Cider Smash

Another drink I plan to make for Thanksgiving this year is one I encountered randomly perusing What's Up? Annapolis magazine. It is SO fabulous, easy to make and deliciously smooth it will likely make the annual favorites list as a new fall tradition! 

Omit the bourbon and it still tastes like fall bubbly for a non-alcoholic version. 

You can easily substitute ginger ale for the ginger beer (even diet tastes fine), but for the inaugural go I used Barrit's, which is easier to find in grocery stores (runs about $5). Curious to know what it tastes like with applejack instead of bourbon...probably very similar to the Stone Fence. Either way = YUM. 

Cider Smash

Makes 1 cocktail

1 ounce bourbon
2 ounces ginger beer
2 ounces fresh apple cider
Thin red-apple slice (optional)

Combine the bourbon and apple cider in a shaker with ice. Strain the bourbon mixture into an old fashioned glass over ice, and fill with ginger beer. Garnish with an apple slice.

*Note: Curiously enough the online version of the same recipe is very different than the one they printed in hard copy from the same magazine. the one posted here is the hard copy version.