{"id":1611,"date":"2013-11-26T06:30:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T11:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michellematlack.com\/blog\/?p=1611"},"modified":"2013-11-21T00:15:56","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T05:15:56","slug":"last-pumpkin-post-for-a-while-i-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michellematlack.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/26\/last-pumpkin-post-for-a-while-i-promise\/","title":{"rendered":"Last pumpkin post for a while, I promise!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I’m hoping you saw my cocktail post from last Tuesday<\/a>. That was a busy Saturday night, because I actually developed FOUR pumpkin cocktails! The first two, already published, used vodka while the next two relied on dark liquors. You know, just to give you some variety. I think the current two would lend themselves well to my by-the-pitcher entertaining philosophy.<\/p>\n

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\nFor the first of these two, I pulled out the black rum because I thought its caramel notes would pair well with the fall spices and pumpkin. But sweet on sweet needed a little bite, so I grabbed some ginger beer for contrast. Add a squeeze of lime for acidic balance, and you’ve got the Thanksgiving version of the Dark and Stormy. Of the four cocktails that evening, THIS was the CGP’s favorite.<\/p>\n

\"SAMSUNG\"<\/a>I bought a small bottle of Jack Daniel’s bourbon whiskey intending to make some cookies (bourbon, maple, and bacon maybe?) or else a chocolate-bourbon-pecan pie. I don’t normally drink bourbon, but its smokiness seemed seasonal, so I thought I’d give it a whirl. For sweet, I decided to use maple syrup and skip the rimmed glass. Since the previous cocktail had gone down so well, I stayed with ginger beer. For a non-bourbon girl, this was surprising tasty. I could see myself drinking this after a huge Thanksgiving meal, in front of the fire (er, TV), while I let everything digest.<\/p>\n

\"SAMSUNG\"<\/a>Dark and Pumpkin-y<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 ounces (4 tablespoons) black rum (I use Gosling\u2019s Black Seal)
\n1 tablespoon canned pumpkin
\n2 teaspoons brown sugar
\n6 ounces (1\/2 can) ginger beer (I use Gosling\u2019s)
\nSqueeze of lime<\/p>\n

Moisten the rim of a tall glass with rum (yes, use the thumb and forefinger of your impeccably clean hand!). Dip the moistened rim into the the saucer of spiced sugar<\/a>, ensuring the rim is evenly coated all around. Fill the glass with ice.<\/p>\n

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\nIn a separate glass (a 1 or 2 cup pyrex measuring cup could work well), use a spoon to thoroughly mix together the rum, pumpkin, and sugar. Pour over the ice in the glass. Pour the ginger beer over it all. Add a squeeze or two of lime, Gently stir. Serve immediately.<\/p>\n

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\"SAMSUNG\"<\/a>The B-M-P (Bourbon, Maple, and Pumpkin)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 1\/2 ounces (3 tablespoons) bourbon (I used Jack Daniels)
\n2 tablespoons maple syrup
\n1 tablespoon canned pumpkin
\nPinch of pumpkin pie spice
\n6 ounces (1\/2 can) ginger beer (I use Gosling\u2019s)
\nSqueeze of lime<\/p>\n

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\nIn a tall glass, mix together the bourbon, maple syrup, pumpkin, and spice. Fill the glass with ice. Pour the ginger beer over it all. Add a squeeze or two of lime, Gently stir. Serve immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I’m hoping you saw my cocktail post from last Tuesday. That was a busy Saturday night, because I actually developed FOUR pumpkin cocktails! The first two, already published, used vodka while the next two relied on dark liquors. You know, just to give you some variety. I think the current two would lend themselves […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adult-beverages"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.michellematlack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-11-16-20.08.16.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ImYM-pZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michellematlack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michellematlack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michellematlack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michellematlack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michellematlack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1611"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.michellematlack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1648,"href":"https:\/\/www.michellematlack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1611\/revisions\/1648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michellematlack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michellematlack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michellematlack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michellematlack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}