Using products from our Holiday Gift Guide, try some of these recommended seasonal cocktails:
Deco the Halls
Created by Stephen King, The Clocktower
1.5 oz Patrón Silver
.75 oz Lemon juice
.5 oz Simple Syrup
1 oz egg whites
3 Drops orange blossom water
Activated charcoal to taste
Combine ingredients in shaker with a handful of crushed ice and shake until ice is completely melted and drink is nice and frothy. Pour through a fine strainer into coupe glass. Allow cocktail to settle into different layers. Hold stencil over the top of the cocktail and spray angostura to produce ‘art deco’ pattern.
Peppermint Martini
2 oz. vodka
1 oz. Sonoma Syrup Peppermint Syrup
Splash of Grenadine
Mini Candy Cane
Sprig of Peppermint Leaves
In a martini shaker add ice, vodka, Sonoma Syrup Peppermint Syrup, and grenadine, and shake. Pour in your martini glass, garnish with a sprig of Peppermint and hang a mini candy cane on rim of the glass and enjoy!
Bourbon Swizzle
3 oz. bourbon
1 oz. lemon juice
3 dashes of Angostura bitters
2 oz. Up Mountain Swizzle
Combine bourbon, lemon juice, and Angostura bitters in a shaker filled with ice. Shake until the outside is very cold and frosty (about 15 seconds). Divide between two ice-filled tumblers and top each glass with Up Mountain Swizzle. Garnish with fresh thyme.
[Photo courtesy of Alexandra Shytsman]
Splash Out
Recipe: Blend ½ Fat Tire Belgian White (Wheat Beer) with ½ Citradelic (Tangerine IPA). Both are available in New Belgium’s Blend Like a Brewer Gift Pack
Pair this blend with: Barbecue
From the Brewer: “This blend cuts the bitterness of Citradelic while Fat Tire Belgian White’s orange and coriander complement Citradelic’s tangerine.” – Rich Barthel, Brewer at New Belgium
Amy & Brian Coconut Water Margarita
2 limes
1 oz. tequila
1 cup Amy & Brian Coconut Water
1 tbs. coconut cream
Rim glass with lime and margarita salt and fill with ¾ ice. In a separate glass add lime juice, tequila, Amy & Brian Coconut Water, and coconut cream. Mix well and pour over ice, garnish with lime wedge and enjoy!
Home for the Holidays
Created by Pete Canny, The Wayland and The Lost Lady
2 oz. Patrón Silver
.75 oz. Lemon Juice
.75 oz. Allspice Syrup
.5 oz. Cocchi Americano
1 Egg White
Silver Luster Dust
Add Patrón, Lemon Juice, Allspice Syrup and Cocchi Americano to shaker and shake with ice. Strain into a glass mug over ice. In separate shaker, dry shake egg white. Add Silver Luster Dust to mug and stir. Top with egg white foam, and garnish with a gingerbread cookie or miniature gingerbread house.
Volga
Available at Riverpark; New York, NY
Firelit Coffee Liquor
Frangelico
Pumpkin Oil
Egg White
Viking Gold
5 oz Highland Park Magnus
.5 oz cinnamon infused maple syrup
.5 oz lemon
Bar spoon apple butter
Shake and strain over fresh ice. Garnish with apple slices and cinnamon stick