The Season ArchiveWeek 01 of 8 · First FrostServing This Week

The First Frost

Named for the morning the windows finally fog over and the season stops pretending. Brown butter gives the bourbon the weight of a cold house warming up.

No. 01 of 24, season 2026 · poured only at Merry Hour bars

The First Frost bourbon cocktail with a frozen cranberry-rosemary ice sphere and an upright frosted rosemary sprig

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You Have To Go There

The The First Frost isn't a recipe you make at home — it's poured for one week only, at the bars on the Merry Hour list, exactly as it was designed. Week 01 opens November 2.

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Every Merry Hour Partnership venue in the country pours the The First Frost in the same week — same name, same recipe, same spec. Drop your zip code in and we'll point you at the closest edition.