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

Simple Vodka

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