to strict minimum ageing guidelines, this means that the age statement on a bottle refers to the youngest drop of rum in that blend.
Recipes provided by Stacey Young, HK Strategies. Images: Appleton Estate. I received complimentary product to facilitate this feature.
