Christmas Cocktails

When I was little, I remember pinching cocktail cherries out of the jar my folks had for their Christmas drinks… they were so yummy! I was always jealous of the ‘fancy’ drinks the grown-ups had…. while I’m not a big drinker, there is something about a delicious cockatail at Christams time.. sat around the fire, with a drink garnished with a cocktail cherry… that’s my idea of a good night ;)

Opies have created these amazing sounding Christmas Cocktails – I’ll be trying one or two out if this baby ever arrives! I’m thinking a Snowbomb may be the way to see in the New Year… which one catches your fancy?

Snowbomb
Ingredients:
Brandy
Advocaat

Like a jager bomb but fill half a shot glass with Advocaat half with Brandy. Place the shot glass in a rock’s glass full of lemonade. Add an Opie’s cherry to the shot glass and drink it like you would a jager bomb.

Mistletoe Kiss
Ingredients:
60ml Honey Vodka,
40ml Pineapple Juice
30ml Coco Lopez

20ml Maraschino Cherry Liquor from a jar of Opies cocktail cherries

Shake and serve straight up, garnish with Opies cocktail cherries and Opies cocktail gherkins on a cocktail stick.

Gingerman

Muddle 3 cubes of Opies Stem Ginger
40ml Golden Rum
20ml Red Wine
40ml Cranberry Juice

Shake and serve over ice in a rock’s glass with a Opies Stem Ginger and cocktail cherry garnish. Add a Gingerbread man on the side.

Red Nose Rudolph

Muddle 4 Opies Cocktail Cherries
50ml White Rum
20ml Lemon Juice
15ml Grenadine
40ml Cranberry Juice
20ml Soda

Shake and serve in a sling glass. Top with a little soda & an Opies lemon slice and Opies cocktail cherries.

Mexican Christmas

Muddle two cubes of Opies Stem Ginger
20ml Grenadine Syrup
50ml Tequila
10ml Red Wine
25ml Lime Juice

Shake all ingredients and serve straight up in a wine goblet with Opies Stem Ginger and sunken Pomegranate.

Knock Knock Egg Nog

240ml Brandy
2 pints of whole milk
30ml Double Cream
100ml Vanilla Syrup
15 Opies Cherries

Add all ingredient’s to a pan, heat without boiling until slightly thick. Leave to sit for 20minute’s at room temperature then serve into small glass’s. Dust with cinnamon or coco powder

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