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35 Christmas Cocktails to Drink This Holiday Season
Caramel Apple Martini
Ingredients
- 1 oz. Baileys Irish cream
- 1/2 oz. apple schnapps
- 1/2 oz. butterscotch schnapps
- 2 oz. half-and-half or whole milk
- coarse sugar
- ground cinnamon
Instructions
The Honey Rose Margarita
Ingredients
1 oz Cointreau
2 oz blanco tequila
1 oz fresh lemon juice
.5 oz honey water
2 dashes rose water
Instructions
Add all ingredients to shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with rose petals (fresh or dried).
Pomegranate Martini
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh pomegranate juice (or bottled)
- 1/2 cup vodka
- 1/2 cup triple sec
- 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
- Fresh pomegranate seeds and lime slices for garnish, optional
Steps
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1 – Fill martini shaker or 3-cup covered container half full with ice. Add all ingredients except pomegranate seeds and lime slices; cover and shake.
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2 – Pour into a martini or other tall glass. Pour through a strainer to keep the ice out of the glass.
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3 – Garnish with lime slice, sugar rim, or even fresh pomegranate seeds in the drink!
Pumpkin Spice Martini
Ingredients:
Directions:
Pour the vanilla flavored vodka, Irish cream liqueur, and pumpkin flavored liqueur into a cocktail shaker & put in ice. Cover & shake. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with a sprinkle of ground cinnamon and ground nutmeg.
Cherry Blossom
Ingredients:
1.25 oz Tequila
1 oz Lime juice
1 oz Grapefruit juice
.25 oz Grenadine
Grapefruit slice, Lime slice or maraschino cherry for garnish
Salt as needed or not (optional)
Instructions:
Pour all four ingredients into shaker, add ice and shake well. Strain into a salt rimmed martini glass or serve over ice. Garnish with a lime slice, grapefruit slice or cherry.
Enjoy!!
Fuzzy Leprechaun
Raspberry White Chocolate Cocktail
“This liquid dessert combines a white chocolate-flavored liqueur with vodka and half-and-half for a boozy and decadent drink.”
Combine white chocolate liqueur, raspberry simple syrup, vanilla vodka, half-and-half, and ice in a cocktail shaker. Cover and shake until chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Sprinkle chocolate shavings (optional) on top and add a mint sprig for fun. Another option is to combine all ingredients in a blender (only add 1/4 cup ice) for a more frothy drink. Enjoy!!
Lemon Lavender Champagne Fizzy
Ingredients
• 2 oz – Dry gin or vodka
• 1 tsp – Simple syrup or superfine sugar
• 1/2 oz – Lemon juice
• 2 tsp – Lavender syrup
• 5 oz – Brut champagne
Note: You can substitute the simple syrup & lemon juice with straight up Lemonade (Simply Lemonade is the best).
Directions
Shake well…gin (or vodka), lavender syrup, lemon juice, and simple syrup (or sugar) with ice in a cocktail shaker. Add champagne to already shaken cocktail shaker (do not shake again). Then strain into a martini glass that has superfine sugar on the rim. Time to celebrate!!
Prince Pum King
Ingredients:
1 oz Drambuie
1.5 oz pumpkin puree
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
4 oz steamed whole milk (or half-n-half)
1 cinnamon stick
Instructions:
Steam milk (or half-n-half), pumpkin puree and spices together until hot. Double-strain into cup. Stir in Drambuie.
Option to top with milk foam and ground nutmeg. Garnish with cinnamon stick.
Orange Spice Tea HOT TODDY Recipe
- ¾ cup water
- Orange Spice Black Tea
- 1 ½ ounces whiskey
- 3 teaspoons honey, to taste
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice, to taste
- 1 lemon round or half moon
- 1 cinnamon stick (optional, for garnish)
INSTRUCTIONS
- In a teapot or saucepan, bring the water to a simmer. Pour the hot water into a mug and add tea bag. Let steep for 2-4 minutes and remove tea bag.
- Add the whiskey, 3 teaspoons honey and 2 teaspoons lemon juice. Stir until the honey has disappeared into the hot water. Taste. Add more honey for more sweetness, and/or more lemon juice for more zing.
- Garnish with lemon and cinnamon stick. Enjoy!
Peanut Butter Ball Chocolate Martini Cocktail
“This liquid dessert combines chocolate-flavored liqueurs with peanut butter whiskey and half-and-half for a boozy and decadent drink.”
Squeeze a little chocolate syrup into martini glasses and set aside. Combine chocolate liqueur, creme de cacao, Screwball’s Peanut Butter Whiskey, half-and-half, and ice in a cocktail shaker. Cover and shake until chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Sprinkle chocolate shavings on top. Enjoy!!
saucebox
Pan-Asian food & specialty cocktails featured at glamorous spot with busy happy hour & regular DJs.
