Most people concentrate on New Year’s Eve for parties and celebrations, but New Year’s Day is a great option for a casual lunch or brunch. Kick of the year with some interesting and tasty brunch drinks that go beyond the basic Bloody or Mimosa.
Brunch Martini
1 ½ oz. First Light Coffee Whiskey
½ oz. Baileys
½ oz. Frangelico
1 ½ oz. Espresso
Mix all ingredients over ice. Stir and strain into a coup glass. Garnish with espresso beans.
The mixologists at First Light created this recipe.
Grown Folk Mimosa
½ oz. 1884 Uncle Nearest Whiskey
½ oz. Cointreau or triple sec
2 oz. Fresh orange juice
1 ½ oz. Une Femme “The Juliette” Brut sparkling wine
Chill whiskey, triple sec and orange juice. Pour all the ingredients except champagne into a chilled flute and stir. Add Champagne and stir one last time.
The mixologists at Uncle Nearest created this recipe.
Bourbon Bellini
1 ½ parts Basil Hayden bourbon whiskey
¾ parts Italicus liqueur
¾ parts Apricot liqueur
¾ parts Fresh lemon juice
1 ½ parts Prosecco
1 Lemon wheel
Combine all ingredients into shaker tin with ice. Shake and strain into Champagne flute. Garnish with a lemon wheel.
The mixologists at Basil Hayden created this recipe.
La Vie en Rose
¼ oz. Simple syrup
¾ oz. Lemon juice
¾ oz. House-made cranberry puree
1 ½ oz. Vodka
½ oz. Lychee
¼ oz. Lillet Blanc
1 oz. Sparkling wine
Shake all the ingredients except sparkling wine, double strain into a chilled coupe glass, then top with sparkling wine and garnished with 3 dried rose buds.
The mixologists at La Grande Boucherie in New York created this recipe.
Morning Glory
2 oz. Effen vodka
½ oz. Orange juice
¾ oz. Turmeric-infused pineapple juice
½ oz. Lime juice
Ginger beer
Add vodka and juices to shaker tin, fill with ice and strain into Collins glass full of ice. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with a lime and orange wheel between the ice and glass. Serve with a straw.
Kortney Bowman, general manager of The House of Marigold in Louisville, KY, created this recipe
Tales On the Terrace
1 ½ oz. Ketel One Botanical Grapefruit & Rose vodka
½ oz. Lillet Blanc
½ oz. Pressed heirloom tomato juice
½ oz. Grapefruit cordial
½ oz. Fresh lime juice
Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake hard and strain over large ice cube in a rocks glass. Garnish with a thin grapefruit crescent and pinch of Maldon salt.
Mixologist Devon Tarby created this recipe.
Monkey Around
½ part Absolut vodka
½ part Monkey 47 gin
½ part Lillet wine-based aperitif
3 ½ part Mumm Grand Cordon Rosé Champagne
Shake vodka, gin, and Lillet over ice. Strain into coupe. Top with Champagne. Garnish with lemon twist
The mixologists at Mumm created this recipe.
