HOLIDAY COCKTAILS
Who doesn’t love a warm nip of something as the brisk air sets in?! Well, we are featuring a few beautiful remedies to warm you right up this Holiday Season. Enjoy a mulled wine, a beer-based cocktail, or some chocolate with your Añejo. Serve up something authentic and conversation-worthy.
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Grapes Of Wreath
by Gioconda St. George
INGREDIENTS
1 Bottle Red Wine (Cabernet)
3 Cups Cranberry/Pomegranate Juice
½ Cup PAMA liqueur
¼ Cup Honey
2 Cinnamon Sticks
4 Cloves
Zest of 1 Orange
1 Star Anise
DIRECTIONS
Put all ingredients in a pot and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 1 hour.
Serve hot or on the rocks garnished with pomegranate seeds and orange slices.
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Winecicle
Ingredients
½ oz lemon
1 ¼ oz red wine
1 ½ oz cranberry juice
½ oz agave syrup
1 oz Bohemia beer
Directions
Shake all ingredients minus the Bohemia with ice and strain into glass with no ice. Top with Bohemia and grated cinnamon on top. Serve in a coupe glass.
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Chocolate Congelado
Ingredients
1 ½ oz Herradura Añejo
1 oz Mexican bitter chocolate paste
2 dashes Xocolatl bitters
1 ½ oz heavy cream
Directions
Place all ingredients excluding the heavy cream in to a cocktail shaker filled with cubed ice. Shake hard and strain over ice in to a chilled coupe glass. In a separate shaker place the heavy cream and cubed ice, shake hard to aerate then pour carefully over a bar spoon to layer the cream over the coffee. Garnish with a dust of nutmeg and a cinnamon stick.
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