It is official, it is autumn. Time for pumpkin spice, holiday shopping months early, football, and the beginning of cuffing season. Long work days and wet nights mean you might need a special cocktail (or two) to help get through this time of year. And here are some great rainy weather cocktails.
Dark and Stormy
What says fall weather more than the classic Dark and Stormy. Something to match the weather outside but making you happy on the inside!
mix one part of dark rum – the darker, the better – with four parts of ginger beer. Pour over ice and garnish with lime. It’s smooth, spicy, and refreshingly cool.
Long Island Ice Tea
Autumn is all about harvest and bounty, and nothing is more bountiful than the booze in a Long Island Ice Tea. Perfect for football, long evenings and day drinking. A Long Island Iced Tea is made with equal parts gin, tequila, vodka, rum, and triple sec. You can add some pizzazz by adding in Coke/Diet Coke, which also serves the purpose of not making it extra strong.
Fall starts us thinking of travel including ski trips and warm destinations. Get a start with this blood orange margarita. Start by juicing one blood orange and combining the juice with two ounces of silver tequila and a teaspoon of agave nectar or sugar. Combine in a cocktail shaker full of ice, shake for 30 seconds, and then strain. It’s best served in a salt-rimmed glass and garnished with a thin slice of blood orange.
Bourbon or Whiskey
Similarly, bourbon and whiskey boast specific tasting notes and flavor profiles that pair perfectly with cozying up by the fire, your favorite comfort foods, and staying indoors as you watch the leaves and then snow fall. Serve them with or without ice and enjoy.
Whiskey Sour
A traditional whiskey sour is made with whiskey, lemon juice, sugar, and an egg white. The egg white adds a creamy, rich flavor and a frothy texture to the surface, which is fun to drink. Today, it’s often more common to find bars serving Whiskey Sours without egg white. But if you want to taste the original incarnation of the drink, and put a little protein in your system, give it a try.
When using egg white, you’ll want to perform a “dry shake,” meaning to shake all the ingredients without ice before shaking again with fresh ice. This incorporates the ingredients together while aerating the egg, akin to making a meringue. It creates a fuller-bodied drink with a more luxurious mouthfeel.
The equinox is upon us, so here are some rainy weather cocktails. Hope you “fall” in love with these autumn drinks!
Shorter, chilly days…the work load is increasing and the race to get things done before the holiday season. Looking for a little brightness, here are some marijuana strains to pick you up
Fall is back to school, back to work, and back to a short days and cold nights. Goodby sunny, fun filled summer and winter eve. While everyone seems to be embracing the pumpkin spice latte, sometimes you need a little bit more to perk you up. Microsoding has become a thing as a way to relief anxiety and depression, small doses can help make a dark day a bit brighter.
While the changing leaves and Halloween are fun, the lack of sunlight can cause a problem. The decrease in sunlight may disrupt a body’s internal clock and lead to feelings of depression. Season affective disorder (SAD) can have an impact, but for some, they just occasionally need a little pick me up to refocus on life. About 5% of adults in the US and experience SAD and it typically lasts about 40% of the year. Here are the best marijuana strains for the start of fall weather.
Pumpkin Spice Gummies
While not necessary their own strain, these hemp gummies are uplifting and energizing. And perfect for macrodosing. Talk to your bud tender, but you can start at 5 mg and see if this doesn’t make even the the first few days of rain a bit better. And sense they are hemp, they are legal in most states!
Lamb’s Bread
This Jamaican strain will bring out all the positive vibes with its delicious smell and the calm cerebral buzz you’ll feel.
Golden Ticket
Like Willy Wonka, you will feel you have won a special prize and have a happy smile on your face. This 50/50 balanced hybrid marijuana strain gives access to euphoria’s top floor.
Blue Dream
This strain balances full body relaxation with an active mind and is among the most popular ones on the US. Perfect for running errands on a wet, autumn day.
This type of marijuana has a delicious and woody aroma that’s perfect for battling pain, insomnia and all types of stress. Think a relaxing walk in the forest with leaves changes and your mind unwinding.
With subtle and rich smells, this strain will leave you with a feeling of deep calm that’s perfect for relieving stress, anxiety and leaving you in that perfect state of mind for spirituality.
