Easy Cocktails For Winter Parties

Winters bring a change in your drink preferences. There are several stunning cocktails to make your occasion special on the coldest days of the year. Among the best are especially those recipes that highlight the seasonal flavors and warm the heart.

Choose one or two of these delicious drinks for your party or for your own night-in, and you and your guests will be refilling their glasses all night long.

1.Autumn In New England

Cocktails

Ingredients:

2-4 fresh sage leaves, plus small sage sprig for garnishing

25 oz maple syrup

2 oz bourbon

1 oz apple cider

.25 oz cider vinegar

Instructions

Add sage leaves and syrup to the base of cocktail shaker and mix until fragrant, for about 30 seconds. Add bourbon, apple cider, and vinegar, then fill the shaker with ice. Shake mixture until perfectly mixed and leave to chill for about 5 seconds. Double-strain the cocktail into a classic glass, half-filled with ice or containing single large ice cube. Garnish with sage sprigs and serve.

2. Berry Ginger Champagne Cocktail

Berry Ginger Champagne Cocktail

Ingredients

1.5 oz raspberry- and blackberry-infused cognac*

1 oz Crabbie's raspberry alcoholic ginger beer

1 oz champagne

3 drops Black and Blue Bitters

Instructions

Build in a cocktail flute and serve with fresh berries.

3. Raspberry and Blackberry Infused Cognac

Raspberry

Ingredients:

2 Cups Cognac

1 pint mixed Raspberries & Blackberries

Instructions:

Place fruit in a non-reactive container and top with cognac. Let sit for 1-2 weeks. Serve with proper garnishing for a fancy quick- serve. 

4. Spiked Cinnamon Chai Lattes

Spiked Cinnamon Chai Latte

Ingredients:

2 tbsp powdered sugar

1 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp chili powder

3 oz hot coffee

2 oz chocolate vodka

Splash of milk

Whipped cream for serving


Instructions:

In your favorite coffee mug, mix powdered sugar, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and chili powder. Add hot coffee and vodka until dissolved. Stir in milk. Lastly, top with whipped cream and sprinkle some cinnamon.

5. Hot Buttered Bourbon

Hot Buttered Bourbon

Ingredients:

1.5 oz Rabbit Hole Bourbon

1 heaping tsp. Holiday Compound Butter

0.25 oz heavy cream

0.25 oz Rich Demerara Syrup

4 oz hot water

1 cinnamon stick


Instructions:

Combine the above ingredients in an Irish coffee mug and stir. Then garnish with a cinnamon stick.

6. Maple-Bourbon Smash

Maple-Bourbon Smash

Ingredients:

1/2 ounce pure maple syrup

1/2 ounce fresh orange juice

1/4 ounce fresh lemon juice

4 dashes of Angostura bitters

1/2 orange wheel

2 ounces bourbon

Ice

1 1/2 ounces chilled seltzer

Instructions:

In a rocks glass, mix maple syrup with orange juice, lemon juice and bitters. Add the orange wheel and lightly muddle. Add the bourbon and stir well. Fill the glass with ice and top with the chilled seltzer.

7. PUMPKIN GIN SOUR

Pumpkin Spice Gin Sour recipe

Ingredients:

2 oz. Seersucker Southern Style Gin

.75 oz. lemon juice

.5 oz. pumpkin butter

1 egg white

Dash of cinnamon

Fresh thyme, to garnish

Instructions:

Combine Gin with lemon juice, pumpkin butter, and egg white in a cocktail shaker. Shake, add ice, and shake once more. Strain into a coupe glass. Add a dash of cinnamon and a sprig of thyme to garnish.

 

If none of these recipes fit into your holiday bash plans, don't worry! You can turn almost any gin cocktail recipe into a punch by multiplying the ingredients to fit your punch bowl. Recipes that use fruit juice and club soda make great punches, while more boozy recipes are better suited for putting into a bottle and pouring to order.

As we gear up for the final holiday season of the decade (yes, let thank sink in), there’s absolutely no reason for your cocktail knowledge to end at these. Infuse your own vodka and gin and level up with mulled rosé, or just put marshmallow on top of whatever you choose!