‘Tis the season to celebrate and treat yourself to a cocktail or dos! The holiday season is a great time to experiment at your home bar to enjoy a concoction after a long day of shopping or to delight your guests. I always love sharing a good cocktail recipe with my friends and family and seeing their faces light up, and the season of sharing is an amazing time for that. Keep reading to discover three recipes perfect to warm up for the remainder of the fall and to spike the fun times during your upcoming holiday gatherings.
Buccaneer’s Booty Trap
By Willy Shine
Ingredients
½ oz. honey syrup (3:1)
1 ½ oz. Appleton Estate Reserve Blend
1 bar spoon Cinnamon Butter Mix*
Garnish: cinnamon stick
Make Ahead: Cinnamon Butter Mix
½ stick of unsalted butter melted
¼ tsp. ground cinnamon
Stir together, then refrigerate.
Preparation
Add all ingredients into a footed tempered glass or mug, and steam under a cappuccino maker until hot, then stir. Garnish with cinnamon stick and serve.
Fig Fling
Ingredients
1-1/2 oz. Wild Turkey® 81 Bourbon
1 tablespoon fig jam
1/4 oz. orange liqueur
1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
Preparation
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with an orange peel.
In The Rough
Ingredients
2 oz Maestro® Dobel Diamante™ Tequila
3 dashes sour cherry bitters
Barspoon pomegranate molasses
Preparation
Add all ingredients to mixing glass, add ice, stir until properly diluted, strain into coupe.
Garnish with 2 brandied cherries.
