Frozen Cranberry-Moonshine Lemonade

Photo: Jennifer Davick; Styling: Buffy Hargett

Ingredients:
1 12 oz. can of frozen lemonade concentrate
3/4 cup sweet-and-spicy moonshine or Cranberry-Infused Moonshine
1/3 cup whole cranberry sauce
2 tbsps. orange liqueur
2 tbsps. fresh Lime juice

Preparation:
Combine 1 12 oz. can of frozen lemonade concentrate, 3/4 cup sweet and spicy moonshine or cranberry infused Moonshine, 1/3 cup whole berry cranberry sauce, 2 tbsp. orange liqueur and 2 tbsp. fresh lime juice in a blender.  Fill with ice to 5 cup level. Process until smooth.

Note- We tested with Catdaddy Carolina Moonshine and triple sec orange liqueur

Recipe from Southern Living

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/frozen-cranberry-moonshine

Wassail

Wassail is basically a warm rum punch flavored with fruit and spices.  This stuff is potent, tasty and a traditional beverage to serve up at Christmas and New Year's, especially if you live somewhere cold.

Ingredients:
(Yields 30 servings)

1 gallon apple cider
2 quarts cranberry juice
1 tbsp aromatic bitters
4 cinnamon sticks
1 tbsp white allspice
2 oranges, studded with cloves
2 cups (Appleton Estate V/X®) Rum


Combine all ingredients and warm slowly over low heat.  Serve warm, and if you can keep the punch on heat, even better (the smells of cinnamon and apple will float through your house).

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Glögg

Kanon Organic Vodka

Glögg
Glögg is a type of mulled wine favored in Nordic countries like Sweden and Iceland.  It is usually made with red wine, sugar, spices such as cinammon, cardamom, ginger, cloves and bitter orange.  Punch it up with this recipe that adds some stronger spirits. It will help get your guests in the holiday cheer.



Ingredients:
1 Bottle of red wine
1 10 fluid oz. can/jar of Kanon Organic Vodka, infused cinnamon persimmons
4 fluid oz. Cognac
2 fluid oz. Combier Triple Sec
2 oz. Agave Nectar
5 cinnamon sticks
8 cloves
3 piece All Spice
3 piece Star Anise
10 cardamom seeds
1/4 pound raisins
1/4 pound almonds
1/2 orange peel

Preparation:
Mix ingredients in a pot and simmer for 2-4 hours before boiling.

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Merry Christmas

Belles Of St. Mary's

1 1/2 oz. Gin
1 oz. Triple Sec
1 oz. Apricot Brandy
2 Tsp. Lemon Juice

In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine all of the ingredients.  Shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass.

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Gingerbread Man (shot)

Ingredients:

1 Part Irish Cream (Bailey's)
1 part Goldschläger
1 part Schnapps, butterscotch
1 part Vodka

Mixing instructions:
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.  Shake and strain into shot glasses.


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Gingerbread Man

Who doesn’t love Gingerbread?

Europeans have been making Gingerbread for more than 1000 years, each country having it’s own special recipe. At some point folks in Northern Europe started making houses and people out of Gingerbread for holiday markets. The town of Bergen, Norway builds an entire Gingerbread town.

Thus was born the Gingerbread Man.

The popular cookie hopped the Atlantic with Europeans and has been with us ever since.

The famed Waldorf Astoria, in New York City created this liquid version you to enjoy this holiday season.





Ingredients

• 1.5 oz Stolichnaya Vanilla Vodka
• 1 oz Cinnamon Stick Infused Vodka (Place 4 Cinnamon Sticks In 1 Liter Of Vodka, Turn Upside Down Every Other Day For A Week, Then Begin To Use)
• 1 oz Heavy Cream
• .5oz Monin Gingerbread Syrup
• Fresh Nutmeg

Instructions

Place all ingredients in ice filled mixing glass, shake, and strain into Martini glass. Finish with one scrape of fresh nutmeg for garnish.
 

Courtesy of Waldorf Astoria New York

 

Read more: Gingerbread Man - Drink of the Week

 

Winter Solstice

Ingredients:
1 1/2 Parts Grey Goose Vodka
1/2 Parts Disaronno Orange Liqueur
1/2 Parts Sugar Syrup
3/4 Parts Fresh Lime Juice
1 Pinch Powdered Ginger
1 tsp. Sesame Oil
1 tsp. Sugar
Star Anise to garnish

Instructions:
A shaker
Some cubed ice
Some star anise
A spice grater
A strainer
A sieve



Follow these steps:
1. You can either buy pre-mixed sugar syrup or if you want to make your own, you can find instructions in the Masterclass section.
2. Chill your glass (the easiest way is to fill it with ice.)
3. Put lots of ice and all of the ingredients into a shaker.
4. Then shake hard for about 30 seconds to chill the liquid really well.
5. Wet the outside of your glass rim with sesame oil (just use your fingertip), and then roll the rim in sugar.
6. Double strain the mix into the glass.
7. Grate a little star anise onto the surface of the drink and drop the remainder into the drink to garnish.

The Winter Solstice is a rich vodka cocktail that has a warm but fresh orange taste with a hint of spice.

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Ruby Tuesday

Ingredients:

2 oz. Gin
5 oz. Cranberry Juice
2 splashes Grenadine Syrup

Pour gin and cranberry juice into a highball glass filled with ice cubes.  Add grenadine, stir and serve.

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Purple Rain

This drink has many various versions.  Here is an easy one with vodka.

1 ounce Vodka
1 ounce Blue Curacao
1 dash Grenadine
4 ounces 7UP

Method: On the rocks
Glass: Highball

Recipe:
Pour the vodka and curacao over ice in a tall glass. Top with 7UP.  Stir lightly.  Add a dash of grenadine.

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Blue Monday

1.5 ounces Vodka
1/2 ounce Cointreau Blue or Triple Sec
1/4 ounce Blue Curacao

Shake with ice, strain into a Martini glass. You can garnish it with an orange wheel or peel for color contrast and to signal visually that the color of the drink will be mainly orange.

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