Thank you to our readers and industry brand ambassadors for contributing their favorite holiday recipes. Here’s part one of the list:
Cuppa Good Cheer
1 ½ oz. Skyy Infusions Cherry
½ oz. White crème de cacao
4 oz. Extra hot chocolate
1 oz. Half and half
Whipped cream
Red sprinkles
Maraschino cherry
Combine all ingredients into a holiday mug and top with whipped cream, red sprinkles and cherry.
From the team at SKYY spirits.
Hot Caramel Buttered Rum
3 oz. Ron Abuelo Anejo rum
1 oz. Van Gogh Dutch caramel vodka
¼ stick Ulsalted butter, softened
2 Tbsp. Brown sugar
2 Tbsp. Honey
1 tsp. Ground cinnamon
½ tsp. Ground cloves
½ tsp. Nutmeg
Cinnamon stick
Combine all ingredients (exclusing rum and vodka) into a hot drinking cup or mug. Mix together with a spoon and add rum and vodka. Pour in hot water (1 cup or more to taste) and stir vigorously until the mixture has dissolved. Garnish with cinnamon stick.
From the team at Van Gogh vodka.
Cran Apple Cobbler
1 ½ oz. TY KU Sake silver
1 oz. TY KU liqueur
1 oz. Cranbery juice
1 oz. Apple cider
Apple slices for garnish
Fresh cranberries for garnish
Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a rocks glass and garnish with an apple slice and fresh cranberries.
From the team at TY KU.
Snow Miser’s Cooler
1 ½ parts Hendrick’s Gin
½ part St. Germain
¾ part Lime juice
¼ part Simple syrup
1 ½ part Soda water
1 dash lavender / spice bitter
Cucumber spear
Mix all ingredients excluding soda water. Ice, shake well and strain into iced long glass and top with soda. Garnish with cucumber spear and serve.
From Hendrick’s Enchanted Forest of Curiosities in San Francisco.
Fruitcake Sour
1 oz. DonQ Cristal rum
½ oz. Amaretto liqueur
½ oz. Aperol
1 oz. Cinnamon syrup
1 oz. Fresh lemon juice
1 Tbsp. Bonne Maman apricot preserves
Two dashes of Fee Brothers cranberry bitters
One egg white
Pinch of Freshly grated nutmeg
Dry shake rum, liqueurs, cinnamon syrup, lemon juice, apricot preserves, cranberry bitters and egg white. Add ice and shake again until well chilled. Double strain into coupe glass. Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.
From the team at DonQ Rum.