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Good Thanksgiving alcohol drink?
I am looking to start a new tradition and have a signature "Thanksgiving drink". We have grasshoppers for Christmas (cream de coca, cream de methe and ice cream), but I was looking for a Thanksgiving drink. Any suggestions? I was thinking something with apple cider and Brandy or rum maybe. Any suggestions? TIA 
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Re: Good Thanksgiving alcohol drink?
Carmel Apple Cocktail
1 oz vodka
1/2 oz buttershots
1/2 oz sour apple pucker
fill with apple cider
sorry, I don't have any rum/brandy suggestions. This is good though.
1/2 gallon fresh apple cider
3 - 4 cinnamon sticks
1 liter Everclear? alcohol
Oohhh that sounds so good!
We make the rockin' world go 'round.
This is SO good!!!
Another thought would be to do something with cranberry. I know that vodka & cran is probably too simple for what you're looking for, but maybe something in that arena?
Hard mulled cider
combine all in a crock pot 30-40 minutes before guests arrive.
Also, search the Apple Cider Hot Toddy's on food network. Yum!
How about Poinsettias? They are like mimosas, only with cranberry juice! Perfect for the holidays!
Champagne (to taste)
Cranberry Juice (to taste)
squeeze of lemon or lime
This is my favorite way to modify a mimosa - I think this will be my new Thanksgiving tradition.
At Thanksgiving my family does Smirnoff Blueberry Vodka with Cranberry Sierra Mist. YUM!!
I previously made this recipe:
Ingredients
Directions
Heat the apple cider in a nonreactive saucepan.
In a bowl, combine the softened butter, brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves. Whip until the butter becomes creamy and the ingredients are incorporated. Place the graham crackers and pumpkin pie spice in a plastic baggie and crush with a rolling pin. Combine the rum extract with the non-dairy whipped topping. In a footed coffee glass, place a single cinnamon stick and a slice of spiced butter. Pour 1 shot whiskey into the glass. Ladle the hot cider to fill the glass. Garnish with a dollop of rum-flavored topping and a sprinkle of graham cracker crumb mixture. Serve warm.
This year, I decided to do a wine/cranberry drink
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One bottle white wine
8 oz coconut rum
8 oz spiced rum
12 oz cranberry juice concentrate
12 oz orange juice concentrate
Cranberries
Mix liquid together and add in frozen concentrate. Stir to distribute concentrated juice. Add in cranberries for decoration.
Serve over ice.
Mulled Apple Cider
There are lots of recipes. The joy of cooking has a good recipe. Here are a few online recipes for it using different alcohols.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/hot-spiked-cider-recipe/index.html
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,183,153164-238200,00.html
http://cocktails.about.com/od/rumrecipes/r/hotgold_applecider.htm