Spiked Hot Cider
ClassicWarm apple cider with bourbon and a curl of cinnamon.
Cozy and orchard-sweet. Warm apple cider carries baking spice, bourbon adds oak and a little heat, and maple deepens the sweetness. Comforting and easy — the taste of a hayride in a mug.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Bourbon
- 4 oz Apple Cider
- 0.5 oz Maple Syrup
- 1 Cinnamon Stick
- Apple · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Warm the apple cider with the cinnamon stick over low heat — do not boil.
- 2
Pour the bourbon and maple syrup into a warmed mug.
- 3
Top with the hot spiced cider and stir.
- 4
Garnish with an apple slice and the cinnamon stick.
The Story
Spiked hot cider is autumn in America — orchards, bonfires, and the first cold snap. Fresh-pressed apple cider has been a fall staple since colonial days, and lacing the warm, spiced version with bourbon or rum turns a farm-stand tradition into a grown-up one. It has no single recipe, only a season: the moment the leaves turn.
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