This festive fall bourbon cocktail is filled with fizz, big apple flavor, and boozy cinnamon spice. Splashes of good bourbon mix with fireball cinnamon whiskey, apple whiskey, cranberry, and fresh lemon. Shake it up, top it off, and serve when you crave a bold and boozy autumn cocktail that captures the season in every sparkling sip.
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The hint of cinnamon spice in this festive fall bourbon cocktail comes from a splash of Fireball cinnamon whisky. The cinnamon whiskey brings that nice touch of cinnamon autumn spice to this festive fall cocktail. It also pairs really well with the fizzing apple cider we’ll use to finish the drink after we shake it up and pour.
An Easy Fall Bourbon Cocktail with Apple Cinnamon Flavor
The big apple flavor comes from both a dash of Crown Royal apple whiskey. It also comes from a finishing splash of Martinelli’s sparkling apple cider juice. It adds a wonderful frothy fizzy finish to this festive fall spiced bourbon drink.
This is the perfect fall cocktail for bourbon lovers out there who want to enjoy a seasonal fall bourbon drink on crisp autumn days. Bourbon and apple pair beautifully together, so this is an easy cocktail to enjoy for the season.
This easy bourbon drink recipe is also a fun sip for those in need of a cocktail recipe with Fireball cinnamon whiskey. Fireball cinnamon whiskey is a nice way to incorporate the warmth of cinnamon spice into any fall cocktail. For example, you could use it in this simple fireball apple cider cocktail, or this festive Thanksgiving sangria recipe.
Serve this simple fall cocktail with hints of apple and cinnamon spice throughout the holidays too! You can mix up this easy apple bourbon drink as a fun Halloween cocktail with Fireball. Serve as a simple sparkling bourbon Thanksgiving drink, or serve as a festive apple Christmas cocktail.
The warming hints of cinnamon spice and apple are perfect for enjoying throughout fall and the holiday seasons. Feel free to mix this simple apple cider cocktail anytime you crave these lovely autumnal flavors.
Ingredients to Make Sparkling Apple Cider Fall Bourbon Cocktails (Makes 2)
- Bourbon – your favorite good quality bourbon. I’m using Four Roses bourbon.
- Fireball cinnamon whiskey – a whiskey flavored with hints of warm cinnamon spice.
- Crown Royal apple whiskey
- Cranberry juice – I’m using Langer’s cranberry juice
- A chilled bottle of Martinelli’s sparkling apple cider – for topping off the drinks
- Maple Syrup – 100% pure maple syrup
- Lemon juice – fresh squeezed
- A fresh red apple or green apple – for slicing and garnishing
- Whole cinnamon sticks – for garnishing
How to Make Easy Fall Bourbon Cocktails with Apple Cider and Fireball
Enjoy these easy fall bourbon cocktails throughout the cool and crisp nights of September, October, and November. This is the time when the flavors of fall spice are calling out your name! Don’t forget about fall brunch, either! These easy apple cider mimosas with apple whiskey really hit the spot.
A Fall Cocktail with Simple Fall Flavors that Never Go Out of Style
This is such an easy cranberry apple bourbon drink to make with simple fall flavors that never go out of style.
The maple syrup, apple whiskey, bourbon, and cinnamon whiskey, blend in beautifully with easy splashes of cranberry juice and fizzy apple cider. It very closely resembles the flavors you would find in a festive fall punch recipe.
Splash up these easy fall cocktails with friends all season long as you gear up to pick pumpkins, gourds, and apples! The autumn season just isn’t complete without that little taste of cinnamon, spice, and something nice. This drink has all of the above…
Sparkling Apple Cider Fall Bourbon Cocktail with Fireball (Makes 2)
Ingredients
- 1½ oz Bourbon - Your favorite good quality Kentucky Straight bourbon such as Four Roses or Woodford Reserve
- 1 oz Fireball Cinnamon Whisky
- ½ oz Apple Whiskey - I'm using Crown Regal apple whiskey
- 1 oz Cranberry Juice - such as Langer's cranberry juice
- ½ oz Pure Maple Syrup
- 2 oz Martinelli's Sparkling Cider - or more as desired – already chilled
- 2 wedges Fresh Lemon - for squeezing in
- 2 whole Cinnamon Sticks - for garnish
- 2 slices Red Apple or Green Apple - for garnish
Instructions
- Add fresh ice to a cocktail shaker to fill about three-quarters of the way.
- Splash in the bourbon, Fireball cinnamon whiskey, and Crown apple whiskey.Â
- To the same cocktail shaker, splash in the cranberry juice, maple syrup, and fresh-squeezed lemon juice from 2 wedges of fresh lemon.
- Shake these 6 ingredients together really well until the drink mixture is cold and completely chilled through.Â
- Strain the bourbon cocktail mixture into two rocks glasses over fresh ice. Distribute the mixture equally between the two glasses.
- Top off both of the fall bourbon drinks with splashes of the chilled Martinelli's sparkling cider to taste, as desired.
- Garnish with whole cinnamon sticks and thin red apple slices or green apple slices. Serve cold.
