Calvados's Pumpkin, Ginger, Apple Spices all perfect base for fall cocktails

Michael Hepworth

HOLLYWOOD(Spiritsman)10/19/14/–Calvados that provide the perfect base for fall cocktails, complementing all your favorite seasonal flavors: apple, pumpkin ginger, vanilla and clove. These three delicious cocktails featuring the gems of Spirit France truly embody autumn, in a glass:

Grande Pumpkin Spiced Smash by Joshua Perlman, Avec Restaurant, Chicago

1 1/2 oz Calvados Père Magloire V.S.O.P.

1/2 oz pumpkin puree

3/4 oz homemade spices (clove, lemon peel, other)

1/2 oz lemon juice

2 dashes of bitter

Place all ingredients, including pumpkin puree in a shaker. Shake until well blended. Pour into a double old fashioned glass on the rocks.

Magloire’s Ginger by Antti Kuitunen, the Shaker, Finland

1 oz of Calvados Père Magloire V.S.O.P.

1/3 oz of Xante

1/2 oz of homemade ginger syrup

2/3 oz of apple juice

Juice of half a lime

Pour all ingredients into Boston shaker. Shake well and strain into an old fashioned glass. Garnish with a cinnamon and peel of lime.

Apple Fashioned by Fabien Maillard, Le Lab, Montreal

2 oz Calvados Boulard Grand Solage

1 barspoon sugar

1 dash orange bitter

1 dash old fashioned bitters

In an old fashioned glass, pour the sugar and add bitters and ice. Mix for 20 seconds, add the Calvados and stir again for 15 seconds. Garnish with a slice of apple.