Christmas is the season for fun cocktails, so this year we’re branching beyond our standard favorites and getting festive! Below are four fun libations from a dessert-like white chocolate peppermint concoction to a spicy gin and cranberry elixir. Cheers!
Rudolph’s Milk
2 oz vanilla vodka
.5 oz cherry liquor (bottom float)
.5 oz white crème de cocoa
1 oz Godiva white chocolate
.75 oz house made peppermint syrup
Shake and strain in glass rimmed with crushed peppermint candy
Santa’s Night Cap (shown at top)
2 oz apple pie-infused bourbon
2 oz Rompope (egg liquor)
Dash of Fee Brothers Whiskey Bitters
Shake and roll into rocks glass and garnish with nutmeg.
Taste of the Holidays
2 oz Blue Line gin
1 oz Christmas syrup (orange, clove, nutmeg, simple syrup)
1 oz cranberry juice
Splash of club soda
Build in glass and add ice. Garnish with rosemary and a drunken cranberry.
Holiday Pie
2 oz apple pie infused bourbon
Dash of whiskey bitters
Splash of cranberry simple syrup
Garnish with an orange twist
Recipes courtesy of Whiteface Lodge. Created by mixologist Zachary Blair.