Add some spirits to this season of lights with our next collection of holiday cocktail recipes featuring unique ingredients, spirits, and garnishes.
Grinch On Vacation
Ingredients:
1.5 oz iichiko saiten
0.75 oz Midori
0.75 oz yuzu juice
0.75 oz simple syrup
Cinnamon-dusted scalloped pear slices, cranberries
Directions:
Combine ingredients in cocktail shaker, pour over ice in collins glass, top with sparkling cider, and garnish with cinnamon-dusted scalloped pear slices and cranberries.
Recipe by Natasha Velez, National Director of Education and Advocacy for iichiko.
Good Tidings
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Darnley’s Original Gin
Figs
.5 oz Sugar Syrup
Pomegranate juice
Tonic
Basil
Directions:
Muddle the figs, basil and sugar syrup in the bottom of a tall glass. Fill the glass with ice and then add your measure of Darnley’s Original Gin. Add a splash of pomegranate juice and then top with tonic. Garnish with a basil leaf.
Recipe by Darnley’s Original Gin.
Noche Buena
Ingredients:
2 parts HAVANA CLUB Añejo Clásico
½ part Absinthe
1 part St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Directions:
Pour absinthe into a rocks glass; swirl to coat, and discard liqueur.
Stir all ingredients vigorously with plenty of ice until very cold. Strain into a rocks glass over ice. Torched, smoky rosemary sprig for garnish.
Recipe by HAVANA CLUB.
Marmalade Bliss
Ingredients:
1/2 oz MARMALADE (1/2 part)
1 oz GIN or VODKA (1 part)
2 oz CREAM LIQUEUR (2 parts) – Use vegan Amarula or Baileys
Directions:
Add marmalade and Gin or Vodka to your shaker. Dissolve marmalade into spirit by stirring quickly with a spoon or stirrer. Add Cream Liqueur to shaker and other ingredients. Fill shaker with ice. Shake hard with ice. Strain into glass over ice, (garnish) and serve.
Recipe by Canda Drinks.
Bespoken Holiday Spirit
Ingredients:
2 oz. Bespoken Spirits straight bourbon whiskey
1/4 oz. amaretto
1/4 oz. allspice dram
1/4 oz. maple syrup
3/4 oz. lemon juice (optional)
2 dashes orange bitters
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and add ice. If using lemon juice, shake to chill. If not using lemon juice, stir to chill. Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube. Garnish with an orange or lemon wheel (dehydrated or fresh).
Recipe by Bespoken Spirits.
Home For The Holidays
Ingredients:
1.5 oz iichiko saiten
1 oz Lemon juice
0.75 oz Chinese 5 spice syrup
0.75 oz Cranberry juice
Rosemary sprig and spice-dusted cranberries
Directions:
Mix ingredients together in cocktail shaker, shake with ice and pour over ice in a mason jar. Garnish with rosemary, cranberry, and dry spices.
Recipe by Natasha Velez, National Director of Education and Advocacy for iichiko.
Berry Balsam
Ingredients:
5 oz Finlandia Raspberry Vodka
5 drops Balsamic Vinegar Syrup
5 oz. Cranberry Juice
.5 oz. Simple Syrup
3 Basil Leaves
4 Raspberries
Mint Sprig
Directions:
Muddle basil leaves and raspberries in a shaker. Add the rest of the ingredients and hard shake. Fine strain into a chilled martini or coupette glass. Garnish with mint sprig and raspberry.
Courtesy of Pekka Pellinen, Finlandia Master Mixologist.
Polo Norte
Ingredients:
1-1/2 oz. Tequila Cazadores Blanco
3/4 oz. Agave Syrup
3/4 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
6 Blueberries, muddled
Top with Ginger Beer
Dash of Nutmeg
Directions:
In a cocktail shaker gently muddle blueberries and combine all ingredients except ginger beer. Add ice and shake vigorously. Serve in a rocks glass over ice, top with ginger beer and garnish with a lemon twist.
