Festive Holiday Cocktails

Spirited drinks to celebrate the season

November 10, 2022

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Hendrick’s Cranberry Fizz

Ingredients:

1 part Hendrick’s Gin
2 parts cranberry juice
1 part sparkling wine

Garnish:

Cucumber slices, mint sprig and cranberries

Combine all ingredients in a highball glass filled with cubed ice and lightly stir. Garnish with cucumber slices, mint sprig and cranberries.

Snowfall Spritz

Ingredients:

1 ounce Grainger’s Deluxe Organic Vodka
1 ounce St. Elder Natural Elderflower Liqueur
1 ounce pomegranate juice
4 ounces sparkling wine

Combine all ingredients and serve over ice in a wine glass

Monkey Shoulder Piña Colada

Ingredients:

2 parts Monkey Shoulder
2 parts Coco Lopez
3 parts pineapple juice
¾ part lime juice
3 dashes angostura bitters
Pinch of salt

Garnish:

Pineapple fronds and wedge

Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth. Add a dash of sugar syrup to taste. Pour into a tall glass. Garnish with a pineapple leaf and chunk.

Maker’s Mark Mistletoe

Ingredients:

1½ parts Maker’s Mark® 46 Bourbon
¾ part DeKuyper® Peachtree® Schnapps Liqueur
2 parts orange juice
1 splash grenadine

Garnish:

Orange wedges

Build over ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with a half-moon orange slice on the rim.

Spiced Christmas Punch

Ingredients:

12 ounces Basil Hayden’s® Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
6 ounces sweet vermouth
6 ounces black tea
12 ounces fresh apple cider
8 ounces fresh lemon juice
4 ounces simple syrup
½ ounce Angostura® Bitters
24 ounces club soda
6 cinnamon sticks
17 apple slices

Garnish:

Freshly grated cinnamon and nutmeg

Add first seven ingredients to punch bowl and stir. Top with club soda. Carefully place ice into the punch bowl and garnish with apple slices and freshly grated cinnamon and nutmeg.

Sipsmith Negroni

Ingredients:

1 part Sipsmith® London Dry Gin
1 part sweet vermouth
1 part Campari®
Garnish:

Orange peel

Add all the ingredients into a mixing glass with ice and stir until well chilled. Strain into a rocks glass filled with large ice cubes. Garnish with an orange peel.

Legent Manhattan

Ingredients:

1 ½ parts Legent® Bourbon
½ part sweet vermouth
¼ part Luxardo® Maraschino Liqueur
2 dashes Angostura® Bitters

Garnish:

Orange peel

Combine all ingredients into mixing glass with ice. Stir 10-15 seconds until well chilled. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh, high-quality ice. Express the orange peel over the drink and then place in the glass as garnish.

Black Barrel Old-Fashioned

Ingredients:

1 ½ parts Hornitos® Black Barrel® Tequila
1 part simple syrup
½ part Amaro Liqueur
2 dashes bitters
2 dashes orange bitters

Garnish:

Orange peel

Combine simple syrup, Hornitos® Black Barrel® Tequila, amaro and bitters. Add ice and stir. Strain over fresh ice and garnish with an orange peel.

Rye Hot Toddy

Ingredients:

1 part Knob Creek® Rye
1 bar spoon honey
1 large lemon peel
1 ounce hot water

Prepare a mug by rinsing it with boiling water and pouring the water out. Add the honey (or sugar) and the lemon peel, pour in an ounce of hot water and stir until the sweetener has dissolved. Add Knob Creek® Rye, and top off with more boiling water.

Gingerbread Hot Chocolate

Ingredients:

1½ ounces Mozart Chocolate Cream Liqueur
3 ounces whole milk
1 ounce gingerbread syrup (or 1–1½ teaspoons gingerbread spice)

Decoration:

Whipped cream, cinnamon, cocoa powder

Garnish: Gingerbread

Heat the milk and gingerbread syrup. Pour into a double-walled glass or any glass suitable for serving hot drinks. Add Mozart Chocolate Cream Liqueur and stir well. Top with whipped cream, cinnamon and cocoa powder. Garnish with gingerbread.