Festive
Ho Ho Ho-liday Cocktails
By FBWorld Team
The
holidays will be here before you know it, so it's time
to stuff the stockings, trim the tree, and pour the hot
cocoa! Leave the last-minute gift wrapping frenzy to the
kids, while you sit back and enjoy these holiday-themed
cocktails. If there are any doubts about your place on
the Nice List, you might want to leave one for Santa too!
Reindeer
Red
Inspired
by Rudolph.
Ingredients:
1 oz. Ungava Gin
1 oz. Campari
3 oz. lemon seltzer
1 oz. sparkling wine
Peeled orange slice for garnish
Procedures:
1. Combine Ungava Gin, Campari, and lemon
seltzer in an ice-filled glass.
2.
Stir gently to combine.
3.
Top off with your favorite sparkling wine.
4.
Garnish with a peeled orange slice and serve.
Jingle
Bell on the Rocks
This
cocktail will have you rockin' out.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. Sobieski Raspberry Vodka
1/2 oz. Crème de menthe
2 oz. Cranberry juice
Lime twist and lime-flavored salt for garnish
Procedures:
1. Moisten rim of chilled martini glass
with crème de menthe; dip into lime-flavored salt
to rim, add fresh ice, and set aside.
2.
Pour all liquid ingredients into an ice-filled shaker.
3.
Shake and strain into garnished martini glass.
4.
Garnish with a lime twist and serve.
Sobieski
Sleigh
This
is our kind of white Christmas!
Ingredients:
2 oz. Sobieski Vanilia Vodka
1/2 oz. Kerrygold Irish Cream
Splash of pomegranate juice
Cinnamon stick for garnish
Procedures:
1. Combine Sobieski Vanilia Vodka and
Kerrygold Irish Cream into a glass with ice.
2.
Top with a splash of pomegranate juice.
3.
Garnish with a cinnamon stick and serve.
CAMUS
Milk Punch
May
we suggest leaving this for Santa with cookies?
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. CAMUS VSOP Elegance Cognac
1/2 oz. simple syrup
1/2 oz. vanilla extract
3 drops Herbsaint half and half
Nutmeg for garnish
Procedures:
1. Pour all ingredients into a glass
filled with ice.
2.
Fill the glass with half and half.
3.
Toss mixture between your glass and a metal bar shaker
3 or 4 times.
4.
Do not shake!
5.
Pour contents back into glass and garnish with freshly
grated nutmeg.
Created
by Paul Gusting from Broussard's Restaurant in New Orleans,
LA.
Santa's
Little Helper
How
else could he make it around the world in one night?
Ingredients:
1 1/4 oz. CAMUS VSOP Cognac
1 oz. raspberry shrub
Soda water
Procedures:
1. In a cocktail shaker with ice, add
CAMUS VSOP Cognac and raspberry shrub.
2.
Shake and strain into a rocks glass and top with soda
water.
3.
Stir and serve.
Ingredients
For the Raspberry Shrub :
1 oz. fresh raspberries
1 oz. sugar
1 oz. water
1/2 oz. white vinegar
Procedures:
1. In a saucepan, combine the sugar and
water, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
2.
Add in the raspberries and simmer until the raspberries'
juice blends into the sugar syrup.
3.
Let mixture cool and strain to remove the seeds and solids.
4.
Add vinegar to the remaining syrup.
5.
Store in fridge.
Created by Paul Gusting from Broussard's
Restaurant in New Orleans, LA.
The
Grinch
The
only thing mean about this cocktail is when it's done.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. Lucid Absinthe
1/2 oz. ginger liqueur
6-8 mint leaves
Soda water
Procedures:
1. Muddle mint in bottom of glass and
fill with ice.
2.
In a cocktail shaker, add ice, Lucid Absinthe and ginger
liqueur.
3.
Shake vigorously and strain into glass.
4.
Top with a splash of soda water.
5.
Garnish with mint leaves and serve.
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