Recipe by Tequila Cazadores.
Smoke Lab Aniseed Southside
Ingredients:
1 part Smoke Lab Classic Vodka
1 part Smoke Lab Aniseed Vodka
¾ part freshly squeezed lime juice
½ part simple syrup
7 – 8 mint leaves
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a coupe glass and garnish with mint leaves. Enjoy!
Recipe by Smoke Lab.
Celebración Punch
Ingredients:
Serving Size: 4
6 Parts Milagro Silver
12 Parts Guava Nectar (Pink)
1 Part Ginger Simple Syrup
3 Parts Lime Juice
Top With Club Soda (Top Chico) Or Prosecco
Lime Wheels
Candied Ginger
White Edible Flowers (optional)
Directions:
Pour all ingredients over a block of ice into a punch bowl and mix. Top with soda or Prosecco. Garnish with lime wheels, candied ginger and white edible flowers (optional).
Recipe by Milagro Tequila.
The Jubilee Punch
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
6 parts Hendrick’s Gin
2 parts Maraschino Liqueur
2 parts Lemon Juice
2 parts Elderflower Cordial
12 parts Sparkling Apple Cider
Slices of Fruit (apples, lemons, cucumbers) to garnish
Directions:
Combine ingredients in punch bowl over a block of ice. Ladle punch over ice a few times, garnish and serve.
Recipe by Hendrick’s Gin.
Kentucky Coffee Float
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Kentucky Coffee Whiskey
2 tablespoons Ice Cream
4 oz Club Soda
6 dashes Black Walnut Bitters
Garnish: Black Walnut Bitters, Filthy Cherry [skewered], Orange Zest [grated]
Glassware: Vintage Parfait Glass or any tall glass
Directions:
Grab your favorite parfait glass and fill halfway with ice. Add ingredients beginning with a shot of Kentucky Coffee Whiskey followed by ice cream. Then, gently top off with cream soda and allow to foam. Finish with a garnish of dashes of bitters, orange zest, and a cherry on a pick.
Directions by Kentucky Coffee Whiskey.
Deck the Halls
Ingredients:
1.5 oz DEWAR’S 12 Scotch
1 oz MARTINI Fiero
1 oz red wine*
Directions:
Add all ingredients to a mixing tin over ice, shake and strain. Pour into a highball or wine glass of crushed ice and garnish with fruit and herbs of your choice. (Use any red wine you have on hand; this is a great way to finish a bottle from the night before).
Winter Snap
Ingredients:
2 parts Knob Creek® Rye
1/2 part ginger beer
1/2 part honey syrup
1/2 part lemon juice
1 lemon wheel (for garnish)
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake with ice and strain into
rocks glass with ice. Garnish with a lemon wheel. *Honey Syrup: Combine equal parts of warm water and honey. Mix until uniform. Chill.
Recipe by Knob Creek.
Mistletoe Martini
Ingredients:
3 oz. Spa Girl Cocktails Peach Vodka Cocktail
3 oz. Prosecco
Splash of cranberry juice
Cranberries
Directions:
Pour all liquid ingredients into martini shaker and shake over ice. Serve straight up in a coupe glass. Garnish with cranberries.
Recipe by Spa Girl Cocktails.
Mount Gay Rum Cinaberry Old Fashioned
Ingredients: 
1.5 cups Mount Gay Black Barrel
.5 oz Cranberry Cinnamon Simple Syrup
â…› tsp Orange bitter
Directions:
Put all ingredients in a rocks glass. Add a clear ice cube. Stir and garnish with orange zest.
Recipe by Mount Gay Rum.
Smoke Lab Espresso Martini
Ingredients:
2 parts Smoke Lab Classic Vodka
½ part maple syrup
1 part freshly extracted espresso coffee
1 pinch Himalayan salt
Three coffee beans
Directions:
Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with three coffee beans.
