These 10 Seasonal Cocktails Will Get You In The Holiday Spirit
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Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the holiday season looks a lot different this year. Whether you’re having a holiday party via Zoom or choosing to celebrate solo and socially distanced, we’ve got you covered with a list of holiday cocktails. These cocktails can be crafted with Smirnoff, Bulleit Bourbon or Aberfeldy. Take a look at these holiday cocktail recipes that are sure to get you in a festive mood.
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Golden Hot Chocolate
Ingredients:
1.5 oz ABERFELDY 12 Single Malt Scotch Whisky
5 oz Milk (or Milk Alternative)
3 Tbs. ABERFELDY Golden Hot Chocolate Mix
Garnish: Marshmallows and Edible Gold Glitter
Directions:
Warm 5 oz of milk (or milk alternative) in a small pot, then stir in 3 tbsp of ABERFELDY Golden Hot Chocolate mix until dissolved. In a mug, carefully combine hot chocolate and 1.5 oz of ABERFELDY 12. Garnish with marshmallows and edible gold glitter.
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GOLDEN HOT TODDY
Ingredients:
2 oz ABERFELDY 12 Years Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
½ oz Local Honey Syrup (honey syrup = 1 part honey, 1 part water)
½ oz Lemon Juice
Hot Water (to top)
Directions: Add all ingredients to a heatproof glass/mug and add hot water to top. Garnish with a cinnamon stick and lemon wheel.
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ABERFELDY GOLDEN CRUSTA
Ingredients:
2 oz ABERFELDY 12 Years Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
¼ oz Maraschino Liqueur
¼ oz Lemon Juice
½ oz Cointreau
Directions: Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake vigorously for ~30 seconds and strain into a golden sugar rimmed glass.
Note: Makes 1 cocktail
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SMIRNOFF GREEN APPLE CIDER
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. Smirnoff Green Apple
2.5 oz. Apple Cider
2 oz. Club Soda
Directions:
Rim a cocktail glass with caramel and crushed graham cracker.
Add the Apple Cider and Smirnoff Green Apple into a cocktail shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into a glass with ice.
Top with Club Soda and garnish with an apple slice.
Note: Makes 1 cocktail
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MAPLE GINGER MOSCOW MULE
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Smirnoff No. 21 Vodka
4 oz Ginger Beer
1 tsp maple syrup
3 tsp Fresh grated ginger
Apple slice
Fresh ginger slice
Cinnamon Stick
Directions:
Combine Smirnoff No. 21 vodka, chilled ginger beer, and maple syrup along with grated ginger in a copper mule mug.
Stir to combine and garnish with an apple slice, fresh ginger slice, and a cinnamon stick.
Note: Makes 1 cocktail
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THE JINGLE BELL FIZZ
Ingredients:
1 oz ABERFELDY 12 Years Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
1 oz Unfiltered Apple Juice
½ oz Lemon Juice
½ oz Cinnamon Syrup
Sparkling Wine (to top)
Directions: Add ABERFELDY 12, apple juice, lemon juice and syrup to a glass and stir. Pour into a champagne flute and top with sparkling wine. Garnish with a rosemary sprig and a dehydrated apple slice.
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SMIRNOFF WINTER CRANBERRY MIMOSA
Ingredients:
1 oz Smirnoff No. 21 Vodka
2 oz. Cranberry Sorbet
3 oz. Prosecco
Directions:
Add cranberry sorbet into a flute glass.
Pour 1 oz Smirnoff No. 21 Vodka over the sorbet
Top with prosecco and sugared cranberries.
Note: Makes 1 cocktail
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THE JOLLY SCOTSMAN
Ingredients:
2 oz ABERFELDY 12 Years Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
½ oz Lemon Juice
¼ oz Cointreau
½ oz Cranberry Simple Syrup
2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters
Directions: Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake vigorously for ~30 seconds and strain into a coupe martini/champagne glass. Garnish with a rosemary sprig and an orange slice with cloves.
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BULLEIT BOURBON CRANBERRY OLD FASHIONED
Ingredients:
Bourbon Soaked Cranberries
2 oz dried cranberries
4 oz Bulleit Bourbon
1 cinnamon stick
Cranberry Old Fashioned
Ice
1 ½ oz Bulleit Bourbon
½ oz infused Bulleit Bourbon, from the dried cranberries
1 spoonful soaked cranberries
1-2 strips orange zest
2-3 drops orange bitters
1 tbsp simple syrup, or to taste
Orange wedges, for garnish
Directions:
Bourbon Soaked Cranberries
Add the cranberries, bourbon and cinnamon stick to a sealable glass container. Give it a stir and let the mixture sit on the counter for 1 day.
Remove the cinnamon stick and put the bourbon cranberries in the refrigerator.
Keep up to 1 month, refrigerated
Cranberry Old Fashioned
Fill a glass with ice.
Add the bourbon, infused bourbon, some of the bourbon cranberries, orange zest, orange bitters, stir the cocktail and taste.
If needed, add sugar syrup a little at a time until the cocktail is sweetened to your liking.
Garnish with two orange wedges.
Note: Makes 6-8 cocktails
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ABERFELDY HARVEST DRAM
Ingredients:
2 oz ABERFELDY 12 Years Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
½ oz Mulled Wine Syrup
2 dashes Aromatic Bitters
2 dashes Orange Bitters
Directions: Add ABERFELDY 12, mulled wine syrup and bitters to a mixing glass and stir. Pour into a rocks glass and add block ice. Garnish with an orange peel and cloves.
