Fashion Reverie hopes you are having a happy holiday season. With the holidays almost here, everyone is whipping out their sequin party dresses and popping open the champagne. For our readers who like to curate a well thought out cocktail menu for their holiday and New Year’s Eve celebrations, Fashion Reverie has some great recommendations.
Rumberry Punch
Cranberries signify that we are in that holiday time of the year. Use cranberries in your holiday cocktails by using some cranberry juice and dark rum punch to make a delicious Rumberry Punch. It’s easy to make a big jug, making it a great holiday party cocktail.
Ingredients:
350 mL DarkRum
1L Cranberry Juice
1L Ginger Gale
Clementine Martini
Orange you glad it’s almost 2020. Add a little sparkle to your New Year’s Eve drink menu with this clementine martini that’ll blend the tastes of vodkas, oranges, and champagne. It’s a sweet treat!!
Ingredients:
6 Clementines
100 ml vodka
100 ml Cointreau
1 bottle of Prosecco, Champagne, or Cava
Confetti Champagne
New Year’s Eve, of course it’s all about the champagne. Have a little fun with your bubbles though and think beyond just a traditional chilled glass of champagne. Get colorful via confetti champagne.
Ingredients:
1 lime wedge
1/3 c. assorted Pop Rocks
6 oz. vanilla vodka
1 bottle Champagne (or Prosecco)
1 (20 oz.) bottle of Sprite
Blood Orange Spritz
Who says Aperol is just a summer beverage? Give it a wintry twist with a blood orange spritz. Let’s all have a bloody good holiday season.
Ingredients:
¼ cup blood orange juice
1 tbsp. Aperol
Sparkling wine
Blood orange twist, for serving
Remember the Maine
For those who love a good rye Manhattan, remember the Maine is a great cocktail. It’s a great drink for the fancy man in your life, or if you’re having a boy’s trip holiday weekend. It has just that great sweet hint of cherry, too.
Ingredients:
2 oz. Rye whiskey
¾ oz. Sweet vermouth
2 tsp. Cherry Heering liquer
½ tsp. Absinthe
The Citrus Margarita
For those who are taking a tropical vacation for the holiday season, indulge in a delicious citrus margarita. It is quite refreshing for those who might be watching New Year’s fireworks on a tropical beach. I toast to that!!
Ingredients:
3 oz. Reposado tequila
1 oz. Twisted Alchemy Cold-Pressed Eureka Lemon Juice
1 oz. Twisted Alchemy Cold-Pressed Persian Lime Juice
1 oz. Twisted Alchemy Cold-Pressed Orange Juice
2 oz. Agave Syrup
Lime wedge
Jack’s Chocolate Ginger Martini
It’s like a gingerbread cookie and holiday chocolate all blended into one. Jack’s chocolate ginger martini is a mix of flavors from sweet to dry that will send your senses on a rollercoaster ride. It is a new take on holiday sweets.
Ingredients:
2 oz. Choco Vine
½ oz. Jack Daniels
½ oz. Domaine de Canton Ginger Martini
Sprinkle of Cinnamon
Kristopher Fraser
Image credits
- cocktails-rumberrypunch-1.jpg — Credit/source: bbcgoodfood.com.
- cocktails-clementinemartini-2.jpg — Credit/source: tipsybartender.com.
- cocktails-confettichampagne-3.jpg — Credit/source: delish.com.
- cocktails-bloodorangespritz-4.jpg — Credit/source: goodhousekeeping.com.
- cocktails-rememberthemaine-5.jpg — Credit/source: liquor.com.
- cocktails-citrusmargarita-6.jpeg — Credit/source: foodnetwork.com.
- holiday-cocktails-mocktails.jpg — Editorial image.
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