This easy fall cocktail with hard cider and spiced rum is a quietly boozy and highly refreshing sparkling cocktail to enjoy throughout the autumn season. It’s also the perfect transition cocktail that will gently pull you out of summer and into a crisp refreshing autumn state of mind… Bright sparkling apple flavors and a dash of maple syrup complement the warm and mellow notes of delicious spiced rum. You can make this easy apple cider and rum fall cocktail in minutes with just five simple ingredients.

This is one of my favorite fall cocktails to make because I love the idea of fizzing fall themed cocktails. The effervescence of the bubbles tends to lift the entire cocktail making it more refreshing and enjoyable to sip.

A Crisp and Refreshing Cocktail For Fall

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In this easy peasy apple cider and rum cocktail, splashes of crisp, refreshing, and chilled hard cider add a delicious finishing touch to this spiced rum cocktail. Dashes of maple syrup add richness, sweetness, and body while fresh squeezed lemon juice and a dab of orange juice help to balance things out with citrus flavor.

The base of the cocktail is mixed up by combining maple syrup, the citrus juices, and a generous splash of spiced rum in the cocktail shaker. We’ll shake it all up over fresh ice and top it all off with our favorite fizzing hard cider to make an easy, chilled fall rum cocktail we can sip to ring in the autumn season.

What’s the best Hard Cider To Use In A Rum Cocktail?

There are quite a few hard cider brands on the market these days, and I feel like this area of the beverage market is growing more rapidly every day. It’s popular and fun to try different brands of hard cider, but not all of them are the same.

Some hard ciders are quite tart and some are dry (meaning less sweet). Some are mixed in with other orchard fruits such as pear, etc. If possible, take a moment to read the packaging or perhaps look up tasting notes on a particular brand of hard cider before making a selection. As you can imagine, for this recipe, you’ll be leaning towards a very fruit forward, sweeter cider.

For this particular recipe, I would recommend a brand of hard cider with crisp, sweet, and fruity notes. This style of hard cider is easy-drinking and a cinch to mix in with cocktails just like this one. Stick with something like the original crisp apple Angry Orchard hard cider or Woodchuck Amber hard cider.

What’s the Best Spiced Rum For Apple Cider?

Choose a delicious spiced rum that’s easy to mix in with cocktails. Some of my favorite brands of spiced rum for fun cocktails like this include Bacardí Spiced Rum, Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum, or The Kraken Black Spiced Rum. Most of these dark amber color spiced rums will boast warm notes of molasses, cinnamon, clove, ginger, and vanilla. A great combination for cocktails with autumn apple flavor.

To make up the rest of the cocktail, you’ll need just a few ingredients handy.

To Make this easy hard cider fall cocktail you’ll need:

• Bottled Hard Apple Cider – I am using Angry Orchard hard cider.
• Spiced Rum – your favorite good quality brand or perhaps one of the ones mentioned above. I am using Captain Morgan spiced rum.
• Maple Syrup – 100% pure maple syrup
• Orange Juice – fresh squeezed, if possible, using a citrus press.
• Lemon Juice – fresh squeezed

Make a Crisp Hard Apple Cider and Rum Cocktail

In a cocktail shaker, splash in fresh squeezed lemon juice, maple syrup, orange juice, and spiced rum.

Add ice to your cocktail shaker to fill it about three-quarters of the way (almost full but not completely to the top) and cover. 

Shake well until all ingredients are cold, mixed together well, and combined.  

Strain the chilled maple syrup, citrus juices, and spiced rum mixture into a rocks style cocktail glass over fresh cubes of cocktail ice. 

Top off the apple cider rum cocktail with a light one ounce or so splash of sparkling hard cider.

 Garnish this easy apple cider rum recipe with thinly sliced apples and fresh thyme or rosemary sprigs if available.  Serve cold.

 Enjoy this easy apple cider fall cocktail recipe in the cooler months between September and November when you crave an easy spiced rum cocktail with autumn apple flavor.

The maple syrup and fresh lemon make it sooo delicious. The silky golden bubbles from the hard cider add a wonderful finishing touch to this spiced rum cocktail you can serve up in rounds for your favorite fall-loving friends…

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