"Few cocktails have clung to summer quite like the Aperol spritz - it's become shorthand for sunshine and patio culture. However, Reese Witherspoon has a cocktail recipe to remind you that the Aperol spritz doesn't have to be retired once the leaves start turning colors. In a post on Instagram, she showed her followers exactly how to exchange one seasonal craving for another with her simple and fizzy apple cider Aperol spritz alternative."
"Made from one part apple cider (the nonalcoholic juice kind), one part champagne, and one part of the sweet-bitter aperitivo known as Aperol, all poured over ice and stirred, Witherspoon's fizzy apple cider cocktail brings the best parts of seasons together. Even so, her Instagram caption promised that it's "perfect for fall." The only mystery in the tableau is the unused cinnamon on the counter."
A simple fizzy apple cider Aperol spritz alternative combines one part apple cider (nonalcoholic), one part Champagne, and one part Aperol, poured over ice and stirred. A cinnamon stick makes an appropriate garnish while ground cinnamon would make the drink gritty. The apple cider adds sweetness, softens Aperol's bitter bite, and reduces overall alcohol content, yielding a gentler sparkling sipper. The drink suits end-of-summer barbecues, tailgates, and apple-picking afternoons and pairs well with salty snacks. Aperol's bitterness comes from infusions of rhubarb, gentian, cinchona, and other herbaceous aromatics rooted in northern Italy.
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