Get Ready For Some Missouri and Illinois Fall Sipping!

With temperatures starting to cool it’s time to peek ahead at some tasty fall mixed drinks to make the season more flavorful. Who knows, you may find a new autumn favorite.

Transistioning into fall doesn't mean you leave flavor behind, you just switch it up from lighter fruit flavors to cozier palates of taste.

You'll need rye, bourbon, ginger beer, pure maple syrup and several different types of bitters, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, vanilla, graham crackers, and yes fruit too.

1. Campfire Sling

2 oz Rye Whiskey, 1/4 oz pure maple syrup, 3 dashes of chocolate bitters, flamed orange twist

2. Apple Cider Mule

3 oz of Apple Cider, 1 1/2 oz of Bourbon, 2 oz Ginger Beer, ground cinnamon, Cinnamon sticks and apple slices for garnish.

3. Pumpkin Spice White Russian

2 oz Vodka, 1 oz Kahlua, 1 1/2 oz Pumpkin Spice Creamer, Cinnamon stick (1 tbsp Pumpkin Pie Spice, 3 tbsp crushed Graham crackers, caramel)

4. Pumpkin Old Fashioned

2 tbsp pumpkin puree, 1 1/2 oz bourbon, 1/2 oz Grand Marnier, 2 dashes of angostura bitters, 1 oz pure maple syrup. Double strain into rocks glass, orange peel for garnish.

There are variations on all of these. You have the freedom to be creative. Use local ingredients and make it your own. Cheers to the incoming fall!