Three Sisters Fall Cocktails

In celebration of Fall, the Three Sisters Beverage team shared the recipes of a few signature cocktails they’ll be serving up all season long. Whether you’re gazing out the window at the Great Smoky Mountains or taking in the Autumn landscape surrounding your own home, these sips create the perfect opportunity to enjoy every Fall moment.

Paint It, Black
½ oz. Lustau East India Solera Sherry
½ oz. Amaro Averna
1 ½ oz. Toasted Black Sesame High West Rendezvous Rye
1 dash Orange Bitters
1 dash Bogart Bitters

Add ingredients to mixing pitcher and stir with ice. Strain into a chilled Nick & Nora glass. Garnish with a gold foil on glass.

Busy Bee
½ oz. Chestnut Honey Syrup (3:1)*
¾ oz. Acid Adjusted Orange Juice
2 oz. Castle & Key Autumn Gin
3 Dashes Chai Dram

Add ingredients to a shaker, add ice and shake till cold. Double strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with floating star anise.

*For the Chestnut Honey Syrup:
Use 3 parts Miele di Fiori di Castagno honey to 1-part hot water. This makes the honey loose and easier to incorporate into cocktails when shaking. Miele di Fiori di Castagno is 100% honey produced in the Tuscan hills of Italy. The bees predominantly pollinate chestnut trees, thus infusing that flavor.

Spicy Apple Cider Margarita
1 ½ oz. Tequilla Ocho Reposado
1 ½ oz. Apple Cider
½ oz. Lime Juice
½ oz. Grand Marnier
1 heavy pinch of cayenne pepper

Combine all ingredients in shaker, shake over ice and dump into a rocks glass. Rim glass with sugar cinnamon and garnish with dehydrated cinnamon apple floater.