Sip In Season

Wintertime fruits offer sweet twists on classic cocktails.

- Lucy Simon,RAY ISLE,LUCY SIMON,MORGAN HUNT WARD

THE COLD-WEATHER MONTHS OFFER quiet abundance. Farmers market tables, instead of overflowing with berries and melons, showcase pomegranates, orchard fruits, and citrus fragrant enough to stop you in your tracks. In the hands of bartender and cocktail content creator Kaitlyn Stewart, these winter fruits lend autumnal vibes to simple variations on classic cocktails: Sweet pear juice meets cinnamon in the Pear-suit of Happiness, a spiced rum sour (p. 51); pomegranate brightens a gingery Pom Pom Mule (p. 51); and dried figs form the base of a fruit-forward old-fashioned, the Fig-et About It (at right). Read on for these winter cocktail inspirations and more.

An Apple A Day

TOTAL 5 MIN; SERVES 1

This Airmail cocktail remix tastes like a fresh Granny Smith apple. Elderflower liqueur adds floral sweetness.

2 Tbsp. (1 oz.) blanco tequila

1½ Tbsp. (¾ oz.) green apple soju (see Note)

1 Tbsp. (½ oz.) elderflower liqueur

1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice

6 Tbsp. (3 oz.) dry sparkling wine

Green apple slice, for garnish

Place tequila, soju, elderflower liqueur, and lemon juice in an ice-filled cocktail shaker; cover and shake vigorously until well chilled, 7 to 10 seconds. Strain into an ice-filled Collins glass; top with sparkling wine. Garnish with an apple slice. —KAITLYN STEWART, @LIKEABLECOCKTAILS, VANCOUVER

NOTE Green apple soju can be found at major liquor stores and specialty Asian grocery stores.

Fig-et About It