10 Festive Sips To Mix Up This Season
From festive riffs on the classics to the coziest winter warmers, this lineup has a cocktail for every kind of holiday mood.
Whether you’re shaking up a Mistletoe Margarita or pouring a Bananas Foster Espresso Martini, these recipes keep things fun, flavorful, and totally season-ready. Consider your winter gatherings officially upgraded!
Mistletoe Margarita
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Astral Tequila Blanco
¾ oz. Lime Juice
¾ oz. Pomegranate Juice
½ oz. Agave Nectar
Glassware: Rocks Glass
Garnish: Toasted Rosemary Sprig
Preparation
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker, add ice, shake and strain into an ice-filled rocks glass.
Garnish with a sprig of toasted rosemary.
Baileys Hot Chocolate
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Baileys Original Irish Cream
1 tsp Hot Chocolate Powder
3 oz. Milk
Glassware: Mug
Garnish: Whipped Cream, Cocoa Powder
Preparation
Combine hot chocolate powder and milk in a mug.
Add Baileys Original Irish Cream and stir to combine.
Garnish with whipped cream and a sprinkle of cocoa powder.
Preparation
Combine ingredients and stir and strain into a coupe cocktail glass.
Garnish with a lemon peel and cherry.
Preparation
Combine ingredients in a shaker tin with ice.
Shake and strain into a serving glass with fresh ice.
Top with banana slices and cane sugar.
Torch for 10-15 secs until brown and bubbling.
Preparation
Gently stir ingredients in a separate glass.
Strain into rocks glass, add garnish, and serve.
Preparation
Add all ingredients into a mixing glass.
Stir for about 15 to 20 seconds.
Strain over a coupe glass filled with ice and garnish.
Coquito Con Ritmo
Ingredients
21 oz. Buchanan’s 12-Year DeLuxe Blended Scotch Whisky
15 oz. Coconut Cream
13.5 oz. Coconut Milk
12 oz. Evaporated Milk
14 oz. Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 tbsp Cinnamon
Glassware: Rocks
Garnish: Shaved Nutmeg
Preparation
Mix the Buchanan’s DeLuxe 12 YO, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, cream of coconut, vanilla extract and ground cinnamon.
Stir until combined and chill before serving.
Cinnamon Fizz
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Old Parr 12
¼ oz. Cinnamon Syrup
Squeeze of Lemon
Premium Club Soda, to top
Glassware: Rocks
Garnish: Cinnamon stick
Preparation
Combine Old Parr 12, cinnamon syrup and squeeze of a lemon into a cocktail shaker with ice.
Shake well and strain into a rocks glass over ice.
Top with a premium club soda and garnish with a cinnamon stick.
Hot Toddy
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Johnnie Walker Black Label
½ oz. Lemon Juice
½ oz. Honey
Glassware: Brandy Glass or Mug
Garnish: Sprig of Toasted Rosemary or Star Anise with Cinnamon Stick
Preparation
Heat up 3.4 oz of water until hot.
Add water to a brandy glass with Johnnie Walker Black Label, lemon juice, and honey.
Lightly stir everything together and garnish with a toasted rosemary sprig or a star anise and cinnamon stick.
Preparation
Add Tanqueray No. TEN Gin, Dry Vermouth, and 2 Orange Bitters dashes to mixing glass.
Stir and strain into chilled martini glass.
Garnish with expressed manicured grapefruit twist.
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