The best ways to use pumpkins, in ascending order:<br /> —Eat them.<br /> —Carve faces into them as part of some ancient harvest ritual.<br /> —Put them in cocktails.<br /> —Shoot them from cannons.<br /> <br /> So until you get a pumpkin artillery piece, here’s five great ways to drink pumpkin this fall...
Where: Tico.
Made with: Pumpkin, whiskey, sage, lemon and Bénédictine.
Pairs well with: Candy corn, bite-size Butterfinger bars. (Note: might need to bring your
own.)
Where: El Centro D.F.
Made with: Pumpkin-infused tequila, agave nectar, lime juice and a cinnamon/sugar
rim.
Pairs well with: Watching football outdoors. Which you can do here.
Where: Del Campo.
Made with: Rye, pumpkin cordial, bitters, a giant ice cube... and a hunk of canella
cinnamon that’s been set ablaze.
Pairs well with: A fire extinguisher.
Where: Vinoteca.
Made with: Roasted-pumpkin-infused rum, coffee, milk, baking spices and whipped
cream.
Pairs well with: That 2:30 feeling.
Where: Graffiato.
Made with: Pumpkin spice moonshine, lemon, allspice dram, maple syrup, old-fashioned
bitters, topped off with a generous helping of pumpkin beer.
Pairs well with: Another one.
