By IANSlife

December 25, 2022 (IANSlife) Bring in this festive season with cocktails sure to lift your spirits, especially with the upcoming Christmas and New Year events. congratulate one another on a fantastic year and the impending end-of-year festivities. It's time to get dressed up, celebrate, and enjoy a private soiree with friends and family. Add some interesting Glenmorangie, Hennessy, Belvedere, and Ardbeg Wee Beastie cocktails to your at-home drinking repertoire this year!

Hot Cacao Cocktail

Ingredients:

• 30 ml – Belvedere Pure
• 120 ml – Oat Milk
• 15 ml – Honey Water
• 2 tsb – Raw Cacao Powder
• 1 pinch – powdered cinnamon
• 60 ml – Coconut cream
• Grated nutmeg to garnish

Method:

Add first five ingredients to Nespresso steamer/milk jug and steam to combine until warmed through. Pour warm mixture into a teacup. Shake Coconut Cream to aerate and layer on top of drink. Garnish with nutmeg

Belvedere Bloody Sour

Ingredients:

• 40 ml – Belvedere Vodka
• 30 ml – Italian Bitter Liqueur
• 25 ml – Fresh Lemon Juice
• 20 ml – Honey Water
• 1 egg white
• 2 dashes – Angostura Bitters

 Method:

Add all ingredients to a shaker without ice and dry shake to froth egg white. Add ice and shake for a second time. Double strain into a coupe glass and garnish with either blackberries or cherries.

A Ginger Lemon Hot Toddy

Ingredients:

• 30 ml (1oz) Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14 Years Old
• 10ml (1/3 oz) ginger syrup
• 10ml (1/3oz) honey
• 10ml(1/3oz) lemon juice
• 3 dashes aromatic bitters
• 125ML (4oz) apple juice
• Apple slices and 1 cinnamon stick, to garnish

Method:

Bring real warmth to this cocktail by heating the apple juice gently. As it warms through (don’t let it boil), bring everything else together in a glass mug and stir to dissolve the honey, then top the glass up when the apple juice is done. To make it look as good as it tastes, add fanned apple slices and a cinnamon stick at the finish.

Mulled Morangie

Ingredients:

• 30ml Glenmorangie Lasanta
• 100ml red wine
• 50ml pressed apple juice
• Mulling spices - cinnamon stick, cloves, anise, vanilla.
• 1 slice (wheel) of orange halved
• 1 dessert spoon Demerara Sugar (adjust to taste)

Method:

Pour ingredients into a saucepan and bring to a simmer on low heat. Do not allow to boil. Pour into a heat proof cup or mug

Bloody Rob Roy

Ingredients:

• 50ml Ardbeg Wee Beastie
• 20ml Sweet Vermouth
• 2 dashes Angosutra Bitters
• Orange Twist
• Cherry

Method:

Add all liquid ingredients to a mixing glass, stir for dilution. Strain into a coupe glass, garnish and serve.

Shortie’s Dirty Daiquiri

Ingredients:

• Shortie’s Dirty Daiquiri
• 50ml Ardbeg Ten Years Old
• 20ml Cloudy Apple Juice
• 20ml Fresh Lime Juice
• 10ml Vanilla Syrup

Method:

Shake all ingredients over ice before straining into a chilled coupe.

Warm Tea Cocktail

Ingredients:

• 30 ml Hennessy V.S
• 30 ml Velvet Falernum
• 10 ml Fresh Lemon juice
• 150 ml Hibiscus tea (hot)
• 1 Lemon Wheel
• 1 Cinnamon stick

Method:

• Add all ingredients to a heat proof glass mug.
• Stir to combine.
• Garnish with a lemon wheel and a cinnamon stick, serve.

 

A Long Night In Madrid Cocktail

Ingredients:

• 40 ml Hennessy Very Special
• 25 ml Madeira
• 8 ml grape A maple syrup
• 4 dashes Angostura bitters™
• 1 egg white
• 1 Coco nib shavings, or dark chocolate

Method:

• Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake without ice to activate egg white.
• Then add ice and shake to chill.
• Strain into a Coupe or Martini glass and shave coco nibs or dark chocolate over the top.

 

Daniel Gomes, the Beverage Manager at Westin Gurgaon, shows you how to make some Christmas favourites.

THE GRINCH

Ingredients:

• Lime Wedges - 4-6 pcs
• Midori - 45 ml
• Vodka - 15 ml
• Ginger Ale - To top up

Glass : Rock

Method : Muddled and Build Up

Garnish : Melon flavoured sugar rimmed glass.

EGG NOGG

Ingredients:

• Bailey's - 30 ml
• Cognac - 30 ml
• Condensed Milk - 90 ml
• Milk - 120 ml
• Nutmeg - 1 Bar spoon
• Maple Syrup - 2 Bar spoon
• Raw Egg - 1 pcs (optional)

Glass : Cocktail Glass

Method : Blended

Garnish : Choco Shavings and Cinnamon powder sprinkle.

MULLED WINE

Ingredients :

• Red Wine - 150 ml
• Star Anise -  4 pcs
• Cloves - 4 buds
• Cinnamon Sticks - 3 sticks
• Cardamom - 2 buds
• Green Apple - 1 slice
• Red Apple - 1 slice
• Orange Slice - 2 slices

Glass : Wine Glass

Method : Cook to simmer

Garnish : Orange, Apple Slices and burnt Cinnamon Stick.

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