It’s safe to say we’re all ready to bid goodbye to 2020. Below are some recipes to help you give 2020 the send-off it doesn’t deserve! Looking for more? Check out our New Year’s cocktail recipes post here.
Redemption Fizz
Ingredients:
1 oz. gin
1 oz. simple syrup
1 egg white
2 slices of cucumber muddled
Half of a lemon
Topped with Taffer’s Cucumber Jalapeno Sparkling Craft Cocktail
Directions:
Put all of the ingredients in a shaker, except the Sparkling Craft Cocktail. Shake for 30 seconds. Add ice. Shake for another 20 seconds. Strain over a glass. Top with Taffer’s Cucumber Jalapeno Sparkling Craft Cocktail. Cheers!
Recipe courtesy of Taffer’s Mixologist and Front Porch Cocktails.
Southern Sky
Ingredients:
1 fl oz Salcombe Gin ‘Rosé Sainte Marie’
.5 fl oz Rosé Vermouth
.5 fl oz Thyme infused Chambord*
Champagne to top up
Directions:
Chill a Champagne saucer with ice and place to one side. Place the ‘Rose Sainte Marie’, vermouth and thyme-infused Chambord into a mixing jug, fill with ice, and stir with a bar spoon for 20 seconds. Remove the ice from the champagne saucer, and use a julep
strainer to strain the mixture into the glass. Top with your favourite Champagne. *To make the thyme-infused Chambord, add 3 sprigs of thyme to half a bottle of Chambord and leave in the fridge for 4 days, shaking daily. Strain through a fine mesh sieve to remove the thyme.
Photo and recipe courtesy of Salcombe Gin.
Winter Mimosa
Ingredients:
1 part Absolut Elyx
1 part Lillet Rouge
3 parts Blood Orange Juice
1/2 part Maple Syrup
2 parts Champagne
Directions:
Add all ingredients to an Absolut Elyx Boutique Copper Cocktail Balloon over cubed ice and stir gently to combine. Top with more ice and garnish with red currants, bay leaf & rosemary sprig.
Photo and recipe courtesy of Absolut Elyx.
Winter Spritz
Ingredients
1 oz Mr Black Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur
1 oz Campari
1 oz Soda
4 oz Prosecco
Directions:
Add all ingredients to a stemmed wine glass with ice, garnish with a grapefruit wheel and fresh rosemary sprig.
Recipe courtesy of Mr Black Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur.
Good Sling Wenceslas
Ingredients:
3 parts Absolut Elyx Vodka
1 part Apricot Liqueur
1 part Aperol
1 part Lemon
Juice
2 tsp Cranberry Jelly
4 parts Champagne
Directions:
Add all ingredients except champagne to an Absolut Elyx Copper Shaker with cubed ice and shake. Strain into an Absolut Elyx Boutique Copper Cocktail Balloon over cubed ice, then add champagne and stir gently to combine. Top with more ice, then garnish with
candy canes.
Photo and recipe courtesy of Absolut Elyx.
Joan of Arc
Ingredients:
1.5oz Chamomile Infused 12 Year Old Knappogue Castle Irish Whiskey*
1L Knappogue Castle 1014 Irish whiskey
10g loose Chamomile
.5 oz Lemon Juice
.25 oz Cucumber Juice
.75 oz Rich Honey Syrup (2 parts honey, 1 part water)
.5 oz Celtic Honey Syrup
2 oz Champagne (after shake)
Directions:
Add all ingredients (except Champagne) to a mixing tin, add ice, shake, add Champagne and stain into a flute. To make the Chamomile Whiskey*, pour the whiskey into a clean container with the Chamomile flowers and let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes,
stirring occasionally. Strain, bottle, label and store at room temperature.
