The holidays always creep up quickly after a late Thanksgiving, and it’s time to think about festive food and drinks for entertaining. Here’s a roundup of some seasonal cocktail recipes for this year.
Silent Night Sipper
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz. Vodka
- ½ oz. Frangelico
- ½ oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream
- splash of Chambord
- Blackberries for garnish
- Crushed candy canes for garnish
Instructions
- Rim a rocks glass with simple syrup and dip the rim into crushed candy canes.
- Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake well.
- Strain mixture over ice into the rocks glass.
- Garnish with fresh blackberries.
Notes
The mixologists at Lady Madison in the Le Méridien Washington, D.C., created this recipe.
Jacklyn Frost
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Empress gin
- 1 oz. Half & half
- 1¼ oz. Cream of coconut
- 1 oz. Pineapple juice
- 1 oz. Blueberry syrup
- Coconut flakes
Instructions
- Rim a Martini glass with buttercream and coconut flakes.
- In a shaker combine all ingredients together.
- Add ice, shake and strain into glass.
- Garnish with dehydrated orange slice.
Notes
The mixologists at Bungalows Key Largo in Key Largo, FL, created this recipe.
Red Margarita
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz. Teremana Reposado tequila
- 1 oz. Pomegranate juice
- ¾ oz. Fresh lime juice
- ½ oz. Cinnamon syrup
- Pinch of salt
- Cinnamon stick and rosemary sprig garnish
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Shake until chilled.
- Strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice.
- Garnish with a cinnamon stick and rosemary sprig.
Notes
The mixologists at Teremana created this recipe.
The Nog-atomi Plaza
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Maverick straight bourbon
- 1 Whole egg
- 1 oz. Heavy cream
- ½ oz. Maple syrup
- ½ oz. Spiced simple syrup*
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients and dry shake 20x (without ice) in a tin until frothy and smooth.
- Add ice and shake again to chill.
- Use a Hawthorne strainer to pour into a coupe.
- Top with a light dusting of cinnamon.
Notes
*For Spiced simple syrup:
Combine 2 cups hot water and 2 cups sugar with 2 tablespoons pumpkin spice and the peel of 2 whole oranges. Stir and strain into a jar or bottle of your choice. The mixologists at Maverick Distilling created this recipe.
Combine 2 cups hot water and 2 cups sugar with 2 tablespoons pumpkin spice and the peel of 2 whole oranges. Stir and strain into a jar or bottle of your choice. The mixologists at Maverick Distilling created this recipe.
Feliz Navi Don
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz. Tequila Don Gato Reposado
- ¾ oz. Pomegranate juice
- ¼ oz. Lime juice
- ¼ oz. Agave nectar
- 2 oz. Cava or prosecco
Instructions
- Fill a mixing glass with ice.
- Add tequila, juices and agave.
- Shake and strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice.
- Top with cava.
- Garnish with a cinnamon stick.
Notes
The mixologists at Don Gato created this recipe.
White Chocolate Peppermint Martini
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz. Kōloa Kaua’i coconut rum
- ½ oz. Kōloa Kaua’i cacao rum
- ½ oz. Cream of coconut
- 1 ½ oz. Evaporated milk
- 1 Drop of peppermint essential oil
- Crushed candy cane garnish
Instructions
- Rim a Martini glass with crushed candy cane.
- Combine ingredients and shake with with ice.
- Strain in a peppermint-rimed Martini glass.
Notes
Mixologist Jennifer Bryant created this recipe.
Gingerbread Café
Ingredients
- 1 ½ parts Cantera Negra Reposado tequila
- ½ part Cantera Negra Café
- 1 shot Espresso
- ½ part Frangelico
- ¼ part Gingerbread syrup equal parts cinnamon syrup to ginger syrup
- Barspoon Crème fraiche
- 2 dashes Pecan bitters
- Grated cinnamon garnish
Instructions
- Build in tin and dry shake.
- Add ice and wet shake.
- Strain into Old Fashioned rocks glass.
- Garnish with grated cinnamon.
Notes
The mixologists at Cantera Negra created this recipe.
