This holiday season maybe you are planning a large get together for you and your family, or an intimate dinner with just you and your loved ones at home. Even if your just getting together for a few office drinks on Friday, a cocktail is a great way to start your evening. Here are a two great recipe ideas for the holiday season from Bombay Sapphire andJägermeister that will be sure to get your guests in the spirit of the holiday season.
The BombaySapphiregin distillery at Laverstoke Mill in Hampshire, which opened itsdoors in October 2014, has released a stunning luxury Limited Edition bottle and stopper intime for Christmas. Inspired by the simplicity and beauty of Laverstoke Mill’s architectureand the ten exotic botanicals in every bottle of Bombay Sapphire, the Limited Edition is a great gift for gin lovers.
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Ingredients
50ml Bombay Sapphire
50ml Clementine Juice or Orange Juice
50ml Fever-Tree Tonic Water
2 Heaped Teaspoons of Cranberry Jelly
Large ‘Balloon’ Wine Glass or Burgundy Glass
Two Freshly Cut Lime Wedges
A Few Clementine Segments
Glassware
Garnish
Method
Mix the Bombay Sapphire, cranberry jelly and clementine juice together in a cocktail shaker, add ice and shake hard. Strain over cubed ice intoa balloon glass, lightly squeeze a lime wedge and drop in. Next, usinga twisted bar spoon, pour the tonic water whist stirring. Garnish withclementine segments and a lime wedge.
Our friends at Jäger havecome up with a limited edition ‘Spiced’ solution to all of you Christmas Cocktail questionsand Late Night London Master Mixologist David Kay has created a series of holiday cocktails.
Spicy StagPunch
Ingredients
50ml Jägermeister Spice
12.5ml Amaretto
12.5ml Chambord
25ml Red Wine
12.5ml Lemon Juice
A dash of Grenadine
Top off with lemonade
Method
Combine all of the ingredients, and stir. Pour over ice into a large balloon glass and garnish with a cinnamon stick.