There are plenty of ways to stay warm during the winter months but our favorite way is with a hand-crafted cocktail. Billie Keithley laid out 15 perfect-for-winter cocktails [hot and cold] that highlight some of your favorite seasonal spices and flavors. Make these at home…
MULE FEVER
Mule Fever
1-1/2 oz Breckenridge Spiced Rum (BUY NOW)
1 drop 365 Sweet Orange essential oil
Top with Fever Tree Ginger Beer
Healthy orange zest
Squeeze of a quarter lime
Garnish: lime wheel
PURE. WHISKEY. PASSION.
2 oz Breckenridge Bourbon (BUY NOW)
2 oz Apple Leopold’s Sour Apple Liqueur
1-1/2 oz Ceres Passion fruit juice
1-1/4 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
2 drops orange flower water
Shake ingredients with ice. Serve up.
Garnish: dehydrated passion fruit slice
9,600 CIDER
9,600 Cider
2 oz Breckenridge Spiced Whiskey (BUY NOW)
4 oz Big B’s Cider
3/4 oz tart cherry/cranberry/ maple shrub*
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
Garnish: cranberries
*Tart cherry/cranberry/maple shrub: over medium heat, add 12 oz 365 Tart Cherry Juice, 2 oz 365 Cranberry Juice, 1 oz Bragg Cider Vinegar, 2 oz 365 Maple Syrup & 12 oz sugar. Stir until dissolved. Let cool.
BRECKENRIDGE SMASH
2 oz Breckenridge Bourbon (BUY NOW)
3/4 oz 365 Turbinado simple
1 orange wheel cut into quarters
1 lemon wheel cut into quarters
4 mint leaves (Kenter Canyon)
In a rocks glass, add 4 mint leaves, orange, lemon & Turbinado. Gently muddle. Add half glass crushed ice. Stir to incorporate. Add Breckenridge Bourbon & top with crushed ice.
Garnish: Kenter Canyon farms mint bouquet/powdered sugar
*Turbinado simple syrup: over medium heat, add 8 oz water and 8 oz Turbinado sugar. Stir until dissolved. Let cool.
OAT MILK & HONEY
Oat Milk & Honey
2 oz Breckenridge Spiced Rum (BUY NOW)
3 oz Oatly Oat Milk
1 oz Horizon Strawberry Milk
1 oz Manuka honey simple syrup*
Shake all ingredients with ice or serve warm.
Garnish: a sprinkle of oats and a cinnamon stick
*Honey simple syrup: over medium heat, add 8 oz water, 4 oz Manuka honey and 4 oz sugar. Stir until dissolved. Let cool.
WEE BIT OF DRAM
2 oz Breckenridge Bourbon (BUY NOW)
1/2 oz St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram
In a mixing glass, stir ingredients with ice. Strain and serve over a clear large cube.
Garnish: healthy orange zest
TELE TODDY
Tele Toddy
2 oz Breckenridge Spiced Rum (BUY NOW)
1/2 oz Local Hive Rocky Mountain Raw Honey
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
Top with hot water
Garnish: lemon wheel and cardamom sugar
WHAT’S UP DOC
1-1/2 oz Breckenridge Bourbon (BUY NOW)
2-1/4 oz Columbia Gorge cold-pressed carrot juice
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
3/4 oz apple/Mitica orange blossom honey simple*
Pinch of carrot powder
Shake all ingredients with ice. Serve over ice.
Garnish: candied carrot ribbon
Honey simple syrup: over medium heat, add 8 oz 365 apple juice, 4 oz Mitica orange blossom honey and 4 oz sugar. Stir until dissolved. Let cool.
LIME In Da COCONUT “Daiquiri”
2 oz Breckenridge Spiced Rum (BUY NOW)
1 oz Fresh lime juice
3/4 oz vanilla bean simple*
Spritz of coconut tincture in an atomizer
Shake the top 3 ingredients with ice. Serve up in a chilled coupe. Spritz and garnish
Garnish: lime wheel
*Vanilla bean simple syrup: over medium heat, add 8 oz water, 8 oz sugar and 1/2 oz vanilla bean paste. Stir until dissolved. Let cool.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NOG
Rocky Mountain Nog
1-1/2 oz Breckenridge Spiced Whiskey (BUY NOW)
1 oz Califia Farms Toasted Coconut Almond Milk
1 oz Oregon Chai
4 oz Horizon’s Organics Eggnog
Shake the top 4 ingredients with ice. Strain, garnish & serve.
Garnish: grated fresh nutmeg and cinnamon.
ROGUE ONE GREEN BEAN PICKLE BACK
1 oz Breckenridge Bourbon (BUY NOW)
Bite of Rogue’s Bolder Beans pickled green bean
Chase with 1 oz pickled green bean juice
JEDI MASTER MACE WINDU’S OLD FASHIONED
2-1/2 oz Breckenridge Spiced Rum (BUY NOW)
1/2 oz Mace simple syrup*
2 dashes Scrappy’s Orange Bitters
In a mixing glass, add top 3 ingredients then add ice & stir. Strain over clear large ice.
Garnish: Luxardo cherry and healthy zest of orange
*Mace simple syrup: over medium heat, add 8 oz water, 8 oz 365 Turbinado sugar and 8 whole mace shells. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Turn off heat & let rest for 2 hours.
CUCKOO COCONUT
Cuckoo Coconut
2 oz Breckenridge Spiced Whiskey (BUY NOW)
5-1/2 oz cuckoo coconut mix*
Shake with ice. Serve over crushed ice.
Garnish: Turmeric and cinnamon sprinkle
*Coconut mix: in a Vitamix blender, add 30 oz cream of coconut, 30 oz Califia Farms Almond Milk (unsweetened), 20 oz Ceres pear juice, 20 oz Small Hand Foods Orgeat, 1/2 bar spoon of Turmeric. Blend until all is incorporated well.
MAI TAI
2-1/4 oz Breckenridge Spiced Rum (BUY NOW)
1 oz Small Hand Foods Orgeat
1 oz fresh lime juice
3/4 oz orange liqueur
Shake all ingredients with ice. Serve over crushed ice.
Garnish: mint bouquet
NOT SO TRADITIONAL PUNCH COCKTAIL
2 oz Breckenridge Spiced Rum (BUY NOW)
1 oz Teakoe Signature Batch No. 6
1 oz Jamaican Allspice/Maldon Smoked Salt/cinnamon/apple shrub*
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1/4 oz fresh lime juice
Shake all ingredients with ice. Serve over ice.
Garnish: healthy lemon zest
