Smashing Pumpkins

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Smashing Pumpkins

Whether it’s fall or you just wish it was, this seasonally-inspired whiskey cocktail blends classic pumpkin spice, bright lemon, and egg white with Hard Truth’s High Road Rye in a smooth, velvety concoction perfect for autumn evenings watching the leaves turn.

Ingredients

2 oz. Hard Truth High Road Rye
1 oz. Egg white
3⁄4 oz. Pumpkin Reàl pumpkin puree syrup
1⁄2 oz. Lemon juice
2 dashes Angostura Aromatic Bitters
Sugar and pumpkin pie spice mix (2:1), for rim

Directions

  1. Rim edge of rocks glass with pumpkin pie spice and sugar mix, and set aside.
  2. Add High Road, egg white, syrup, lemon juice and bitters to ice-filled bar shaker.
  3. Cover, and shake well.
  4. Pour shaker contents into prepared glass, and serve.

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