3 Holiday Cocktails Worth Drinking All Year Long

Sharp Staff November 27, 2018

Grey Goose® & Sharp

Hosting is thirsty work, so put that bottle of GREY GOOSE® you brought to good use and mix your host a drink — and why not make one for yourself while you’re at it?

Here are a few back-pocket cocktails that are sure to impress.

Le Fizz

1.5 oz GREY GOOSE® Vodka

1 oz ST~GERMAIN® Elderflower Liqueur

3/4 oz Lime juice

2 oz Sparkling water

Method: Shake all ingredients except sparkling water in cocktail shaker with ice. Strain and pour into flute. Top with chilled sparkling water.

Christmas Old Fashioned

2 oz GREY GOOSE® VX Vodka

⅓ oz Christmas tree syrup*

3 or 4 dashes of Agnostura bitters

Orange peel

Pine needles

Method: In an empty rocks glass, add syrup, bitters, and GREY GOOSE® VX. Fill glass with cubed ice all the way to the top. Stir until ice is halfway melted. Add a couple more ice cubes to keep everything nice and cold. Garnish with a squeeze of orange peel and pine needles on top.

*Christmas tree syrup

1 cup water

1 cup granulated sugar

4 or 5 fingers of pine tree needles

Bring everything to a boil in small saucepan, stir until sugar is dissolved, and let the pine tree needles infuse overnight.

Holiday Apple Cider

1.5 L Apple cider

2 Cinnamon sticks (plus additional for garnish)

1/4 Maple syrup

6 Cloves

6 Whole allspice berries

Peel of 1 orange, cut into strips

Peel of 1 lemon, cut into strips

Method: Combine all ingredients and bring to near boil on stove, allowing mixture to infuse for 10-15 minutes. You can leave on the stove on low heat, or keep warm in a thermos. Alternatively, cool mixture in the fridge, then serve over ice as a refreshing beverage. If serving cold, pour into glass or mule mug full of ice. Makes approximately 11 servings. Garnish by wrapping orange and lemon strips around a cinnamon stick and placing atop the cocktail.

Optional: For an adult twist, once the cider mixture is complete, add 16 oz of GREY GOOSE® Vodka, or GREY GOOSE® L’Orange Flavoured Vodka. Stir to combine. Makes approximately 11 servings.