The holiday season is underway, and for many, that means some special beverages – think eggnog, hot toddies, mulled cider, etcetera. But if you’re a fan of a holiday cocktail, why limit yourself to the traditional choices? Our resident mixologist Jerry Slater, co-owner of the Expat, brings us three new holiday cocktails.
The Recipes
Santa's Little Helper
- 3/4 oz Cathead vodka
- 3/4 oz créme de cacao
- 3/4 oz créme de menthe
- 3/4 oz half & half
- nutmeg & mini candy cane for garnish
Combine all ingredients in a shaker tin add ice and shake hard. Strain onto fresh ice in a beveled rocks glass. Grate nutmeg over top and hang a mini cane on the rim.
Holidays on Ice
- 1 Demerara sugar cube
- 3 dashes Peychaud's bitters
- 1/2 oz water
- 1 oz Lemonhart 1804 rum
- 1 oz Plantation pineapple rum
- 1/8 oz all-spice dram
- orange peel
Build in a rocks glass. Dash sugar cube with bitters, add water and muddle. Add rums, all-spice dram and ice. Stir, and garnish with orange peel.
Amaryllis Spritz
- 1 oz POM pomegranate juice
- 1 oz cranberry juice
- 1/2 oz rosemary syrup
- Top with 4 oz ginger beer
Build in a Collins glass, stir to combine. Rosemary sprig on the rim to garnish.
