Our Guide to: The 7 Best Christmas Cocktails

Tis’ the season to be festive, and you can’t be festive without some festive style cocktails. We’ve rounded up 8 of the very best Christmas Cocktails, so that you can impress your dinner guests this season… 

Festive Style Cocktails 

1. Vegan Eggnog

Ingredients: 

• 25g pitted dates
• 25g cashew nuts
• 25g dried apricots
• ¼ tsp mixed spice
• 100ml brandy
• 1 vanilla pod seeds
• 1l almond milk

Method: 

1. Soak the dates, cashews, apricots and spices in brandy overnight 
2. In the morning, tip the mixture into a blender, adding the vanilla seeds and almond milk. Blitz mixture until smooth, and pour into tall glasses. You can also add nutmeg and ice to serve. 

2. Hot Buttered Rum 

Ingredients: 

• 2 parts rum (extra points if you use BBR)
• 1 ½ teaspoons brown sugar
• 3 cloves (optional)
• ¼ part butter
• Cinnamon stick to garnish

Method:

1. Melt the butter, sugar and cloves in a pan over low heat. 
2. Turn off the heat and add the rum, stirring well. Using a sieve, pour the mixture into a mug or glass and top with hot water. Garnish with a cinnamon stick. 

3. Christmas Rum Punch 

Ingredients: 

• 1 bottle rum (extra points if you use BBR)
• 6 oranges, cloves
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 2l sweet apple cider 

Method: 

1. Bake oranges until soft 
2. Place the oranges in a bowl and add rum and sugar. Set fire to the rum and slowly add the cider to extinguish the flames. Stir in cinnamon and keep the mixture hot. 

4. Apple Smoked Old Fashioned

Ingredients: 

• 50ml Burning Barn Smoked Rum
• 15ml Apple Cinnamon Moonshine
• Drop of Fresh Apple Juice
• 10ml Sugar Syrup
• Bitters 

Method: 

1. Combine all of the ingredients in a glass and stir well until combined. 

5. Hot Toddy 

Ingredients: 

• 1 ½ parts Whisky
• ⅓ part Honey syrup
• 3 parts hot water
• 3 dried cloves per glass
• Freshly squeezed lemon juice
• Cinnamon sticks - to garnish each glass

Method: 

1. Combine the whisky, ​honey ​syrup, hot water and cloves in a g​lass and stir gently until combined. ​
2. Squeeze in lemon juice, remove the cloves, and garnish with ​a​ cinnamon stick.​

6. Mulled Wine 

Ingredients: 

• 750ml red wine
• 1 sliced clementine
• 1 Cinnamon stick
• 1 star anise
• 3 dried figs
• 3 black peppercorns
• 50ml brandy 

Method: 

1. Pour the red wine into a large saucepan, adding the clementine, cinnamon, star anise, figs, and peppercorns. Heat until simmering. 
2. Take the spices and peppercorns out of the mixture, and stir in the brandy. Pour into glasses or mugs to serve. 

7. Bonus - Orange and Cranberry Spritz Mocktail 

Of course, not everybody drinks alcohol. So, if you are one of those people then this one’s for you: 

Ingredients: 

• 500ml Orange Juice
• 400ml Sparkling Elderflower
• 500ml Cranberry Juice 

Method: 

1. Mix together the orange and cranberry juice.
2. Slowly pour in the elderflower drink and serve with ice 

Whether your prefer wine, rum or whiskey, there are cocktails out there for everyone. Let us know if you try any of the above cocktails, by tagging us on Instagram @burningbarnrum 

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