Christmas cocktail recipes
We always push the boat out with Christmas food, but Christmas drinks are equally important! No matter how you’re doing Christmas this year, you can 100% enjoy a festive tipple with these Christmassy cocktail recipes – find fizzes, retro egg nogs, and some great rum punches.
We’ve also got some twists. Rosemary negroni, mince-pie old fashioned, redcurrant marg, or Santa’s sidecar. Try a cherry bakewell brandy, chocolate orange negroni, snowball cocktail or whisky sour. You can’t beat a snowball, but our clementine pisco sour is pretty fantastic too.
If you’re feeling fancy, check out our champagne cocktails.
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Christmas cocktails
Make-ahead ‘mistletoe’ martini for a crowd
A festive mistletoe-like garnish of samphire (or bay) and cocktail onions adds a pleasing savouriness to this make-ahead cocktail.
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Thai basil gimlets
Ravinder Bhogal's Thai basil gimlets are the perfect pre-dinner cocktail for New Year's Eve or another special occasion.
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Cranberry manhattan ‘Cranhattan’ cocktail
The seriously sophisticated manhattan gets a festive twist in this Cranhattan cocktail. Make ahead ready for Christmas cocktail season.
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Rosemary negroni
Rosemary brings out the herbaceous notes of vermouth and Campari in this festive negroni. The perfect bottled cocktail to store in fridge.
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Mince-pie old fashioned
This Christmas cocktail recipe makes a fabulous drink, as well as a flavoured butter for baking and an extra-boozy mincemeat for mince pies.
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Redcurrants
Redcurrant margarita
Ideal when you’re pining for a taste of sunshine in winter, this margarita is flavoured and turned bright red by an intense redcurrant syrup.
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Santa’s sidecar cocktail
Like an upside-down Santa hat, this tangy, citrus-forward sidecar cocktail is balanced by the warming complexity of cognac.
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Santa’s spritz punch
Cranberry spritz makes for a crowdpleasing Christmas punch. The ice ring is studded with garnishes, which gently release into the punch.
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Cherries
Cherry bakewell brandy
This infused brandy with cherries, almonds and vanilla has got all the delicious flavours of a cherry bakewell tart – in booze form.
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Christmas gifts
Bottled chocolate orange negroni
Bottle up chocolate-orange negronis to make fabulous homemade gifts. The flavours mingle and mellow in the bottle, making for one smooth sip.
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Jerry Thomas Manhattan
From the bar of London's Joe Allen, comes this twist on a classic Manhattan, first made in 1884 by America’s cocktail godfather Jerry Thomas.
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Sherry spritz
Rustle up a fragrant Christmas cocktail with our easy sherry spritz recipe. Combine creamy sherry and ginger syrup, then top with cava.
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Large espresso martini for a crowd
What a way to start an evening! This easy espresso martini recipe makes a batch, meaning you can just whizz or shake over ice to serve.
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Pornstar martini
Bursting with fruity passion fruit and fully of bubbles, the Pornstar Martini is the perfect tipple for a celebration.
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Whisky sour
For a classic whisky cocktail that packs a punch, try our whisky sour recipe. The lemon brings a hit of zing that goes so well with whisky.
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Snowball cocktail
The snowball cocktail is typically enjoyed at Christmas. Advocat, lime, lemonade and ice make for a retro beverage of dreams.
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