6 Cocktails to Sip this Season
There’s no better time to cozy up with a collection of cocktails designed to warm your spirit and delight your palate.
Give these seasonal sippers a mix.
Preparation
Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously.
Strain into a chilled Martini glass.
Garnish with raspberries and grated chocolate (optional) and enjoy!
Description
Gianduia Liqueur (pronounced “gzee-an-du-ya”) is produced with a grappa-base that imparts a unique aromaticity, alongside cream obtained exclusively from Alpine milk, then infused with Gianduia chocolate.
It is the only chocolate liqueur containing grappa from the Veneto region with lovely hazelnut and cocoa flavors. Resembling chocolate milk in the glass, chocolate-lovers will enjoy this velvety, luscious, dessert-like sipper.
Preparation
Rim a chilled Martini glass with coconut shavings, set aside.
Pour Pistacchio, Vodka, and absinthe into a cocktail shaker over ice and shake energetically for a few seconds.
Strain into a chilled Martini glass.
Add some pistachio dust on top and enjoy!
Description
Crema di Pistacchio Bottega is a pleasantly sweet, creamy liqueur, characterized by an intense aroma of Sicilian pistachios. With a final touch of high-quality grappa, Crema di Pistacchio Bottega gains a particular aromaticity, making it unique, unmistakable, and lactose-free!
It’s perfect as an after-dinner drink, cocktail ingredient, and is ideal with panna cotta, pastries, desserts, or ice creams.
Preparation
Rim a coupe glass with a lemon wedge.
Dip in sugar and set aside (optional).
Add all ingredients in a shaker filled with ice.
Shake vigorously.
Double strain into the coupe glass.
Garnish with an orange peel and enjoy!
Description
Gran Duque D’Alba Solera Gran Reserva is mahogany colored with gold highlights. You’ll find aromas of oak, prune, and sherry. It can be used in a wide variety of cocktails and makes for an excellent end to an enjoyable meal this holiday season.
Preparation
Shake all ingredients together with ice.
Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
Garnish with a lemon peel & piece of candied ginger (optional).
Description
Peat Chimney is a small batch, hand-crafted Scotch whisky that captures the allure of smoke in a balanced expression rich in smoky maritime and citrus notes.
Aromas of heather smoke drift alongside stone fruits and orange zest. On the palate, warm peat puffs over rich espresso and muscovado sugar.
To finish, flinty minerality sizzles out to a soft, sweet finale. Enjoy Peat Chimney neat, on the rocks, served crisp and invigorating. Or in a Highball with soda water and mint sprig garnish, or a smoky take on an Old Fashioned or Penicillin.
Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin – Misteltoe Fizz
Ingredients
1 1/2 oz Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin
4 cranberries
3 oz tonic water
1 oz sparkling cider
1 rosemary sprig (for garnish)
Preparation
Muddle cranberries in a highball glass.
Add ice and remaining ingredients and stir to combine.
Enjoy!
Description
Celebrate the holidays with a Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin Mistletoe Fizz. With a sparkle and a pop, this cocktail celebrates the spirit of this holiday season.
Preparation
Add the Kingsbarns Balcomie, Oloroso Sherry and Citrus Oleo Saccharum to a shaker with ice and shake vigorously.
Strain over fresh ice in a wine glass.
Garnish with the lemon wedge, orange wedge and mint sprig.
Enjoy!
Description
Kingsbarns Balcomie is a fruity, light and balanced whisky bottled from ex-Oloroso American Oak Sherry Butts. These casks were specifically chosen by Isabella Wemyss for their gentle oak flavours and sherry rich sweetness to compliment the fruity character of the Kingsbarns spirit.
This allows for the perfect balance between the spirit and the wood. You’ll find notes of sweet tinned pineapple up front, orange peel, cake spice, with a hint of dried apricot and roasted hazelnut on the finish.
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