The Fold’s Festive Cocktails For The Silly Season
Chrissy Cocktails Created With Illawarra ingredients – Cheers!!
Christmas will be here faster than you can say “I love mince pies!”.
And we all know the silly season is packed with parties, get-togethers, gatherings, lunches, dinners and everything in between.
So if you’re hosting a knees-up this year [or even if you are not!], we’ve got three fabulous festive cocktail recipes that your guests will love.
The best bit?
They include some delish local tipples from local distillers and wineries – South Coast Distillery, Headlands Distilling Co, Wolf & Woman Distillery, Two Figs Winery and Smith St Distillery.
Bottoms up!
Five Island Iced Tea
INGREDIENTS
– Ice
– 15mL gin (we used South Coast Distillery’s Five Islands Oolong Old Tom Gin)
– 15mL vodka (we used Headlands Distilling Co’s Seacliff Vodka)
– 15mL white rum
– 15mL white tequila (for an extra tropical kick, use a coconut tequila!)
– 15mL triple sec
– 30-60mL cola, depending on the size of your glass
– Lemon slices to garnish
– Optional: you can add lemon juice & sugar syrup if you want extra flavours
METHOD
– Fill a tall glass with ice and add some lemon slices
– Add the gin, vodka, rum, tequila and triple sec
– Top with the cola and stir
– Taste, and add lemon juice and/or sugar syrup if desired
– Garnish with another slice of fresh lemon, and enjoy!
Best served at your NYE party!
It’s a fabulous arrival drink for all your guests and will definitely set the mood for the rest of the night.
Party playlist? Tick. Sparkly outfit? Tick. Delicious cocktails? Tick!
Limoncello Spritz
INGREDIENTS
– Ice
– 60mL limoncello (we used Wolf & Woman Distillery’s Limoncello)
– 100mL sparkling wine or prosecco (we used local Two Figs Winery’s NV Brut Cuvee)
– 60mL soda water
– Lemon slices to garnish
METHOD
– Fill a big cocktail or wine glass with ice
– Add the limoncello, prosecco and bubbly
– Stir, taste and add more soda if desired
– Garnish with another slice of fresh or dried lemon, and enjoy!
Best enjoyed on a warm summer’s day at a Chrissy catch up with the girls.
It’s light, fun, fresh, juicy and sassy – just like your favourite people.
This drink is basically summer in a glass, and we challenge you not to get hooked!
Gin-spresso Martini
INGREDIENTS
– 50ml gin (we used Smith St Distillery’s Rose Gin)
– 25ml espresso
– 25ml simple syrup
– coffee beans to garnish
METHOD
– Mix all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake HARD, keeping an eye out for that perfect ‘crema’ – [the name baristas give the foam on top a fine espresso], you get this by giving that shaker a super duper shake.
– Strain into a nice cold cocktail glass and garnish with a few coffee beans.
Best enjoyed on Christmas Eve to keep you awake until Santa arrives.
It’s everything we lurve about espresso martinis but with a gin twist.
We reckon these will also be a great pick me up for when that post-chrissy dinner food coma sets in.
Don’t they look great?? They taste great too!
Hey, if you’re less of a mixologist and more of a taste-ologist and like people making cocktails for you, check out our guide to where to get a crackin’ cocktail locally.
Cheers!
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