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hard apple cider and rum cocktail

Crisp Hard Apple Cider and Rum Fall Cocktail

Bright and crisp sparkling apple flavors and a dash of maple syrup complement the warm and mellow notes of delicious spiced rum in this easy hard apple cider and rum fall cocktail with just five simple ingredients.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
COURSE Cocktail Recipes, Cocktail, Drinks, Fall Drinks
CUISINE Fall Drinks, Fall Recipes
SERVINGS 1

Equipment

Cocktail Shaker
Cocktail Strainer
Rocks glass
Jigger

Ingredients
  

  • ¾ oz Lemon Juice - fresh squeezed
  • ½ oz Orange Juice - fresh squeezed
  • ¾ oz Pure Maple Syrup
  • 2 oz Spiced Rum
  • 1 bottle Hard Cider - your favorite brand of fruity, sweeter hard apple cider such as Angry Orchard - original apple flavor.
  • Apple Slices - for garnish
  • Fresh Rosemary - or fresh thyme, for garnish

Instructions
 

  • 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 with thinly sliced apples and fresh thyme or rosemary sprigs if available.  Serve cold.
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