Smithfield’s Five Favorite Fall Drinks

Almost all of our "Good Ol' Days" revolve around good friends and great drinks, so we've teamed up with Smithfield to share their Five Favorite Fall Drinks!

Written by Lauren Jo Black
Smithfield’s Five Favorite Fall Drinks

Last week we introduced you to hot new country duo Smithfield. Comprised of Trey Smith and Jennifer Fiedler, the Texas bred duo is ready to make their mark on Country music with their debut single, “Good Ol’ Days” and self-titled EP.

Since most of our “Good Ol’ Days’ revolve around good company and great drinks, we’ve teamed up with Smithfield to feature their five favorite fall drink recipes! Check them out below. Cheers, y’all!

Caramel Apple Sangria
Ingredients:
1 bottle white wine
1 bottle sparkling apple cider
¼ cup caramel syrup
4 apples, chopped
Directions:
Chill your white wine and sparkling apple cider.
Once cold, mix together wine and cider and add ¼ cup caramel syrup.
Chop approximately 4 apples into small cubes and add to sangria.
Chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

Hot Cranberry Punch
Ingredients:
4 cups cranberry juice
2 cups apple juice
1/2 cup orange juice
1 Tablespoon Sweet ‘N Low
1/4 cup light brown sugar
4 cinnamon sticks
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
Directions:
Pour the cranberry, orange, and apple juice into coffee maker.
Place Sweet ‘N Low, brown sugar, cinnamon sticks and ground cloves into a coffee filter.
Brew punch. Once it’s done, remove filter.
Serve warm and top with fresh cranberries, a cinnamon stick, and a orange wedge.

Apple Cider Mimosas
Ingredients:
Apple Cider
Champagne
Gold and silver sprinkles for rim of glass (optional)
Apple slices for garnish (optional)
Directions:
Dip the top of each champagne glass into water and then dip in the sprinkles to coat.
Pour each champagne glass ½-3/4 full with apple cider.
Top with champagne

Winter Lemonade
Ingredients:
1 C. Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
1 C. Sugar
1 C. Water
½ C. Freshly Squeezed Mandarin Orange or Clementine Juice
12 Mint Leaves
Water, to dilute
Directions:
Combine the lemon juice, sugar, and water in a saucepan and bring just to a boil.
Remove from heat and let cool. Pour into an airtight container and chill completely.
Crush the mint leaves using a mortar and pestle.
Combine the chilled lemonade base, crushed mint leaves and mandarin juice. Add water to taste.
Serve over ice.

Winter Melon Tea
Ingredients:
1500g winter melon
250g brown sugar powder
50g rock sugar
Clean water
Ice cubes
Directions:
Wash the winter melon carefully and then remove the skins. Then cut the left part into small cubes. Throw them into a large pot.
Spread brown sugar powder and give a big stir to mix them evenly. Set aside for around 1 hour until there is a thin layer of water in the bottle.
Use high fire to bring everything in the pot to a boiling and then add rock sugar. Slow down the fire to simmer for 1.5 hours to 2 hours based on your cooking ware until the winter melon is totally transparent. Turn off the fire and wait to cool down.
Strain the juice out. And press the winter melon with heavily during the process to get as more juice as possible. You can use gauze to wrap the winter melon and squeeze the juice out.
How to serve: add water three times more than the juice to make an easy winter melon tea whenever you want.