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Thanksgiving 2023: Simple cocktail recipes to toast family and friends

Enjoy a festive drink to pair with your Thanksgiving 2023 feast. With a few simple ingredients, these three cocktails won't take long to make for your loved ones this Turkey Day.

Toast to gratitude in honor of Thanksgiving 2023 with a delicious and innovative cocktail.

Whether shaken or stirred, served chilled or over ice, these simple selections can be easily crafted for family and friends.

Here's a roundup of three Thanksgiving cocktails to enjoy before, during or after your turkey dinner. 

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Cheers! 

This simple, three-ingredient drink was created by mixologist Natalie Migliarini, author of "Beautiful Booze."

1.5 oz Four Roses Bourbon

1.5 oz apple juice

4 dashes of Angostura bitters

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Fill a highball glass with ice and bourbon.

Top with apple juice.

Stir briefly and add Angostura bitters on top.

Garnish with apple slices. 

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Created by mixologist Alexanderia Poole of Richmond, Virginia, this cocktail features blackberries and pineapple which makes it packed with some fruity flavors.

2 oz Uncle Nearest 1884

3-4 blackberries (plus more for garnish)

2-3 pineapple chunks

1 0z Domaine De Canton Ginger Liqueur

0.5 oz fresh squeezed lime juice

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Add fruit and ginger liqueur to cocktail shaker. 

Muddle ingredients gently, just to break up fruit. 

Add Uncle Nearest and lime juice. 

Add ice and shake until well mixed and cold (approximately 10 seconds). 

Double strain into a chilled cocktail glass without ice. 

Garnish with skewered blackberries.

This Key West-based rum was inspired by Ernest Hemingway and his beloved boat, "The Pilar."

2 oz Papa's Pilar Dark Rum

2 oz apple cider 

0.75 oz Monin cinnamon syrup

0.5 oz lime juice

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail glass and stir. 

Garnish with a cinnamon-dusted apple stirrer. 

Can be served warm or cold.

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