The Stumble Inne’s Bartender
Mandy Gualazzi creates a Pumpkin Martini.

The Stumble Inne
90 Halls Road
Old Lyme, CT

The Stumble Inne is celebrating two years in business this fall and has already won over patrons on the shoreline with its fun atmosphere and delicious comfort food. The venue offers a wide variety of American pub fare with plenty of appetizers, sandwiches, salads, soups, burgers, flat breads and entrees to appeal to any palate. Guests can stop in to watch a game, play pool and darts or enjoy live music in the evenings Thursday through Saturday. To drink, a variety of beer selections are on tap, along with select wines by the glass. Cocktails change with the seasons and offer familiar favorites with a unique twist, along with Martini Mondays and plenty of themed events to keep customers coming in.

Bartender: Mandy Gualazzi

Cocktail: Pumpkin Martini

Ingredients:
» 1 oz. Smirnoff Vanilla Vodka
» 1 oz. RumChata Pumpkin Spice
» 2 barspoons pumpkin puree
» .5 oz. maple syrup
» Garnish: caramel and graham cracker crumbs for the rim and whipped cream

Ready for fall, the Pumpkin Martini at The Stumble Inne.

Method: Rim a cocktail glass with caramel and graham cracker crumbs. Add the vodka, RumChata, pumpkin puree and maple syrup to a shaker over ice and shake well to combine. Pour the mixture into the prepared glass and top with whipped cream.

The venue’s Pumpkin Martini, created by Bartender Mandy Gualazzi, brings the best flavors of the upcoming holidays to a glass with vanilla vodka blended with RumChata Pumpkin Spice, pumpkin puree and maple syrup, topped with whipped cream with a caramel- and graham cracker-coated rim. “At The Stumble Inne, we love to have fun and try new things,” said Gualazzi. “We change up the cocktail menu with the seasons, so you can’t go wrong with fall flavors!”