214 SOUTHWEST BROADWAY, PORTLAND, OR, 97205
Happy Hour From 4:30 pm until 6:30 pm daily
HH Menu includes Korean Ribs, Pad Thai, Tapioca Dumpling and so much more!
WHITE CHRISTMAS MARTINI
- 2 ounces vanilla vodka
- 2 ounce white chocolate liqueur
- 1 ounce white creme de cacao
- 1 ounce half-and-half
- Honey and coarse sanding sugar for rim garnish
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Pour the honey into a shallow dish and put the sanding sugar in another shallow dish. Coat the rim of the glass in the honey; then dip the rim in the sugar to coat evenly. Set the glass aside.
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In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add the vodka, white chocolate liqueur, creme de cacao, and half-and-half. Shake vigorously and strain into the prepared martini glass.
CRANBERRY BOURBON COCKTAIL
2 ounces bourbon
2 ounces cranberry juice (100% juice, unsweetened)
1/2 ounce rosemary sage simple syrup*
Splash of lemon juice, freshly squeezed
Fresh rosemary and sage for garnish
In a glass filled with ice, add the bourbon, cranberry juice, rosemary sage simple syrup, and a splash of lemon juice. Stir to combine.
*Rosemary Sage Simple Syrup: In a medium saucepan, combine one cup of sugar and one cup of water. Toss in a couple sprigs each of fresh rosemary and sage. Bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. This will take 5-8 minutes. Strain the herbs from the simple syrup and allow it to cool completely before using.
Chocolate Martini Cocktail
“This liquid dessert combines chocolate-flavored liqueurs with vodka and half-and-half for a boozy and decadent drink.”
Squeeze a little chocolate syrup into martini glasses and set aside. Combine chocolate liqueur, creme de cacao, vodka, half-and-half, and ice in a cocktail shaker. Cover and shake until chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Sprinkle chocolate shavings on top. Enjoy!!
SWIFT LOUNGE
Jolly Hour is offered at 4 to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and all day on Sunday.
Menu includes 16-ounce mason jar drinks for $5, red and white house wines for $4, and more.
The Jolly Hour food menu includes things like sliders, crispy chicken, meatloaf sliders, fondue fries and more. Most items are $3 – $5.
1932 NE Broadway (on NE Broadway between NE 21st & NE 19th)
Departure Portland
Discover an elevated dining experience in downtown Portland – a Pan Asian kitchen from Sage Restaurant Group. Floating atop the landmark Meier & Frank Building, Departure’s ambitious menu captivates diners with its masterful remix of authentic coastal cuisines. Happy Hour…Mon-Sun 4-6pm
525 SW MORRISON STREET, 15TH FL
PORTLAND, OR 97204
TEL: 503.802.5370
Caramel Apple Martini
Ingredients
- 1 oz. Baileys Irish cream
- 1/2 oz. apple schnapps
- 1/2 oz. butterscotch schnapps
- 2 oz. half-and-half or whole milk
- coarse sugar
- ground cinnamon
Instructions
Oswego Grill…Lake Oswego & Wilsonville
Happy Hour 7 Days a Week
Available 3pm – 6pm and from 9pm – Close
Menu Items between $3.99 and $6.99 (Great Fish Tacos, Steak Bites & Lemon Drops)
Old Fashioned
The Old Fashioned is a cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters, then adding alcohol, popularly whiskey but sometimes brandy and finally a twist of citrus rind. It is traditionally served in a short, round, tumbler-like glass, which is called an Old Fashioned glass, after the drink.
Recipe: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/221320/old-fashioned-cocktail/
nel centro…Portland, OR
Minutes from the performing arts scene, the classic dishes of Northern Italy and Southeast France meet David Machado’s passion for culinary tradition and locally sourced, seasonal food.
1408 SW Sixth Ave., Portland, OR 97201…503-484-1099
PEACH LEMON DROP
A lemon drop is a vodka-based cocktail that has a lemony, sweet and sour flavor, prepared using lemon juice, triple sec and simple syrup. It has been described as a variant of, or as “a take on”, the Vodka Martini. It is typically prepared and served straight up – chilled with ice and strained. Add a teaspoon of peach syrup and voila!!
COSMOPOLITAN
A cosmopolitan, or informally a cosmo, is a cocktail made with vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, and freshly squeezed or sweetened lime juice. It’s refreshing on a hot summer day.
La Provence – Lake Oswego:
La Provence has small portions and a limited menu for happy hour BUT all of the items are very good. Order some bread and a HH cocktail to make the meal perfect. Friendly staff and oodles of pastries for dessert. Bon appetit!!
Happy Hour: Monday – Friday…3 p.m. – 6 p.m. and Saturday & Sunday…4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
16350 Boones Ferry Road, Lake Oswego, OR 97035
phone: (503) 635-4533
