Jolly Holiday Cocktails
From candy cane cocktails to gingerbread martinis, we have so many delicious recipes to make your season jolly. Set up your home bar with all the ingredients to keep the festive cocktails shaking all season long by following these easy steps:
1) Add a holiday-flavored spirit (or two) like Peppermint Liqueur, Black Fig Vodka, Rumchata or Brandy.
2) Stock up on festive garnishes like rosemary sprigs, pomegranate seeds, candy canes (crushed they make a tasty candy glass rim), fresh cranberries, star anise, cinnamon sticks and shredded coconut. A well-stocked bar should always have fresh limes and lemons as well!
3) Make sure you have a big pitcher or punch bowl handy if you're serving a crowd, and seasonal glasses can make any cocktail look festive.
4) Download the Maine Spirits App so you can always find a great new cocktail recipe.
Here are some of our favorites!
Holiday Bourbon Punch
Ingredients:
- 34 oz Maker's Mark Bourbon
- 12 oz Orange Juice
- 12 oz Lemonade
- 1/4 Cup Lemon Juice
- 1/4 Cup Maraschino Cherries
- 1.5 Liter Club Soda
- 1 Lemon
- 1/2 Cup Maraschino Cherries
Directions:
Directions:
1. Add all ingredients to large punch
bowl or dispenser.
2. Serve over ice and with cherry
for garnish.
Holly Jolly
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz Vodka
- 1 oz Pomegranate Juice
- 1 oz Cranberry Juice
- .5 oz Lime Juice
- 1 Thyme
- 1 Cranberries
Directions:
Add vodka, pomegranate juice, cranberry juice, and lime juice to a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake until chilled. Strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with a sprig of thyme and a skewer of cranberries.
Nog Gonna Happen
Ingredients:
- 1.5 Parts Svedka Vodka
- 2 Parts Orange Juice
- 1 Part Egg Nog
- 1 Sprig Rosemary
Directions:
Lightly muddle rosemary in a
cocktail shaker. Add remaining
ingredients and fill with ice.
Shake well and strain into
rocks glass over fresh ice.
Garnish with a cranberry
and sprig of fresh rosemary
dusted with powered sugar.
Mistletoe Mistress
Ingredients:
- 0.75 Part Strawberry Colada Svedka
- 1 Small Scoop Raspberry Sorbet
Directions:
Build ingredients in a coupe glass, top with champagne, and garnish with a strawberry slice.
Holiday Wreath
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Jim Beam Rye
- 0.5 oz Raspberry Liqueur
- 3 oz Apple Cider
- 1 Lemon
Directions:
Build over ice in a tall glass pouring the schnapps last. Garnish with a lemon wheel on the rim.
Snow Cap
Ingredients:
- 3 Parts Maker's Mark Bourbon
- 2 tbsp Powdered Sugar
- 6 tbsp Heavy Cream
- 2 Parts Jdk & Sons O3 Premium Orange Liqueur
- 1 Pinch Nutmeg
- Orange
Directions:
Stir ingredients together and pour over crushed ice. Garnish with nutmeg and orange twist. Serve in small brandy snifter.
Gingerbread Martini
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Gingerbread Tea
- 2 oz Gin
- 2 oz Cointreau
- 1 Orange
Directions:
In a martini shaker combine ingredients. Shake and serve in a chilled martini glass. Garnish with an orange twist.
Photo Credit: Russell Caron Wedding Photography
Pomegranate Ginger Cosmopolitan
Ingredients:
- 0.75 oz Cointreau
- 1 oz Vodka
- 0.75 oz Lime Juice
- 0.75 oz Pomegranate Juice
- 2 Slices Ginger
Directions:
Muddle ginger in the bottom of shaker. Combine all ingredients in shaker with ice. Shake and strain into coupe glass. Garnish with lime wheel.
Roast Chestnut Martini
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz Haig Club Single Grain Scotch Whisky
- 0.25 Each Simple Syrup
- 0.25 Each Lemon Juice
- 0.25 Each Chestnut Syrup
- 1 Pinch Salt
Directions:
Shaken over cubed ice. Fine strained into a coupe glass. Garnished with a small bowl of roasted honey cashew.
The Merry Cherry
Ingredients:
- 1 oz Back River Gin
- 3 oz Cherry Juice
- 2 Dashes Cranberry Bitters
Directions:
Combine ingredients in a mixing glass with ice and stir until chilled. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish.