Winter cocktails
Simple, elegant and extravagant winter cocktails, perfect for your Christmas occasion
We have a range of tonic water, soft drinks and sodas, perfect for mixing into any cocktail for your Christmas occasion. If you’re feeling confident there are some real showstoppers but there are also straightforward winter cocktails if you’re making them for a crowd. Enjoy making these winter cocktails as much as we did!
Mulled Cider Fizz
Not just your standard gin-fizz, add a little twist with Franklin & Sons Elderflower Tonic Water with Cucumber and some added ingredients but the taste will bring the party to any Christmas occasion.
Ingredients:
50ml Gin
20ml Lemon Juice
Egg white
20ml Mulled cider reduction
Franklin & Sons Elderflower Tonic Water with Cucumber
Method:
Grab your cocktail shaker and strainer for this one! Shake all the ingredients (excluding the Elderflower Tonic Water with Cucumber) and fine strain into a rocks glass without ice. Top with the tonic water and garnish with a dehydrated apple slice and a cinnamon stick.
Winter, Whisky and Wine
This one is a real showstopper but it’s equally just as delicious without the fancy smoke! The Franklin & Sons Rhubarb Tonic Water with Hibiscus adds a touch of floral notes to this strong in flavour winter cocktail.
Ingredients:
40ml Bourbon
20ml Port
Dash of Chocolate Bitters
Dash of Orange Bitters
5ml Vanilla Sugar Syrup
Franklin & Sons Rhubarb Tonic Water with Hibiscus
Method:
Get your rocks glasses out and build this cocktail over a single block of ice. Garnish with orange peel and a stick of cinnamon. For extra ‘boujeeness’ serve this under a cloche filled with cinnamon and hickory smoke.
Christmas Time Cola
Franklin & Sons 1886 Cola makes for a perfect cocktail mixer or soft drink for those driving over the Christmas period. A simple winter cocktail with ingredients everyone has at home!
Ingredients:
30ml Aged Rum
20ml Amaretto
10ml Fresh lemon juice
Method:
Grab a tall glass (or a highball for its real term) and fill it with ice. Pour all the ingredients into the glass and to add some sparkle to it, garnish with a dehydrated lemon, sugar-coated almonds and a sprig of mint.
Cringle Collins
One for the sweet-toothed cocktail drinker or someone who likes to pick at the garnish (we all love alcohol-soaked fruit). Franklin & Sons Mandarin Mixer with Ginger brings a citrusy twist to this cocktail.
Ingredients:
40ml Gin
10ml Lemon Juice
10ml Pimento Dram
Franklin & Sons Mandarin mixer with Ginger
Method:
Grab a highball and some cubed ice. Pour all the ingredients into the glass and gently stir to mix, crown with crushed ice and garnish with a slice or dehydrated orange and dolly mixture (and try not to eat it).
Yorkshire Snowball
It’s hard not to think of a snowball when it comes to Christmas, so we’ve decided to give it a little twist with Franklin & Sons Rhubarb Lemonade.
Ingredients:
50ml Advocaat
10ml Lemon Juice
Franklin & Sons Rhubarb Lemonade
Method:
Grab a tall glass and fill it with cubed ice, add in the ingredients and garnish with a sprig of mint and a dehydrated lemon slice.
With a side of Cranberry
Cranberries, Christmas and cocktail go hand-in-hand this festive season so why not give this a try? With Sister’s Soda Pomegranate and Hibiscus.
Ingredients:
50ml Gin
2 Bar Spoons of Cranberry Sauce
10ml Lemon Juice
Mint
Sister’s Soda Pomegranate and Hibiscus
Method:
Muddle to cranberry sauce in the bottom of a highball glass and add cubed ice. Leave the Sister’s Soda at one side whilst you shake all the other ingredients and strain. Top with Sister’s Soda Pomegranate and Hibiscus and crown with crushed ice and garnish with mint and cranberries.
