It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
So how fitting that we’ve put together our favourite winter cocktails to fill your guests with Christmas cheer.
GIN-GLE BELL BERRY
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What you’ll need:
– Around 20 blackberries (the fresher the better)
– 4 oz of Gin
– 2 sprigs of rosemary
– 2 oz of simple syrup
– 4 oz of lemon juice
– sparkling soda
What to do:
– Add half the blackberries and one sprig of rosemary into each glass and muddle
– Remove the rosemary, add the syrup and lemon juice and stir.
– Top up with ice and pour over the sparkling soda.
– Garnish with the remaining rosemary and a few blackberries.
WINTER WONDERLAND
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What you need:
– 1/3 oz of Cognac
– 3 oz of Champagne
– 1 sugar cube
– 2 dashes of Angostura Bitters
What to do:
– Take a champagne flute, pop in a sugar cube and soak with a dash of Angostura Bitters.
– Top up with Champagne and add a drop of Cognac.
– Garnish with your choice of winter berries/currants.
THE GRINCH
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What you need:
– 4 oz of Bacardi Rum
– 12 oz of orange juice
– 4 oz of Blue Curacao liquor
– 4 oz of Peach Schnapps
– 4oz of lemon and lime soda
– Maraschino cherries and orange slices
What to do:
– Add Peach Schnapps, Bacardi, orange juice, lemon and lime soda and Blue Curacao into a large pitcher.
– Stir, divide into glasses and garnish with cherries and orange slices.
JACK FROST
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What you need:
– Honey
– Ice
– 1 cup of pineapple juice
– 1/2 cup of Blue Curacao
– 1/2 cup vodka
– 1/2 cup of cream of coconut
– Flaked coconut
What do to:
– Rim the glasses using honey (Pour honey onto a plate, dip in the rims and then dip into coconut flakes on a separate plate)
– Blend together pineapple juice, blue curacao, vodka, cream of coconut and ice.
– Pour into glasses and serve immediately.
WARM YOUR MISTLETOES
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What you need:
– Ginger beer
– 1/2 tsp of honey
– 1/4 tsp of lime juice
– 5 cranberries
– 1 sprig of rosemary
– White sugar
– 1 oz of Vodka
– 3 mint leaves
What to do:
– Muddle together mint leaves, 2 cranberries, honey and lime.
– Rim the glass with lime and dip into white sugar.
– Place the mixture into the glass, add crushed ice and vodka.
– Top up with ginger beer.
– Garnish with rosemary and cranberries.
We hope you love these winter cocktails as much as we do!
If you make them, make sure to tag us in using the hashtag #yourweddinghub on Instagram, we’d love to see them!
Please drink responsibly.
