Josh Gandee recommends this autumnal cocktail to those craving a taste of the season. The drink is reminiscent of a Manhattan but with more effervescence. “If you’re comfortable drinking things like rye or bourbon, you can be comfortable with drinking apple brandy as well,” Gandee says.

Harvard on the Hocking
Recipe courtesy of Watershed Kitchen & Bar

INGREDIENTS
1 ounce Watershed apple brandy
1 ounce rye whiskey
1 ounce sweet vermouth
3 dashes angostura bitters
1 ounce soda water
Cherry

DIRECTIONS
Stir apple brandy, rye whiskey, sweet vermouth and bitters in a mixing glass with ice until well chilled. Strain the mixture into a chilled coupe glass. Top the cocktail with soda water, and garnish with a cherry.