Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 19 – Amarula Gingerbread Chai Latte. It’s 15 below and that means it’s the perfect time for a winter warmer. This post is sponsored by Amarula Cream Liqueur. Amarula is a velvety cream liqueur with a hint of toffee, vanilla and long-lasting finish from the Marula fruit….
All Aglow
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 18 – All Aglow. Every holiday (Zoom) party needs a sparkling number. Ring in the season with tinny Christmas music coming through your computer speakers and this perfect cocktail. Raise a glass to the fact that you’re not trapped beside the weird guy from accounting for three…
Polar Manhattan
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 17 – Polar Manhattan. A cognac manhattan with a touch of cinnamon syrup? Don’t mind if I do. This one is quickly becoming a new favourite in my household and I think you’re going to love it too. And yes, the bear is back. I styled with…
Partridge in a Pear Tree
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 16 – Partridge in a Pear Tree. You got that pear juice to make the Pear Noël on Day 1 of the advent calendar and I didn’t want you to be short on ideas on how to use up the rest of it. As such, allow me…
Comet’s Gin Fizz
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 15 – Comet’s Gin Fizz. A seasonal spin on the classic Ramos Gin Fizz. This post is sponsored by Georgian Bay Spirit Co. Georgian Bay Spirit Co. has clearly established itself as boasting one of the best selection of ready-to-drink cocktails with their classic Georgian Bay Gin…
Candy Cane Hot Chocolate
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 14 – Candy Cane Hot Chocolate. A boozy hot chocolate is an essential contributor to a cocktail advent calendar. Yes, peppermint hot chocolate might seem predictable but this is the more mature version – made with two different kinds of amaro for an herbal, pleasantly bitter counterpoint…
Sparkle & Shine
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 13 – Sparkle & Shine. It’s Sober Sunday again friends and I’m serving up this zero-proof sparkling wine cocktail that adds tartness with freshly squeezed grapefruit juice and cinnamon syrup. Few things are more celebratory than a glass of sparkling wine for the holiday season, luckily there…
Brûléed Pumpkin Eggnog
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 12 – Brûléed Pumpkin Eggnog. It wouldn’t be the most spirited countdown to December 25th without a decadent homemade eggnog recipe! This post is sponsored by the Egg Farmers of Canada. Every year I feature at least one eggnog recipe in the cocktail advent calendar. In 2018…
Raspberry Bramble
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 11 – Raspberry Bramble. Earlier in the calendar we made a non-alcoholic version of the classic gin bramble in our Black(berry) Christmas and I’ve previously served up a Raspberry Whisky Bramble. Today’s cocktail swaps out the blackberry liqueur you’d find in the original version of this drink…
Fireside Bourbon
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 10 – Fireside Bourbon. This cocktail is somewhat reminiscent of the Little Drummer Boy from past years of the advent calendar but with different base spirits. Up until recently, sherry was all but a relic of the wine world – often forgotten, staid, the domain of octogenarians…
