Milk Street Digital Class: Cocktails For Autumn With J.M. Hirsch

What’s on the Menu:
• Apple Pie Cocktail
• Tell Me You Didn’t
• The Mule’s Hind Leg
• Buttered Rum

We love to change the way we cook according to the seasons. Why not do the same with cocktails? J.M. Hirsch, Milk Street’s Editorial Director and author of “Shake Strain Done” and the new book “Pour Me Another,” is the leader of this pre-recorded Zoom livestream class featuring four cocktails that are perfect for crisp autumn evenings. You’ll learn how to draw inspiration from classic fall flavors like apple, pumpkin, maple and citrus and translate them into drinks that are balanced, complex and fun to drink. We start with a spin on apple pie that—spoiler alert—doesn’t actually include any apple. Instead, a combination of apricot brandy and grenadine creates gentle sweetness atop a foundation of white rum and vermouth. Then, we turn to a pumpkin spice latte in cocktail form. Never fear: the cloying sugariness of most pumpkin treats is nowhere to be seen here, as a generous amount of bourbon and splashes of two types of bitters keep the sweetness in check. Next, for you gin lovers out there, we have The Mule’s Hind Leg, which combines gin with Bénédictine, the herbal French liqueur that will become a staple of your bar cart. Finally, we wrap up the journey through J.M.’s choose-your-own-adventure book with some buttered rum. He turns this classic on its head by using fat washing, a fancy-sounding technique that is actually well within reach of the home bartender. Join us to add some refreshing seasonality to your cocktail routine.

[/description-break] What’s Included[/title] You will receive a .zip file that includes the cooking school video as well as PDFs of the recipe instructions.[/accordion] How to Download[/title] After you purchase your Milk Street Cooking School Video, you will receive an email from the Milk Street Store with the subject line “Your Cooking School Video is Ready for Download.” Within this email there is a link that will direct you to a download page, click download now to download the .zip folder. To unzip the folder, double-click the zipped folder to open it. Please note: your video download file will have an approximate size of 500 MB.[/accordion]Pre-Class Prep[/title]If you’d like to cook along with the instructor during this pre-recorded class, you should do the following steps ahead of time:
• For the Tell Me You Didn’t: Simmer the cider and pumpkin pie spice until thick and reduced to 2 tablespoons, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool before class begins.
For all the other cocktails: All you need to do is gather your ingredients, ice and glassware of choice. ] [/accordions-break] J.M. Hirsch is a James Beard Award-winning food and travel writer. [/banner_heading] He is Editorial Director of Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street. His previous cookbooks include “High Flavor, Low Labor: Reinventing Weeknight Cooking;” “Beating the Lunchbox Blues” and “Shake Strain Done.” He is the former national Food Editor for The Associated Press and lives in New Hampshire with his son, husband and two cats. [/banner-text-break]