Pumpkin Spice Meets Apple Cider: Two Must-Try Fall Whiskey Cocktails

Pumpkin Spice Old Fashioned + Apple Cider Bourbon Smash

Ready to unleash maximum fall flavor? Because in this episode, we’re diving headfirst into pumpkins, apples, warm spices, and bourbon-fueled emotional support. This is Episode Two of the Whiskey Therapy Fall Cocktail Series: Pumpkin & Apple — where we take two humble fall ingredients and turn them into cocktails that taste like Thanksgiving crashed into a distillery.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 – Fall Whiskey Special Teaser
00:45 – Welcome to My Whiskey Therapy
01:09 – Cocktail #1: Pumpkin Spice Old Fashioned
01:37 – Ingredient Lineup
02:51 – Making the Smoked Pumpkin Spice Old Fashioned
03:59 – Pumpkin Spice Old Fashioned Recipe
04:09 – Cocktail #2: Apple Cider Bourbon Smash
04:25 – Ingredient Lineup
05:27 – Making the Apple Cider Bourbon Smash
06:46 – Apple Cider Bourbon Smash Recipe
06:56 – Tasting Notes for Both Cocktails
08:20 – Outro

In this episode, we make:

Pumpkin Spice Old Fashioned —
A cozy, rich, maple-kissed Old Fashioned made with real pumpkin purée.
Basically a PSL that pays taxes, lifts weights, and has opinions on bourbon.

Apple Cider Bourbon Smash —
Bright, crisp, refreshing, topped with ginger beer,
and tastes like sipping fall at an orchard… without the hayride injuries.
Whether you’re hosting a fall party, filming TikToks in your flannel, or emotionally preparing for holiday season chaos — these cocktails have your back.

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RECIPES & INSTRUCTIONS

Pumpkin Spice Old Fashioned

Ingredients:
• 2 oz bourbon
• 1 tbsp pumpkin purée (unsweetened)
• ¼ oz maple syrup
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• 1 dash cinnamon bitters
• Orange peel + cinnamon stick garnish

Instructions:
1. Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice.
2. Stir aggressively (pumpkin needs convincing).
3. Double strain into a rocks glass over a large cube.
4. Garnish with orange peel + cinnamon stick.

Apple Cider Bourbon Smash

Ingredients:
• 2 oz bourbon
• 1 oz apple cider
• ½ oz lemon juice
• ½ oz honey syrup
• 2–3 apple slices
• Ginger beer (to top)
• Apple fan or cinnamon stick garnish

Instructions:
1. Muddle apple slices with lemon juice + honey syrup.
2. Add bourbon + cider, shake with ice.
3. Strain into a Collins glass over nugget ice.
4. Top with ginger beer.
5. Garnish and admire your life choices.

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