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A Round of Holiday Cocktails for 2022

12/07/2022

by: Melissa Dowling

Holiday Holly cocktail

It’s that time of year already: Time to help your guests get into the holiday spirit with some holiday spirits and festive cocktails. Mixologists tend to get exceptionally creative this season, and there are always so many great recipes to choose from. Here are nine that we like for this year. (And here’s the 2021 holiday drink roundup for a look back.)

Alpine Holiday cocktail
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Alpine Holiday

Course Drinks
Keyword Braulio amaro, Cranberry apple spice syrup, lemon, stone pine liqueur, tequila

Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ oz. El Bandido reposado tequila
  • ¾ oz. Zirbenz stone pine liqueur
  • ¼ oz. Braulio amaro
  • ½ oz. Lemon juice
  • ½ oz. Cranberry apple spice syrup Root 23
  • Egg white

Instructions

  • Combine ingredients in a mixing tin and shake.
  • Strain into a coupe glass.
  • Garnish with fresh pine sprig.

Notes

The mixologists at El Bandido created this recipe.
Grinch On Vacation cocktail
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Grinch On Vacation

Course Drinks
Keyword Midori, shochu, yuzu

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Iichiko saiten shochu
  • ¾ oz. Midori melon liqueur
  • ¾ oz. Yuzu juice
  • ¾ oz. Simple syrup

Instructions

  • Combine ingredients in cocktail shaker.
  • Shake and pour over ice in Collins glass.
  • Top with sparkling cider.
  • Garnish with cinnamon-dusted scalloped pear slices and cranberries.

Notes

Beverage consultant Natasha Velez created this recipe.
Jack Frost cocktail
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Jack Frost

Course Drinks
Keyword Blue Curaçao, coconut cream, Drambuie, Jack Daniel’s, Southern Comfort

Ingredients

  • 1 oz. Jack Daniels
  • ½ oz. Drambuie
  • ½ oz. Southern Comfort
  • ½ oz. Blue Curaçao
  • 2 oz. Coconut cream

Instructions

  • Rim large mixing glass with coconut flakes.
  • Blend with ice and pour into glass.
  • Add a dash of Blue Curaçao
  • Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Notes

The mixologists at Admiral Nelson’s Bar, in the Victoria House Resort & Spa in Belize, created this recipe.
Holiday Cheer cocktail
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Holiday Cheer

Course Drinks
Keyword Cinnamon syrup, cloudy apple cider, Cognac, pomegranate juice

Ingredients

  • 2 parts D’Ussé VSOP Cognac
  • 3 parts Cloudy apple cider
  • 1 part Pomegranate juice
  • ½ part Cinnamon simple syrup

Instructions

  • Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice.
  • Shake until cold.
  • Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass.
  • Garnish with orange slice and cinnamon stick.

Notes

The mixologists at D’Ussé created this recipe.
Holiday Holly cocktail
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Holiday Holly

Course Drinks
Keyword Chambord, Cointreau, cranberry, whipping cream, white creme de cacao

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. Cranberry cream*
  • 1 oz. Godiva white chocolate liqueur
  • ¼ oz. Chambord
  • ¼ oz. Cointreau
  • ½ oz. Fresh cranberry juice

Instructions

  • Combine liquid ingredients in a mixing tin and shake.
  • Strain into a coupe glass.
  • Top with cranberry cream.
  • Garnish with fresh orange peel.

Notes

*For Cranberry cream:
Combine 1 part Cranberry juice; ½ part White crème de cacao
1 part Heavy whipping cream and mix together well. Can refrigerate for up to a week.
Executive mixologist Peter Kalleward created this recipe for the Winery Bar at Destination Kohler in Kohler, WI.
Mistletoe Martini
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Mistletoe Martini

Course Drinks
Keyword Cognac, elderflower liqueur, gin, port, sherry

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Bombay Sapphire gin
  • 1 ½ oz. Manzanilla sherry
  • ½ oz. St. Germain elderflower liqueur
  • ¼ oz. Port wine
  • ¼ oz. Cognac

Instructions

  • Combine ingredients and stir.
  • Strain into chilled Martini glass.
  • Garnish with a grape.

Notes

The mixologists at Bombay created this recipe.
White Christmas Margarita
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White Christmas Margarita

Course Drinks
Keyword agave, coconut milk, lime, orange, orange liqueur, tequila

Ingredients

  • 6 oz. Tanteo Blanco tequila
  • 2 oz. Combier orange liqueur
  • 2 oz. Orange juice
  • 2 oz. Lime juice
  • ⅓ cup Agave nectar or preferred sweetener
  • 1 14- oz. can Unsweetened coconut milk

Instructions

  • Rim 5-6 glasses with lime wedge and dip in pomegranate sugar, fill with ice.
  • Combine ingredients and shake (or stir in pitcher for larger batches).
  • Pour into rimmed glasses.
  • Garnish with lime and cranberries.

Notes

The mixologists at ECHO and The King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort on Georgia’s St. Simons Island created this recipe.
Xmas Espresso Martini
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Xmas Espresso Martini

Course Drinks
Keyword cold brew coffee, Kahlua, mezcal

Ingredients

  • 1 oz. Mezcal
  • 1 oz. Kahlua
  • 1 oz. nitro cold-brew coffee
  • Candy cane rim

Instructions

  • Garnish the rim of a Martini glass with crushed candy canes.
  • Add all ingredients to a shaker and shake.
  • Strain contents into Martini glass.

Notes

The mixologists at Codigo 1530 created this recipe.
Swedish Snow cocktail
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Swedish Snow

Course Drinks
Keyword Cinnamon syrup, Coco Lopez coconut cream, Ginger syrup, grapefruit vodka, lemon, vodka

Ingredients

  • ¾ oz. Absolut vodka
  • ¾ oz. Absolut grapefruit vodka
  • ¼ oz. Cinnamon syrup
  • ¼ oz. Ginger syrup
  • ¼ oz. Coco Lopez
  • ¾ oz. Lemon juice

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients in a shaker.
  • Shake briefly and pour into a Collins glass filled with crushed ice.
  • Swizzle the cocktail inside the Collins glass.
  • Garnish with grated nutmeg and a sprinkle of gold stars.
  • Serve with a straw.

Notes

The mixologists at Airmail Miami created this recipe.

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