![]() We say the practicality because, while we’re not generally shot guys, we can appreciate the motivation behind them. The recipe and the practicality of shooters did the rest. RecipeĪt first we thought this was a sponsored video, so finding out it wasn’t was a nice step in convincing us to make this drink. Give them this and there’s nothing they can complain about. It’s hard to believe those people might exist, but they do and sometimes we have to cater to them. It’s fairly strong, so give people a warning and don’t let anyone walk around with a full Solo cup’s worth, but it’ll be a big hit with anyone who likes rum more than they like whiskey. This recipe is for a single drink, but we highly recommend scaling it up and making it into a punch (relatedly, virtually any alcoholic punch is a good idea for your party). For the red wine, we recommend something heavier and unfiltered. All you need is a spoon and a steady pouring hand. And floating red wine on top is easier than it sounds. It should go without saying but we’re talking about a proper whiskey sour, with real lemon and the optional (mandatory) egg white. Really all you need to do is make a regular whiskey sour and float red wine on top of it. The New York Sour is by no means a new cocktail, but it’s a cocktail we rarely hear about despite it being delicious and easy to make. You’ll also need some bitters, but you probably already have those lying around. Not close enough to set the thing on fire, just close enough to get the heat to release some of the rosemary’s scent and flavor. You could make a straightforward one and we’d respect that, but since you’re already feeling like a mixologist, why not change it up? The main change you’ll be making here is the smoked rosemary, which you make by holding a sprig over a glass with ice in it and toasting it with a butane torch. On New Year’s Eve, you’re going to need a drink that won’t get you way too drunk in about two hours. In fact, let’s do all our gin drinks in a row. Why would you ever stop enjoying that kind of flavor combination? Recipe We get why, since there’s still some old-world prejudice we have to shake out of our heads when we drink something pink, but at the same time, the Clover Club is delicious, so who cares? It’s basically a gin sour with raspberry. It’s a drink that used to be wildly popular at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, but fell out of favor once men started thinking twice about the color of their drinks. While we’re on the subject of gin, let’s talk about the Clover Club. The reason we’re suggesting this for New Year’s Eve is to help demonstrate it doesn’t need to be 80+ degrees outside with you sweating on a porch for you to drink a good gin, if that was even something you thought in the first place. Doing do cuts any harshness you might have found in the gin in the first place, so you get to enjoy all of gin’s botanical goodness while enhancing it with its natural companions, lime and cucumber. Otherwise, you’re basically dropping a ton of lime and cucumber into a gin glass. There’s very little in the way of liquid mixers here, with just under an ounce of simple syrup. RecipeĪ Gordon’s Cup will almost convince you to drink gin straight. The only reason we don’t drink it in the summer is because we can never seem to keep enough cider in the house. Besides, how can you complain about a pairing like this one? It takes one delicious seasonal drink (cider) and puts it with a delicious spirit ( bourbon). ![]() But if we’re hosting, we’re going to make what we want to drink. This one’s a personal favorite of ours and our friends are probably sick of coming over and finding out we have yet another pot of it on the stove. By putting brandy and bitters into your champagne, you turn it into a drink worth savoring rather than a fizzy glass of wine you suffer through for the sake of the party’s atmosphere. And honestly, the champagne cocktail tastes better anyway. It’s more that we wanted to remind people that champagne can be drunk in more ways than NASCAR victory spray and straight from the bottle as the clock strikes twelve. We’re not exactly revolutionizing how people drink champagne on New Year’s Eve with this suggestion. Here are the cocktails you should drink this New Year’s Eve. Let’s class up the party with a few cocktail options that’ll have people drinking and feeling like adults, not college freshman. We think it’s time to change a bit of that. New Year’s Eve is usually a night defined by shots and straight champagne, quickly followed by decisions that wouldn’t have been made on literally any other night of the year.
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