Classic Cocktails for the Holidays

Ingredients

• 1 1?2 oz bourbon (Larceny)
• 3?4 oz carrot juice
• 1?2 oz lemon juice
• 1?2 oz walnut liqueur
• 1?2 oz simple syrup
• Pinch of sea salt
• Zest of orange or lemon
• Slice of ginger

Directions

Combine first six ingredients together in a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain over ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with lemon, orange, olive or ginger.

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Ingredients

• 1 oz Kahlua
• 1 oz peppermint schnapps
• 1 oz vodka
• Candy cane

Directions

Combine ingredients together in a martini glass. Garnish with a candy cane.

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Ingredients

• 1 oz vodka
• 1 oz lemon juice
• 1 T spoon powdered sugar or simple syrup
• Chambord (raspberry liquor)
• Champagne

Directions

In a cocktail shaker with ice, add vodka, lemon juice, and powdered sugar. Shake well and strain into a sugar-rimmed martini glass. Top with champagne and float the Chambord down the side of a glass (using the back of a spoon will help it sink to the bottom).

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Ingredients

• 1 oz Cre?me de Cassis
• 5 oz champagne
• Cranberries or raspberries

Directions

Chill a champagne flute in the freezer for 15 minutes. Add Cre?me de Cassis to glass and a few raspberries or cranberries. Fill flute to the top with champagne.

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Ingredients

• 1 oz brandy
• 1 oz lemon juice
• 1?2 oz simple syrup
• 4 oz hot water
• 1 lemon or orange slice
• 2 cloves
• 1 star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick
• Fresh mint

Directions

Using a brandy snifter, steam glass. Add brandy, lemon juice, and simple syrup together in the glass and top with hot water. Garnish with the remaining ingredients.

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