Holiday Cocktail Recipes
Tantalize your taste buds with this refreshing array of Holiday Cocktail recipes. It's time for you to shake it up at home, tag us in your creations! @liquorlab
SERVES 1
Mele Kalikimaka
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 oz Aged Rum
3/4 oz Lime Juice
3/4 oz Spiced Orange Syrup*
1/4 oz Allspice or Pimento (Hamilton) Dram
* 1 Part Orange Juice, 1 Part Sugar, Toasted Cinnamon & Clove (1-2 cinnamon sticks, 2-3 cloves), Vanilla Extract (careful!)
Heat orange juice and vanilla with spices until fragrant. Then stir in sugar until it is dissolved. Strain out spices.
Add ingredients into a shaker. Add ice and shake for 10-20 seconds until cold. Strain the liquid into a coupe or martini glass and garnish with a dehydrated citrus wheel. Enjoy!
SERVES 1
Red Ryder
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Lime Juice
3/4 oz Cranberry-Rosemary Syrup*
2 oz Ginger Beer
Garnish: Rosemary Sprig
*Bring 1 part water and 1 part Cranberries to a boil. When cranberries begin to crack, take off heat. Add a few Rosemary sprigs (careful, they are potent) and steep for 5-10 minutes. Strain out cranberries and rosemary. Mix 1 part sugar into the "tea" until dissolved.
Add Gin, Lime juice, and Syrup to a shaker. DO NOT ADD or SHAKE BUBBLES. Add ice. Shake for about 10 seconds until cold. You do not want to over-dilute this drink as you will be adding ginger beer. Strain into a collins glass over fresh ice. Top with Ginger Beer and stir gently. Garnish with Rosemary Sprig and/or Cranberry Skewer.
SERVES 1
The Naughty List
INGREDIENTS
1 oz Tequila Blanco
3/4 oz Fernet Menthe
3/4 oz Coffee Liqueur
3/4 oz Whole Milk
Optional: 2-4 Drops of Chocolate Bitters
Garnish: Small Candy Cane
Shaken OR Stirred: Add ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake for 10-15 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
OR
Add all ingredients into a mixing glass. Next, add ice and stir for ~20 seconds. Strain the liquid into a rocks glass over fresh ice and garnish with Candy Cane. Enjoy!
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