Holiday cocktails fit the season like Santa and his elves.
With this in mind, here are fun and fetival holiday recipes for cocktals by DIAGEO featuring Bailey’s (mmmm; nice and warm drinks!), Astral and Don Julio tequla, DELEÓN Añejo, Johnnie Walker, Buchanan’s Scotch Whisky, Old Parr Scotch Whisky, Blade and Bow Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and Tanqueray London Dry Gin. Some are holiday classic cocktails while others are simply classics.
In other words, there’s enough cocktial receipes here to make for a very merry Christmas party.
Baileys Hot Chocolate
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Ingredients:
● 2 oz. Baileys Original Irish Cream
● 1 cup Prepared Hot Chocolate
● Whipped Cream, Chocolate Shavings and
Snowflake Cookie for garnish
Garnish: Whipped Cream, Chocolate Shavings and
Snowflake Cookie
Glassware: Mug
Preparation: Prepare hot chocolate to your liking and pour into a mug. Top with Baileys. Garnish with whipped cream, chocolate shavings and a snowflake cookie.
Astral Tequila Mistletoe Margarita
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Ingredients:
● 1.5 oz Astral Tequila Blanco
● 0.75 oz Pomegranate Juice
● 0.75 oz Lime Juice
● 0.5 oz Agave Syrup
Garnish: Toasted Rosemary
Glassware: Rocks Glass
Preparation: Measure and combine all
ingredients in a cocktail shaker, add ice, shake,
and strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Garnish
with a sprig of toasted rosemary.
Tequila Don Julio: Cinnamon Old Fashioned
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Ingredients:
● 1.5 oz Don Julio Reposado
● 2 Dashes Orange Bitters
● .25 oz Cinnamon Simple Syrup
● Top with Grated Cinnamon and Orange
Peel
Garnish: Orange peel and grated cinnamon
Glassware: Rocks Glass
Preparation: Add all ingredients to a mixing glass over ice, stir until thoroughly chilled, strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube, garnish with an orange peel and grated cinnamon
Buchanan’s Scotch Whisky Buchanan’s Coquito
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Ingredients (14 Servings):
● 21 oz Buchanan’s 12-Year DeLuxe Blended Scotch Whisky
● 15 oz Coconut Cream
● 13.5 oz Coconut Milk
● 12 oz Evaporated Milk
● 14 oz Sweetened Condensed Milk
● 1 tbsp Cinnamon
Garnish: Grated Nutmeg
Glassware: Rocks Glass
Preparation: Combine all ingredients into a serving pitcher. Stir until combined. Serve over ice and garnish with shaved nutmeg.
Old Parr Scotch Whisky 12YO: Caribbean Power
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Ingredients:
● 1.5 oz Old Parr 12YO
● 0.5 oz Passion Fruit Syrup
● 0.5 oz Cinnamon Syrup
● 0.25 oz Lime Juice
Garnish: Fresh mint leaves, Ground cinnamon, An
orchid
Glassware: Rocks Glass
Preparation: Add Old Parr 12YO, passion fruit syrup, cinnamon syrup, and lime juice to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake for 8-10 seconds. Strain into an empty rocks glass. Add crushed ice, then garnish with grated cinnamon, fresh mint and an orchid.
DELEÓN: Classique Añejo
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Ingredients:
● 1 oz DELEÓN Añejo
● 0.5 oz Sweet French Vermouth
● 0.25 oz Herbal Liqueur
● 2 Dashes Mole Bitters
Garnish: Orange Peel
Glassware: Coupe
Preparation: In a shaker, combine ingredients and strain into coupe glass.
Blade & Bow New Fashioned
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Ingredients:
● 1 oz. Blade and Bow Kentucky Straight
Bourbon Whiskey
● .5 oz. elderflower liqueur
● Splash of soda
● 2 orange slices
● Cocktail cherry
Steps:
● Add Blade and Bow and elderflower
liqueur
● Muddle one of the orange slices
● Add ice, stir, and top with a splash of soda
● Garnish with an orange slice and brandied
cherry
Roe and Cosy
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Ingredients:
● 1.5oz Roe & Co infused with winter spices
● 3oz. boiling water
● 1 star anise
● 2 cloves
● 1 cinnamon stick
● 1 earl grey teabag
● 1 tsp of honey
● lemon zest studded with cloves
Steps:
Preperation: Roe & Co and spices and steeped for 20
mins.
Johnnie Walker: Ice Chalet Perfect Whisky Highball
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Ingredients
● 1 oz Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ice Chalet
● 1.3 oz Honeyed Apple Juice*
● 2 oz Brut Champagne
● 5 x Drops Mint Bitters
Garnish: Blue Matcha Powder (Pre-dusted on
glass)
Glassware: Highball
Preparation: Add all ingredients to pre-chilled and pre-dusted highball glass. Add ice. Stir until cold and mixed.
Honeyed Apple Juice
– 2 parts clear apple juice,
1 part blossom honey (stirred until dissolved)
1. Simmer the apple juice and the blossom
honey over a low heat until the honey
dissolves.
2. Allow to cool.
Tanqueray Dirty Martini
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Ingredients:
● 2 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
● 0.75 oz Olive Brine
● 0.25 oz Extra Dry Vermouth
Garnish: Skewered Olives
Glassware: Martini Glass
Preparation: Add 2 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin, .75 oz Olive Brine, and .25 oz Extra Dry Vermouth to cocktail tin. Shake and fine strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with skewered olives.
Seedlip Espresso Martini
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Ingredients:
● 2 oz Seedlip Spice 94
● 2 oz Cold Brew Concentrate
● 0.5 oz Simple Syrup
Garnish: Three Coffee Beans
Glassware: Coupe Glass
Preparation: Add Seedlip Spice 94, cold brew concentrate, and sugar syrup to a shaker. Add ice and shake. Double strain into a coupe glass.
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