Signature Cocktails to Celebrate the Fall Season

Everyone loves a good beer or wine trail, and now, Mohegan Sun is giving cocktail lovers another reason to savor the fall season through the Connecticut Signature Cocktail Trail, which celebrates New England’s thriving cocktail culture and the restaurants, bars and destinations that embrace innovative mixology.

This fall, Mohegan Sun is offering a trail within the CT cocktail trail, featuring nine fall-themed cocktails available at various restaurants and bars throughout the resort, including:

Vista Lounge’s Vista Bella which introduces Crown Royal to Sour Apple Pucker and Grand Marnier, served with a cinnamon sugar rim and an apple wedge
SolToro’s Brown Sugar Maple Manhattan with muddled cherries and oranges, Jim Beam Maple, brown sugar and bitters
Tuscany’s Fall Storm which combines Jameson Irish Whiskey and Hiram Walker Caramel Apple Liquor with a splash of ginger beer, garnished with lime

Bella Vista (from VISTA Lounge)

– 2/3 oz Crown Royal

– 1-2/3 oz Apple Pucker liquor

– 2/3 oz Grand Mariner

– Cinnamon

– 1 Apple slice

Pour ingredients into a shaker. Shake well. Rim a martini glass with cinnamon sugar. Strain cocktail into martini glass and garnish with a fresh apple slice wedge.

Brown Sugar Maple Old Fashioned (from SolToro)

– 2 oz of Maple Whiskey (we use Jim Beam Maple, but Crown Royal Makes a fantastic maple whiskey as well)

– 2-3 maraschino cherries

– 1 small orange wedge

– 2-3 dashes of bitters

– ½ teaspoon of brown sugar (be careful with the brown sugar, it’s easy to over-do it, and drastically changes the character of the cocktail)

– Splash of cold water on top

Muddle the cherries, orange, brown sugar and bitters in the glass, fill it with ice pour in your whiskey, give it a little shake and top it with a splash of cold water.