Celebrate the new year in style with these fanciful cocktails! Let’s get this party started!
Snowflake Martini
Equipment
- 1 cocktail shaker
Ingredients
- 1/2 ounce Frangelica
- 1/2 ounce white creme de cocao
- 1 ounce vodka
- 1/4 ounce half and half
- Ice
- garnish: cocktail cherry with stem
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Cover shaker and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
- Garnish with cocktail cherry.
Pomegranate Martini
Equipment
- 1 cocktail shaker
Ingredients
- 1/2 ounce PAMA pomegranate liqueur
- 1 1/2 ounces vodka
- splash sweet and sour mix
- splash Sprite
- Ice
- Garnish: cocktail cherry with stem
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Cover shaker and shake vigorously.
- Strain into a chilled martini glass.
- Garnish with cocktail cherry.
Winter Bourbon Smash
recipe source: A. Smith Bowman, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Equipment
- 1 cocktail shaker
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 ounce Bowman Brothers Bourbon
- 2 tablespoons seedless blackberry jam
- 1/2 ounce triple sec
- 1 ounce orange juice
- splash club soda
- Garnish: orange wedge and fresh blackberries on a cocktail pick
- ice
Instructions
- Add all ingredients (except garnish) to a cocktail shaker half filled with ice.
- Cover and shake vigorously for 15 seconds.
- Strain into a chilled old fashioned glass with ice.
- Top with a splash of club soda.
- Garnish with an orange wedge and fresh blackberries on a cocktail pick.
Classic French 75
Ingredients
- 1 to 2 ounces gin
- 1 teaspoon simple syrup
- 1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 4 ounces Champagne
- Lemon twist for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes, pour the gin, simple syrup, and lemon juice. Cover and shake vigorously. Place a few small ice cubes in a chilled Champagne flute. Strain the cocktail into the Champagne flute. Top with Champagne. Garnish with lemon peel twist.
