Winter Cocktails: 6 Of Our Favorite Winter Inspired Drinks
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1.) Baileys Spiced Coffee
Ingredients:
2 oz. Baileys with a Hint of Coffee
1 oz. pear-flavored liqueur
Steps:
1. Layer the pear flavored liqueur first.
2. Then top it off with Baileys with a hint coffee.
3. Garnish it with nutmeg and a grind of seasoned pepper. Cheers!
2.) Ginger Bread Man Cocktail
[caption id="attachment_18458" align="alignleft" width="194"] Courtesy Waldorf Astona Hotel via Hotel luxury Spot[/caption]
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Stolichnaya Vanilla vodka
1 oz Heavy cream
.5 oz Monin Gingerbread Syrup
Fresh nutmeg
Steps:
1. Place all the ingredients in a mixing glass filled with ice.
2. Shake & strain into martini glass.
3. Top it off with one scrape of fresh nutmeg for garnish.
3.) Mocha XO
[caption id="attachment_18459" align="alignright" width="209"] Courtesy: Carnivale
Photo by: Grace Willis[/caption]
Ingredients:
3 oz milk
2 oz chocolate pieces
1/4 oz ground cinnamon
1 oz Patron XO
1/2 oz dulce de leche
1 shot (1 1/2 oz) hot espresso
Steps:
1. First you will have to steam the milk with chocolate and cinnamon to make the cinnamon chocolate milk.
2. In a mug mix the Patron, dulce de leche, and espresso shot.
3. Stir it in the cinnamon chocolate milk. Cheers!
4.) The Grinch
[caption id="attachment_18460" align="alignleft" width="122"] via Midori Melon Ball Drop Midori[/caption]
Ingredients:
2 oz Midori melon liqueur
1/2 oz lemon juice
1 tsp simple syrup
Maraschino cherry for garnish
Steps:
1. Pour all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice & shake well.
2. Strain it into a chilled cocktail glass.
3. Garnish the drink with a maraschino cherry. Cheers!
5.) Winter Julep
[caption id="attachment_18461" align="alignright" width="211"] via Lara Creasy[/caption]
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. bourbon
3/4 oz. brown sugar syrup
1 tsp. peppermint tea
Hot water
Steps:
1. Warm a glass with the hot water, then pour the hot water out of the glass.
2. Brew tea in a 5 oz. of fresh boiling water for about 4 minutes.
3. Add bourbon and brown sugar syrup. Stir and combine. Cheers!
*To make brown sugar syrup you combine equal parts of brown sugar and boiling water and allow it to cool.
6.) Snowball
[caption id="attachment_18462" align="alignleft" width="238"] via James Blackler[/caption]
Ingredients:
2 ounces Advocaat
2 ounces of fresh lemon juice
1 ounce of simple syrup
A dash of soda water
Steps:
1.Fill Collins glass with ice.
2. Add all the ingredients and stir.
3. Squeeze in a touch of fresh lime juice.
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