Hot Cocktails for Cold Nights

8 Hot Cocktails for Cold Nights

Cozy up with a warm drink

Written by Rachel Barber

Casanova

Ingredients:
1 oz Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon
.25 oz Licor 43
.25 oz St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram
.25 oz Fresh lemon juice
1 barspoon PAMA Liqueur
1 barspoon Don Nuño Oloroso
3 oz Cinnamon-lemon infused hot water

Build all ingredients into a small toddy mug and top with the cinnamon-lemon infused hot water and add a garnish (like a star anise, a pod from an evergreen tree) and serve.

Created by Brett Esler for Whisler's in Austin, TX.

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8 Hot Cocktails for Cold Nights

Cozy up with a warm drink

Written by Rachel Barber

The Warm Hearted

Ingredients:
1 oz Patrón Silver
3/8 oz Patrón Incendio
1 1/2 oz whole milk
1 1/2 oz coconut milk
1/4 oz galangal syrup
1/8 tsp chai spice tea

Combine all ingredients and whisk together. Heat gently until steaming. For the spoon garnish, dip the bowl of the teaspoon into melted dark chocolate and tap off the excess. Dust with chai spices and set on parchment paper to dry.

Created by Lana Gailani.

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8 Hot Cocktails for Cold Nights

Cozy up with a warm drink

Written by Rachel Barber

Old World Toddy

Ingredients:
1 part Jägermeister
1/2 part Lemon juice
1/2 part Spiced pomegranate honey*
2 part Fresh apple cider
1 part Jamaican Aged Rum (Appleton Reserve)
1 part water

Combine and batch all the ingredients & heat up over stove. Steep, clove, fresh ginger pieces & cracked cinnamon sticks in POM like making a tea. Bring to boil and let sit to chill. Fine strain the liquid and add equal parts honey. Keep refrigerated. Serve in a decorative footed mug, garnished with whole cloves and an orange peel.

Created by Willy Shine, Brand Meister for Jägermeister.

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8 Hot Cocktails for Cold Nights

Cozy up with a warm drink

Written by Rachel Barber

Irish-Italian Coffee

Ingredients:
1.5 oz Irish Whiskey
double shot of espresso
2 oz. hot water
whipped cream
garnish with shaved nutmeg

Fill the glass mug with 2 oz. hot water, a double shot of espresso. Blend in Irish Whiskey. Top with whipped cream and garnish with shaved nutmeg.

Created by Billy Nichols for Faun, Prospect Heights.

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8 Hot Cocktails for Cold Nights

Cozy up with a warm drink

Written by Rachel Barber

Cocoa Buie II

Ingredients:
2 parts Drambuie
9 parts Hot Milk
3 tbsp Hot Cocoa mix
1/8 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1/8 tsp Kosher Salt
Optional Garnish with miniature marshmallows

In a saucepan combine all ingredients and warm over medium heat. Stir slowly until simmering. Serve hot.

Created by Drambuie.

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8 Hot Cocktails for Cold Nights

Cozy up with a warm drink

Written by Rachel Barber

Apple Cardamom Toddy

Ingredients:
2 oz Lairds Applejack
1/2 oz Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Honey (we like Zip Code honey)
3 oz Cardamom Infused Genmaicha Green Tea (add 1 cardamom pod to steep with the genmaicha tea)
Build in glass

Heat the ingredients. To infuse the tea, add 1 cardamom pod to steep with the genmaicha tea. Serve in a toddy mug and garnish with a cinnamon stick.

Created by Christy Pope of Cuffs & Buttons Consulting in Dallas TX.

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8 Hot Cocktails for Cold Nights

Cozy up with a warm drink

Written by Rachel Barber

Warm Bourbon Cider

Ingredients:
1 liter Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon
1 gallon New York State Apple Cider
16 oz Laird’s Apple Brandy
16 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
20 dashes Regan’s Orange Bitters
1 tbsp Five Spice Blend

Combine all ingredients in a large container and transfer to a warming urn. Serve warm in a mug with an orange twist.

Created by Juliet DeRose for Blue Smoke in Battery Park City.

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8 Hot Cocktails for Cold Nights

Cozy up with a warm drink

Written by Rachel Barber

Haystack Toddy

Ingredients:
1 oz Elijah Craig Small Batch
.5 oz Domaine de Canton Ginger Liqueur
1 teaspoon pumpkin butter
Hot water

Temper glass or teacup with hot water. Empty the glass/teacup and add ingredients. Top with hot water, garnish with clove-spiked orange twist.

Created by Meaghan Dorman for The Bennett.