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Brighten up the dark nights with these colorful winter cocktails

Enjoy some rosy colors in these dark months

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Part of the fun of making cocktails is creating something which not only tastes good, but which looks good too. Adding the right garnish or using the right glassware for a drink will help enhance its flavors and scents, but it’s also a nice way to create a feeling of luxury, or of enjoying something special. And with the cold, dark months of winter here, it’s nice to brighten up your evening with a colorful cocktail. That doesn’t mean you need to mix neon creations reminiscent of the 80s, but using ingredients like deep red cranberry juice or a red bitter aperitif like Campari, or even a fun red candy cane as garnish, can add a note of visual interest to your drinks as well as enhancing the flavor.

Sagamore Spirit Winter Mule

Sagamore Spirit

Ingredients:

  • 1.5oz Sagamore Spirit Small Batch Rye
  • 1oz Cranberry Juice
  • .25oz Lemon Juice
  • .25oz Organic Maple Syrup
  • 2oz Ginger beer
  • Sage leaves for garnish

Method:

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Fill a highball glass with ice. Add Sagamore Spirit Small Batch Rye Whiskey, cranberry juice, lemon juice and maple syrup. Top with ginger beer and give a slight stir to combine. Garnish with a sage leaf.

Tia Merry Espresso Martini

Tia Maria

Ingredients:

  • 25ml Tia Maria
  • 25ml Espresso Coffee
  • 25ml Vodka
  • To Rim Glass: Crushed Candy Canes
  • Garnish: Candy Cane and 3 Coffee Beans

Method:

Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Rim a martini glass with crushed candy canes. Shake and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with 3 coffee beans.

Disaronno Pink Velvet

Disaronno

Ingredients:

  • 50 ml Disaronno Velvet
  • 10 ml Disaronno Originale
  • 25 ml Red Bitter
  • Pinch of sea salt

Method:

Mix all the ingredients and pour the liquid in a glass with ice. Finish with a pinch of sea salt.

Georgina Torbet
Georgina Torbet is a cocktail enthusiast based in Berlin, with an ever-growing gin collection and a love for trying out new…
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