Christmas
Day Drinks You'll Want to Try
By FBWorld Team
How
to make Christmas day more festive? Have some drink recipes
on hand ready to dazzle. You are bound to find a few of
them you'll keep forever. These recipes are so flavorful,
that in order to include the little ones in the festivities,
just eliminate the alcohol.
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Brandy
Alexander
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by Todd
in Drinks,
Recipes
Clearly, I have an affinity for classic
cocktails. There's something special
about recipes that have stood the test of time,
let alone Prohibition. Well, here's another vintage
offering for you, this time of the dessert variety.
For some reason, the Brandy Alexander never receives
the love that it truly deserves. But after hearing
Jeffrey
Morgenthaler's story, I was inspired
to dust off the old bottle of crème de cacao
and get to work.
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Cranberry
Cocktail
- This cranberry cocktail is a swirl of favorite flavors:
maple syrup, brown sugar, vanilla, and red wine. Serve
it with a stirrer beaded with poached cranberries.
Our Santa clip art is affixed to a sphere of honeycomb
paper and topped with his signature hat. Get the Santa
Swizzle Sticks Clip Art.
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Southern
Comfort Punch
- Freezing the citrus slices keeps this refreshing
punch cold without the use of ice.
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Christmas
Punch
- In the 17th century, employees of the British
East India Company discovered punch, a beguiling
combination of spirits, water, lemon, sugar, and
spices that became synonymous with good cheer and
festive celebrations all over Europe. Here, pomegranate
and lemon sharpen the sunny New World flavor of
cranberries.
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Spicy
Tomato Juice or Bloody Mary?
- Chopped tomatoes come in vacuum-packed boxes.
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Autumn
Crush
- by Michael
Another cider cocktail. It seemed fitting, now firmly
entrenched as part of a new tradition. I couldn't
let the last pages of autumn turn without at least
another attempt and fresh take on a cider cocktail.
Something to set it apart from all the cider cocktails
that flood the scene this time of year. Every year.
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Bulleit
Punch
- Author Notes: When the stress of the holidays has
you joking about putting a gun to your head, STOP,
take a deep breath, and reach for a different kind
of Bulleit, a kinder and gentler kind of Bulleit.
Just a few sips of this Crimson Bulleit Punch, and
you'll be channeling Burl Ives as you sing out a round
of "Holly Jolly Christmas." Really, I'm
not kidding.
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Pear
Sonata
by Todd
in Drinks,
Recipes
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While I've never put a pear
in my purse, nor my wife's purse for that
matter, I have played an entire foosball
game with a satsuma mandarin. Hold your questions,
you'll just have to try it for yourself. All that
being said, one place I do enjoy a pear is in my cocktails.
I came across the Pear Sonata in one of my favorite
books, Left
Coast Libations. This crisp, delicate cocktail
comes courtesy of Joel Baker, formerly of Bourbon
and Branch fame. I look forward to paying
Joel a visit across the bay at Hard
Water, where he is currently tending bar.
Maybe if I'm lucky he'll make me a delicious autumn
cocktail. But in the meantime I'll just have to make
my own. GET
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Pear
Brandy with White Wine
- Author Notes: I'm a lightweight when it comes to
booze, and I'll be the first to admit that my interpretation
of a "hot toddy" is a little loose. My husband
loves Glühwein (German/Austrian mulled wine),
but he prefers drinking white wine to red, so for
this contest I decided to experiment with a white
mulled wine, amped up with pear brandy. I infused
the wine with cardamom and star anise, which I thought
would go nicely with the white wine, as well as the
more traditional triumvirate of cinnamon, ginger and
cloves. To amplify the pear flavor, I added a slice
of Asian pear to each drink as a garnish - the pear
softens slightly as it absorbs the warm booze and
makes for a yummy treat once you've sipped the last
of the wine. - Merrill
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