IMAGE ©Risa Weaver-Enion - Risa James Photography

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Name: Sweater Weather
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 SERVING | 1 drink
Ingredients: Rye whiskey; Laird’s Applejack; Apple cider; Fresh lemon juice; Maple syrup; Black Walnut bitters; Whole apple (for garnish); Whole cloves (for garnish)

A Whiskey Cocktail

a cocktail recipe

	Rye whiskey
	Laird’s Applejack
	Apple cider
	Fresh lemon juice
	Maple syrup
	Black Walnut bitters
	Whole apple (for garnish)
	Whole cloves (for garnish)

Sweater Weather

A Whiskey Cocktail

a cocktail recipe

by Risa Weaver-Enion

risajamesphoto.com

Risa Weaver-Enion is a professional photographer based in Sacramento, California. Through her company Risa James Photography, she specializes in food and beverage photography, specifically cocktails. She works with small distilleries, wineries, and purveyors of cocktail accessories to create beautiful imagery for them to use in their marketing efforts. Her book, Cocktails for Everyday Drinking, was published in 2022 and is available at all online booksellers.
When she’s not photographing cocktails, Risa and her husband love to travel, both within the United States and internationally. Many of their trips have been wine-focused, but they’ve visited their fair share of distilleries around the world as well.
Anyone who wants to reach out to Risa to ask questions about photography, cocktails, or anything else, can find her on Instagram @risajamesphotography, on the web at risajamesphoto.com, or over email at risajamesphoto [at] gmail.com. She’s always happy to answer questions and give advice.

We’re heading into fall, so it’s apple season, and cloves make a wonderful complement to apples. Apples also pair well with whiskey. This cocktail leans into fall flavors with apple cider, maple syrup, Laird’s applejack, and of course, cloves.

TIME (ACTIVE) | 5 M
TOTAL | 5 M

1 SERVING | 1 drink

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT:
JIGGER
COCKTAIL SHAKER WITH STRAINER

Combine 1 oz. rye whiskey, 1 oz. Laird’s Applejack, 1 oz. apple cider, 1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice, 1/2 oz. maple syrup, and 2 dashes Black Walnut bitters in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake for about 10 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube. Garnish with a clove-studded apple half-moon.

To create the garnish, slice an apple through the fat middle, then slice off a wheel and cut the wheel in half to form half-moons. Press whole cloves into the apple along the rounded edge.

Drink immediately

Fee Brothers makes a widely available Black Walnut bitters that you should be able to find in any well stocked liquor store.

The apple garnish makes a great post-cocktail snack - once you remove the cloves.

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cloves

whole

Whole cloves are intensely aromatic dried flower buds that will impart a warm pungency. It has a slight sweetness on the tongue balanced by a spicy bite.

0.11 oz - PORTION$0.50

1.1 oz - JAR$5

1.1 oz - REFILL$4

6 oz - REFILL$14

0.11 oz - PORTION $0.50

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