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- Easy to make recipes to see you through the festive party season -

You've picked out your Christmas party dress, invited the guests, downloaded the festive playlist, planned the canapé menu and bought the mistletoe, but what about the drink? To help you make the most of your merry nights in, the drinks experts from thebar.com have come up with some delicious cocktail recipes that will see you through the Christmas season.

With hundreds of easy-to-follow recipes, you'll have all of the drinks inspiration you need to wow your friends and family this holiday season. So what are you waiting for? Get mixing and enjoy a tipple from thebar.com this Christmas.

Old Fashioned Christmas

1.26 units of alcohol per serve

Ingredients
35ml. Smirnoff No.21® Vodka
50ml. Apple Juice
1tsp Cranberry Sauce
1pinch Cinnamon Powder
1piece Orange Zest
1piece Star Anice

Method 

1. Fill a glass with ice.
2. Add Smirnoff No.21 Vodka, apple juice, cranberry sauce and orange zest into the glass.
3. Stir thoroughly.
4. Garnish with cinnamon and star anise.

Baileys Eggnog
0.6 units of alcohol per serve

Ingredients
35ml. Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur  
50ml. Milk
1tsp Sugar
1 sprinkle Nutmeg
1 egg
1piece Cinnamon Stick
1piece Split Vanilla Pod

Method 

1. Whisk together egg and caster sugar until creamy and the sugar begins to dissolve
2. Mix in Baileys Original Irish Cream, milk and split vanilla pod
3. Add some grated nutmeg
4. Strain into a short glass
5. Garnish with a cinnamon stick

Spiced Gingerbread       
1.9 units of alcohol per serve

Ingredients
50ml Smirnoff Golf
25ml Ginger syrup
25ml Lemon Juice
0.5 pieces Egg white
1 piece Gingerbread man biscuit

Method 

1. Add Smirnoff Gold Liqueur, ginger syrup, lemon juice, and egg white to the shaker
2. Dry shake the mixture
3. Fill the shaker with ice
4. Shake until cold
5. Strain into a glass
6. 6 Add a gingerbread man biscuit

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Hot Apple Bite by Smirnoff
1.9 units of alcohol per serve

Ingredients
50ml. Smirnoff® Gold
200ml. Apple Juice
2tsp Brown Sugar
1tsp Apple Purée
1slice Apple
1piece Crushed Biscuit

Method 

1. Place all ingredients in a saucepan.
2. Warm the mixture and stir together thoroughly.
3. Pour the mixture into a glass mug.
4. Garnish with a slice of apple and crushed biscuit.

Baileys Original Irish Cream Hot Chocolate
0.8 units of alcohol per serve

Ingredients
50ml. Baileys® Original Irish Cream Liqueur
150ml. Hot Chocolate
1piece Whipped Cream
1shaving Chocolate Shaving

Method 

1. Pour Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur and hot chocolate into a glass.
2. Garnish with whipped cream and chocolate curls.

Spiced Cider
1.9 units of alcohol per serve

Ingredients
50ml. Captain Morgan Original Spiced Gold
80ml. Apple Juice
2dashes Angostura Bitters
3pieces Star Anise
4buds Clove
2tbsp Sugar or Maple Syrup

Method 

1. Pour Captain Morgan Original Spiced Gold, apple cider, angostura bitters, star anise, cloves and sugar into a saucepan.
2. Heat until the sugar has dissolved.
3. Pour into a glass.

Fresh Shirley Temple

Ingredients
40ml. Schweppes Canada Dry Ginger Ale
40ml. Pomegranate Juice
1.5tsp Sugar
1 wedge Lemon

Method 

1. Extract the juice from a pomegranate.
2. Measure into a glass.
3. Add sugar.
4. Stir until well combined.
5. Add ice to the glass.
6. Top up with Schweppes Ginger Ale.
7. Garnish with a lemon wedge.

So what are you waiting for? Pick from one of these warm drink recipes and snuggle up with the help of thebar.com this winter season.

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