Granddaddy Purple
This strain will leave your body in a perfect state of serenity and your brain open to all types of experiences. This type of marijuana will also work perfectly for active and still forms of meditation.
Skywalker Alien
Fall is the perfect time to curl up and watch movies. This type of marijuana will focus on your brain and will leave you feeling upbeat, relaxed and stress free.
Summer is winding down. A mindset seems to change after Labor Day things are more fall than summer. But the sun is still shining, the temperatures are still up, the water still warm and life is still good. So why not take a moment and really enjoy it and mix in a little extra with marijuana. Here are 5 weed friendly last of summer activities to make “pre-fall” extra fun.
A long walk or hike can let the mind wander and observe the wonders of nature. The THC will let you relax and get exercise. Pick an easy movement right, don’t litter and settle into let you mind explore nature. The serenity of the outdoors will seep into your brain and body.
While it is warm, it is great time to be on or near the water. There is something about water, the feel, the smell, the gentle movements that are enticing. Just watching the water while high can bring a certain serenity your brain. Kick back and enjoy a vape, gummy or beverage and make sure don’t over indulge while near or in the water.
Lose yourself in a film
Losing yourself in a film is a year round activity, but if you have been busy during the summer, now is the time to plop on the couch, have a bit of a hit and watch the summer blockbusters….and maybe more the watch – really feel them. And by enjoying them know, it frees up to prep for the fall and winter movies and streaming about to hit.
Weed makes visual experiences better and emotional ones deeper, which is why watching a movie while high can feel much stronger than if you were to watch it sober. The same applies to a visit to a museum or an art gallery. While you might annoy your friend or whoever you’re with your deep musings, you will for sure be having a great time.
Picnics are great, but high picnics are the best. Plan for a day alone or with friends spent at the park of your choosing, sharing a joint and eating delicious finger food. The more you plan it, the better, giving you the chance to bring speakers, a better selection of food, and more.
As the day gets shorter and nights chillier, it might be time to put away the rosé, the margaritas, and the other fun summer drinks. As the leaves begin to change, it’s time to shake up your spirits selection with a favorite bourbon. Bourbon is an American Whiskey produced under a specific set of guidelines, and it seems the coziness of it is perfect for autumn.
Like Pina coladas, Cosmos, and Aperol Spritz evoke the feeling of summer, bourbon and whiskey boast specific tasting notes and flavor profiles that pair perfectly with the drop in temperatures. Holding the perfect drinks while cozying up by the fire with your favorite comfort foods is something bourbon is made to do. And it fits well with traditional fall foods like apple, maples, cinnamon and pumpkin.
Not all the great bourbon comes from Kentucky. Wyoming Whiskey in Kirby, Wyoming, is quietly turning heads with its well-made, well-aged, and well-that’s-delicious whiskeys, including a regular single barrel bourbon release that impresses even the most entrenched craft skeptics. Wyoming Whiskey’s line of wheated bourbons was developed in partnership with Steve Nally of Maker’s Mark, so it’s no surprise they’re so tasty.
The Booker’s Bourbon is a yet another crowd pleaser—a 127.4 proof, six-year-old bourbon named after a local group of motorcycle enthusiasts who are all active or retired police officers. It’s spendier than past Booker’s releases, but die-hard fans won’t be disappointed.
This new limited-edition release from Old Forester commemorates the release of the latest Statesman flick: The Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Indulge your international spy fantasies with this rye-forward bourbon, bottled at a healthy 95 proof.
Early Times’ flagship U.S. release isn’t a bourbon, but earlier this year the 157-year-old brand released a bottled-in-bond bourbon release seemingly designed specifically for cocktails.
It’s bottled at 100 proof, packaged in a one-liter bottle, and has a sweet, citrus-forward flavor and friendly price point that’s ideal for mixed drinks.
Debuting outside Kentucky for the very first time this September, this cult favorite brand is known for its small-batch vattings that showcase different flavors every time. Batch #7 combines 11 barrels that are at least 13 years old with four eight- to nine-year old barrels for a whiskey with a sweet entry and spicy finish.
As we wrap ourselves in all things autumn, bourbon does pair well with pumpkin spiced cookies.