10 Cocktails To Help Spice Up Your Holiday Celebrations
The holidays are a time for reflection. To celebrate the end of 2021, kick back, relax and fix yourself a cocktail. Whether you’re a fan of whiskey based-drinks or prefer to sip a drink with a coffee kick, these recipes will have you feeling merry in no time.
Basil Hayden® Golden Hour
From BEAM SUNTORY
1 part Basil Hayden® Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
3/4 part Lillet Blanc
3/4 part Aperol Aperitif
1 grapefruit peel, for garnish
Combine ingredients over ice in a mixing glass and stir until well chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass over a large ice cube. Garnish with a grapefruit peel.
Finnegan’s Wake
From HOTALING & CO.
2 oz. cold brew coffee
1 oz. Luxardo Amaro Abano
2 oz. Writers’ Tears Copper Pot Whiskey
Lemon twist, for garnish
Pour coffee over ice into an old-fashioned glass, then add Luxardo Amaro Abano. Next add Writers’ Tears Copper Pot into glass, express the lemon peel over the top of the cocktail and add into drink.
Jim Beam Bourbon Orange Sour
From BEAM SUNTORY
1 oz. Jim Beam Orange
4 oz. premium soda water
1 orange slice, for garnish
Combine ingredients in a highball glass with ice. Garnish with orange slice.
Knob Rye Old Fashioned
From BEAM SUNTORY
1 pinch brown sugar
3 dashes bitters
1 splash water
1 grapefruit peel
1.5 oz. Knob Creek Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey
Muddle sugars, bitters, water and grapefruit peel in a rocks glass. Add whiskey and ice. Stir and enjoy.
Maker’s Mark Gold Rush
From MAKER’S MARK
14 ½ oz. Maker’s Mark
5 ½ oz. Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
5 ½ oz. Honey Syrup
1 lemon slice, for garnish
Combine all ingredients in mixing vessel. Transfer to a bottle, seal and refrigerate for up to 72 hours.
To serve, shake bottle gently. Add 3 to 4 oz. to a shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain over ice. Garnish with lemon.
Slane® Irish Coffee
From BROWN-FORMAN
Freshly brewed double espresso
1 oz. Slane® Irish Whiskey
2/3 oz. vanilla-infused demerara syrup
Float double cream
Freshly brewed double espresso
Dark chocolate orange shavings, for garnish
Prepare espresso. Add boiling water halfway up a separate glass. Add whiskey, syrup and espresso, then stir. Top with float of cream. Garnish with chocolate orange shavings.
The Deep Eddy Chilton
From HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERY
Salt, for rim
1.5 oz. Deep Eddy Original Vodka
Juice of 2 lemons
Soda Water, to taste
Rim a cocktail glass with salt and fill with ice. Add vodka and lemon juice and top with soda water. Stir gently and enjoy!
The Elijah Craig Old Fashioned
From HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERY
2 oz. Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon
1/4 oz. simple syrup
3 dashes bitters
1 cherry, for garnish
1 orange swath
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass. Stir until well chilled. Strain cocktail over ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with a cherry and orange.
Winter Apple Toddy
From MOET HENNESSY
1/2 oz X by Glenmorangie
3/4 oz pressed apple juice
1/4 oz lemon juice
1 dessert spoon honey, or to taste
Clove-studded orange wheel, cinnamon stick and star anise, for garnish.
Combine ingredients, except whisky, into a saucepan and bring to a simmer on a low heat. Do not allow to boil. Pour whisky into glass mug and top with hot ingredients. Garnish with clove-studded orange wheel, cinnamon stick and star anise.
Woodford Reserve® Manhattan
From BROWN-FORMAN
1.5 oz Woodford Reserve® Bourbon
1 oz. sweet vermouth
2 dashes Woodford Reserve® Bitters
1 orange twist, for garnish
1 Woodford Reserve® Cherry, for garnish
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass or cocktail shaker with ice. Shake or stir according to your own preference. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with orange twist and cherry.
