Yet another splendid reason to drink Applejack, the Whist is another one of those drinks that tastes from another time. You can use either Applejack or its wealthier brother Calvados. I actually prefer the cheaper AJ. I’m a seasonal drinker and enjoy this one more in the Autumn.

Here we go –

• 1 oz Applejack or Calvados
• ½ oz light or white Rum
• ½ oz Sweet Vermouth

Stir three ingredients with ice in a mixing glass or glass pitcher, strain into cocktail glass and watch the leaves fall.

Women l-o-v-e this one.   A great drink to pour when you have a couple hens cackling ‘round your bar. With the Applejack as the base, a drinker with a mustache can even partake (sorry Aunt Gladys, didn’t mean to single you out)

Here we go –

• 1 ½ oz Applejack
• 1 oz Cointreau
• ½ oz limejuice
• Small splash of cranberry juice

Shake with tons of ice in a shaker, strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.

You all know that on this site, Mr. Booze leans heavily towards seasonal drinks and drinking.   There’s a time and place for many cocktails, and this one’s absolutely a cool- weather drink. I flipped upon it in a 1912 recipe book, and she drinks wonderfully. It calls for a flannel shirt and the promise of a steaming bowl of chili after.

Here we go –

• 3 oz Applejack
• 3-4 dashes Angostura bitters
• Apple Cider

Fill tall glass or mug with ice, add Applejack and bitters and stir, then fill glass with Apple Cider.

I have this one listed over in my Autumn Cocktail list too, but I have to also include the AJ Rabbit on my Halloween Drink List. It’s just such a fall drink and Halloween is such a fall festival, the two are a perfect paring. Try and find real maple syrup for this one. The kid’s Mrs. Butterworth won’t do at all.
Here we go –

• 2 oz Laird’s Applejack
• 1 oz lemon juice
• 2 oz orange juice
• 3/4 oz real maple syrup

Shake all ingredients with cracked ice in a shaker. Serve up and ice-cold in a cocktail glass, garnish with an apple slice, light the jack-o-lantern up and enjoy.

Bartender Josey Pack at the Alembio Bar in San Francisco created this great cocktail. Here’s another one that’s absolutely perfect for your Thanksgiving dinner party right up through Christmas Eve. It simply has to be tasted over the holidays. I mixed one up minutes after reading the recipe, and it was love at first sip.

Here we go –

• 2 oz Applejack
• 1 oz Apple Cider
• ½ oz Lemon Juice
• ½ oz Apricot Brandy

Rim a cocktail glass with lemon juice then cinnamon sugar. Mix ingredients together with ice in shaker ‘til cocktail cold and pour into glass, garnish with a few fresh cranberries.

Exactly what it says it is, this drink should be far from a mystery. But I did promise autumn cocktails and Laird’s Applejack is about as fall-like as a spirit can get. I love Applejack. It tastes strong as it goes down and leaves an apple finish in your mouth that will leave you smiling. Just consider this as a lovely October substitute for your regular old fashioned cocktail.

Here we go –

• 1 sugar cube (yes, I still prefer the cube over simple syrup with an old fashioned)
• 3 dashes Angostura bitters
• 2 oz Applejack

In a rocks or double old fashioned glass, place sugar cube and splash it with a couple shakes of your bitters. Muddle ‘til muddy and add ice. Pour Applejack and garnish with a long, fat orange peel. Walk around your backyard with this drink while wearing your tweed hat.