- All right, y'all.
I'm back with Sofia Carson,
and we are ready to shake things up, literally.
I have my friends, two of the greatest mixologists
on the planet, calling in from Nashville.
This summer, they taught us some amazing cocktails,
perfect for our stay cation celebration.
Now, as we head into fall,
they're back with a drink for the cooler weather.
Let's say hi to John and Lindsay Yeager, y'all.
(audience cheers and applauds)
What's up?
Y'all are making me miss Nashville, those beautiful trees.
- [Lindsay] You look beautiful.
- And your porch.
I'm so, Lindsay, your hair looks adorable by the way.
What's on the menu today?
- So, today we're doing one of my favorite cocktails ever.
I'm pretty sure we served it
at one of your Halloween parties.
- The holiday party, yeah.
- Oh my God.
- It's called the hollow.
I was trying to evoke all things fall and sweater weather,
and it is Apple Brandy, apple butter, ginger, lemon,
and some old fashioned bitters
to give it some of that baking spice.
- Oh my God.
This drink is awesome.
This drink is so awesome. Okay.
Well, John, wait, you always have
a cool historical fact, kind of about your drink.
So what can you say about this one?
- Well, I'll tell you what.
Today we are using what's called Apple Jack.
What a lot of people don't realize
is this has US distillery license number one.
They set up shop in the late 1600s.
Our founding fathers were drinking
fortified wines from Europe, but a lot of Apple Brandy.
So we think of ourselves as a whiskey nation,
and we can be, but it's really interesting
to look back into history,
to see how our drinking traditions started.
This is a major pillar of what we're doing.
So we're just using it today.
- I love that you know that.
You're so cool. Okay.
It's like being on a game show where you learn stuff, like,
at the same time as getting to drink.
It's awesome.
So, let's get to it.
What should Sofia and I do first?
- [John] Okay, so, sounds good.
So, we got our shaking tins, right?
You guys already set up?
- [Kelly] Yes.
- Okay. So you're going to grab your hundred proof
Laird's Apple Jack, and you're going to -
- It's in a little glass.
- This is apple, okay.
- Okay, wait.
- This whole shot we're putting in?
- [Kelly] Yes. We're putting the whole shot in?
- [Lindsay] The whole thing.
- Now, I'm going to make two at one time, so do what I say,
not what I do.
- [Kelly] Okay.
- [Sofia] Yes, sir.
- Okay. Spoken like a true parent, yeah.
- Okay, next up we're gonna use an ounce of apple butter.
And what we can do is just,
we can do, like, two big spoonfuls
right out of the jar into your shaking thing.
- Oh my God, I love apple butter.
Two big, two heaping spoonfuls.
- [John] We refer to it as funny butter,
so apparently, there's a theme.
- [Lindsay] There's a theme.
- [Sofia] Okay.
- The next thing we're going
to do is we're going to do 3/4 of an ounce
of fresh lemon juice.
- Okay. We already have it kind of done out.
I love my team. Cheers.
- I know, thank you.
- [John] All right, we're going to do -
- [Kelly] My mouth is watering, y'all.
- After that, I'm going to do 3/4 of an ounce
of our homemade ginger syrup.
And you guys should have some, correct?
- Yes, and somebody already...
God, our team is so awesome.
Sofia and I are just pouring, guys.
- [Sofia] We love you.
- Where this is the easiest bartending gig ever.
- [John] Perfect.
- [Lindsay] You're nailing it.
- Okay, so what next?
- And the last thing we're going to do is
we suggest two dashes of these bitters.
If you accidentally slip five in there, it doesn't matter.
It only gets better.
- [Lindsay] Bitters make it better.
- [Sofia] You suggest two, though?
Are you going for two?
- I, dear God, I have no idea how much
just went in this drink.
I put a lot. It literally just went wow.
It pours, like, yeah, no, yeah, got a lot.
I got a lot of bitters.
- Okay. I think that's -
- Okay, so now we're shaking it?
- This is the first time I've ever shaked a cocktail.
- Shake it. Give it all your might.
- [Kelly] Yeah, get it. Get it.
- [John] All the soul that you have.
Get it.
- Okay. So, now we take a little -
- Once you -
- Okay.
- You strain that into your fresh ice.
- We strain?
- So, take the little thing off.
- [Sofia] I have such a mess.
- [Kelly] No, just take the little thing, top off.
So we garnish now?
- [Lindsay] Looking good.
- [John] Hey, look at that!
- Okay?
- [Lindsay] Professional.
- [Sofia] How do they -
- We garnish?
We take the little apples and we do what, Lindsay?
- Yes, so I just popped some apple slices
and then cut 'em in half and fan them out, three at a time.
Slide them in there.
- [Sofia] Okay.
- Cheers!
- [John] And we have straws.
- [Lindsay] We did straws.
You can do it with or without.
- [Kelly] Cheers, guys. - Cheers.
- I love about this drink, it honors history.
It's refreshing.
Guys, cheers to you
- Cheers.
- Oh my gosh. It's so good.
It's so good.
- Oh my God.
- I love you guys.
I miss you.
I miss Nashville.
It's fine. Everything's fine.
Blink twice. Or blink twice -
- As she chugs this.
- It's fine.