As October draws quickly to a close, all things holiday usher into our collective consciousness. Here’s are a few takes on an old-fashioned recipe that’ll make a nice treat today, on Halloween or Thanksgiving and any day in between!

Check out the Cobbler family of cocktails…

By Jay at Oh Gosh!

The Cobbler is an old form of mixed drink that consists of a base spirit (originally some form of wine), sugar and fresh fruit. It dates from at least the 1830s, and made use of two items very new to people of that time – ice, and straws. It amazing to think that items such as these that are so ubiquitous today were once curious new oddities, but for many people the Cobbler was their introduction to them.

The original Cobbler is the Sherry Cobbler which, according to David Wondrich in Imbibe!, was one of the most popular libations during the last half of the nineteenth century. By all accounts it seems America, and indeed the rest of the world, were wild about them so it seemed like a good place to start…(more…)