10 Delicious Cocktails to Try this Winter in Dutchess County

Date Published: December 8, 2020

After you’ve taken a drive through our frosty landscape, get a taste of Dutchess with one of these 10 delicious cocktails specially made to be enjoyed during the winter season! Whether you're an avid coffee drinker or looking to cozy up with fresh notes of cinnamon, find one that suits your taste below. 

1. Candy Apple Cream: House infused apple bourbon, house made bourbon cream, butterscotch and a splash of apple cider with a caramel cinnamon rim

Get it at County Fare ∙ Wappingers Falls, NY

2. Coffee Blvd.: bourbon, coffee infused campari, sweet vermouth

Get it at Barbaro ∙ Millbrook, NY

3. Cold Press Espresso Martini: vanilla vodka, Springbrook Farm cold press coffee liquor, espresso, cremôr

Get it at Savona’s Trattoria ∙ Poughkeepsie & Red Hook, NY

4. Devil Wears Cacao: pomegranate, fig, lime, cinnamon, cacao, tequila, rum

Get it at McKinney & Doyle ∙ Pawling, NY

5. Dr. Hennings’ Cure-All: bonded apple brandy, browned butter, cacao-nib chai tea syrup, mole bitters

Get it at Bia ∙ Rhinebeck, NY

6. Hot Mulled Cider: Local fresh apple cider, cinnamon, star anise, nutmeg, black cloves with bourbon or spiced rum

Get it at Melzingah Tap House ∙ Beacon, NY

7. Red Moon: spice infused whiskey, red wine, cherry, cinnamon

Get it at Traghaven Whiskey Pub & Co. ∙ Tivoli, NY

8. Smokey Apple Manhattan: smoked apple simple syrup, craft bitters, Taconic Distillery bourbon, bourbon apples

Get it at Paula’s Public House ∙ Pleasant Valley, NY

9. Snickerdoodle: Stolichnaya vanilla vodka, Baileys, amaretto, cinnamon-sugar rim

Get it at Eleven 11 ∙ Fishkill, NY

10. Super Smash Bros.: bourbon, basil, honey, lemon, Amaro Nonino, pear cider

Get it at Schatzi’s Pub and Bier Garden ∙ Poughkeepsie, NY

 

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