New Year's Eve. For most, it's a time to celebrate the end of one great year and the beginning of an even greater one. But, you know, celebrating with cocktails is really one of the best ways to really get into the spirit—using spirits. So here are 10 different cocktails that you can try whipping up at home in order to celebrate the beginning of a new year.
Hot Rum Punch
Ingredients (1 serving)
0.5 oz. Spiced Rum
0.5 oz. Black Spiced Rum
0.25 oz. Demerara Syrup
1 oz. Hot Chai
2 oz. Warmed Apple Cider
How to make it
Warm the cider in a pot. In a coffee mug, mix the brewed tea, demerara syrup and both rums. Add the cider to the coffee mug, and your done. Garnish the mug with an apple wedge or orange wheel.
Raspberry Chocolate Kiss Cocktail
Ingredients (1 serving)
1/4 cup Mint-infused Simple Syrup, plus some for the glass rim
3 Chocolate Cookies, crushed into a fine powder
10 Raspberries
1/4 Cup Vodka
2 tbsps Cranberry Juice
How to make it:
In a shallow dish, pour enough simple syrup to cover the bottom. Do the same with the crushed cookies in a separate dish. Dip the rim of your martini glass into the syrup and then immediately dip it in the cookies.
Next, you want to put the raspberries in a cocktail shaker and crush them. Add the syrup and crush some more. Now add the vodka and cranberries and fill the rest of the shaker with ice. Shake until the drink is cold and then immediately strain into the martini glass. Garnish with a raspberry.
The Forbidden Fruit
Ingredients (1 serving)
1 oz. Vodka
0.5 oz. Triple Sec
1 oz. Sour Mix
0.75 oz. Pomegranate Juice
How to make it:
Mix together in a cocktail shaker, add some ice cubes, and pour into a glass.
Sorbet and Champagne Cocktail
Ingredients (1 serving)
1 tsp Sorbet (flavor of your choice)
Chilled Champagne
How to make it:
Scoop the sorbet into a champagne flute and pour the champagne on top.
Caipirissima
Ingredients (1 serving)
1.5 oz. White Rum
5 Lime Wedges
1 twist Sugar
3 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
How to make it:
In a shaker, crush the sugar and lime wedges together. Add the rum, lime juice and ice. Shake until the drink is cold and then strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.
Crown Manhattan
Ingredients (1 serving)
1 oz. Crown Royal Deluxe Whiskey
0.25 oz Cragganmore Distillers Edition
0.25 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1 dash Bitters
How to make it:
Add everything into a shaker, fill with ice and shake until cool. Strain into a glass and garnish with a cherry.
French 75
Ingredients (1 serving)
1 oz. Dry Gin
1 oz. Sparkling Wine
0.5 oz. Lemon Juice
0.5 oz. Simple Syrup
How to make it:
Add the gin, lemon and syrup into a shaker and fill with ice. Shake. Pour into a champagne flute and top with the sparkling wine.
Jamaican Storm
Ingredients (1 serving)
0.5 oz. Ginger Flavored Liqueur
1 oz. Dark Rum
5 oz. Ginger Ale
1 Lime Slice
How to make it:
Add everything together in a glass filled with ice and then garnish with the lime slice.
Brandy Alexander
Ingredients (1 serving)
1.5 oz Brandy
2 oz. Heavy Cream
1 oz. Kahlua
1 cup Ice
How to make it:
Place everything in a blender, and blend on slow speed until frothy. Pour into glass and serve.
Godiva Red Dragon Martini
Ingredients (1 serving)
1.5 oz. Godiva Dark Chocolate Liqueur
0.5 oz. Scotch Whiskey
1 Cherry
1 slice Orange
How to make it:
Combine everything into a shaker and shake until chilled, strain into a martini glass. Garnish with the cherry and orange slice.
Recipes can be found on the Martha Stewart website and on us.thebar.com.
