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Holiday Mixology: 8 Trends Driving Seasonal Beverages

11/13/2015

by: By Kelly A. Magyarics

Joy to the Julep

The bourbon-based Mint Julep, typically associated with Southern cuisine and the Kentucky Derby horse race in early May, can be doctored up as a holiday or winter warmer. For instance, Grand Isle Restaurant’s Mint Julep riff Forget the Horses ($12) mixes muddled mint leaves with Bulleit bourbon, and Nocello walnut liqueur.

At Park Avenue Winter, 200-seat seasonal restaurant in New York, the Yule Julep ($15) is dvonother festive variation; it combines rum, Cognac, port, spiced syrup and mint. The restaurant knows from seasonal fare: It closes its doors for two days each season and transforms the food, decor and even the name.

Before each switch-up, bar director Bryan Schneider encourages bartenders to submit their best recipes. This season, the Baked Alaska ($16) is a liquid substitute for the dessert, with gin, Yellow Chartreuse, orange bitters and a flamed lemon meringue.

Park Avenue Winter’s Gluhwein Sangria ($15) takes traditional sangria and mixes it with aquavit, citrus and mint.

Holiday cocktails take many forms, but during this emotional, frazzled time of the year, they are often more than a drink for bar and restaurant guests. As Ross says, “We went to energize the tired worker, refresh the weary shopper, calm the worked-up parents and comfort the homesick student.” — Additional reporting by Melissa Dowling

Kelly Magyarics, DWS, is a wine, spirits and lifestyle writer and wine educator in the Washington, D.C. area. She can be reached through her website, www.kellymagyarics.com, or on Twitter or Instagram @kmagyarics.

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One Reply to “Holiday Mixology: 8 Trends Driving Seasonal Beverages”

  1. hays70 says:
    12/02/2016 at 7:43 pm

    ““A typical Algarrobina is a sweet dessert drink made with pisco, egg white, evaporated milk and carob syrup, which is similar to molasses,” explains managing partner Tim Truschel”
    I don’t agree, look at: http://www.thepolishaholic.com/2015/12/China-Glaze-Holiday-2015-Cheers-Collection-Swatches-Review.html

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