Month: November 2014

Tasty Thanksgiving Drinks for the Holiday!

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The Grape Vine has great deals on fine wine, beer, and spirits. Here are some tasty Thanksgiving Drinks for your big meal or for your leftovers!

Before

Monaco Friar – Credit foodandwine.com

Monico Friar

  • Ice
  • 2 ounces Scotch
  • 1/2 ounce Bénédictine (brandy-based herbal liqueur)
    Note: Yellow Chartreuse or Drambuie could be used in its place
  • 3 dashes of Angostura bitters
  • 1 lemon twist for garnish

Instructions: Fill a chilled rocks glass with ice. Add the Scotch, Bénédictine and bitters; stir well. Garnish with the lemon twist.

Find this cocktail recipe and more at FoodandWine.com!

During

Wine

Red: Pinot Nior
Grape Vine Recommends: 24 Knots Pinot Nior

White: Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc
Grape Vine Recommends:
Chardonnay: Starmont; Sauvignon Blanc: Groth or Jordan

Beer

Saranac Winter Sampler (On Sale!)

Afterwards

Scotch: Macallen 12 Year Old Single Malt

Port: Fonseca Bin 28 Port

Pumpkin Old Fashioned

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Photo by Leigh Jay Temple via Flicker

The Pumpkin Old Fashioned is perfect cocktail for the whiskey lover looking for something seasonal for Thanksgiving

INGREDIENTS

2 tbsp. pumpkin puree
1 ½ oz. bourbon
1 oz. maple syrup
½ oz. Grand Marnier
dash orange bitters
Orange peel twist, for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine pumpkin puree, bourbon, syrup, Grand Marnier and bitters in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain through a fine mesh strainer into a chilled old fashioned glass filled with fresh ice. Garnish with orange twist.

Recipe from Saveur.com