As the weather cools, it’s time to spice up your drinks and bring out the cozy boots. The Boots With the Fur cocktail at Old Man Rivers Table & Tavern, a recently opened restaurant and bar at the foot of Signal Mountain, is an ideal way to dip your toes into fall flavors like apple cider and cinnamon.
“[Owner Alex] Rivers wanted a cocktail that was all fall, and to me, that’s very Uggs,” bar manager Rachel Carr says, explaining the inspiration behind the Boots With the Fur cocktail. (The drink’s name is also a line from “Low” by Flo Rida.) “We’re just trying to have fun around here. I’ve always found that the more fun a cocktail sounds, the more people are going to want to drink it.”
The cocktail features Carr’s favorite spirit, Maggie’s Farm Spiced Rum, which is made with a unique blend of spices — including clove, nutmeg, allspice and orange zest — at a Pittsburgh distillery where she used to work.
The drink can easily be converted into a mocktail by removing the rum and using greater quantities of the other ingredients, Carr says, adding that the bitters used in the drink are alcohol-free.