Holiday Drinking !

[Iowagriz]

To compliment KQ's Holiday Baking thread, what is your family's go to drink for the Season? Do you stick with the normal stuff of beer and wine? Or, something special when guests arrive?

My mom has been making this for 40+ years, always remember the guests raving about it and asking for the recipe.

Mom’s Hot Buttered Rum Recipe

1 quart French Vanilla Ice Cream
1 pound powdered sugar
1 pound butter
1 pound brown sugar
2 teaspoon Nutmeg
2 teaspoon Cinnamon

Let ice cream and butter sit until soft. Stir in the rest of the ingredients and blend until smooth. Freeze.

For each drink:
3 tablespoons of batter
1 shot of rum
4 oz of hot water
Sprinkle with Nutmeg

[Iowagriz]

I'd like to see and learn some whiskey recipes. I need to take the time to learn some of those.

[berko]

Looks like someone finally found something more calorie dense than eggnog.

holy shit.

[Supermoon]

I'd like to see and learn some whiskey recipes. I need to take the time to learn some of those.

I don’t know if they will have it this year, but Stumptown makes a cold brew called Holiday Cheer. It’s coffee, milk and a bunch of spices like nutmeg, cinnamon and some others. Mix a bit of whiskey in that and you’ve got yourself a fine holiday cocktail.

[BmillsSkier]

I make these cranberry gin and tonics every year and they’re always a hit. Nice change from the usual bourbon heavy drink rotation during the holidays.

https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/f...cid=inline_amp

[HD333]

We stick with the usual beer, wine, scotch. But make a Christmas Martini for the ladies:
2oz Stoli Vanilla
1oz Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
1/2 oz Peppermint Schnapps

Shaken with ice and poured into martini glass.

Bonus points if you hang a small candy cane on the rim.


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[ghosthop]

I'd like to see and learn some whiskey recipes. I need to take the time to learn some of those.

What kind of whiskey recipes? Old Fashioned and Manhatten are easy, Whiskey Sour with an egg white starts to get a little more exciting. The list goes on..

[Art Shirk]

Equal parts Rich and Rare and Squirt, add ice.

[willywhit]

sailor jerry eggnog, gives you a monday morning headache

[evasive_MT]

This time of year, I dump a bunch of mulling spices and a cinnamon stick and extra cloves into a bottle of bourbon and let it steep for a couple weeks before straining it. The spice level is too intense to drink straight, but it’s a great addition to cider, or lemon Theraflu if you’re under the weather.

I also do a lot of mulled wine.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Equal parts Rich and Rare and Squirt, add ice.

My dad's drink of choice when I was growing up but he liked McNaughton's instead of R&R.

[Art Shirk]

My dad's drink of choice when I was growing up but he liked McNaughton's instead of R&R.

McNaughton's is the best booze sold in plastic. Solid substitution.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

McNaughton's is the best booze sold in plastic. Solid substitution.

It was sold in glass back then, true story.

[BmillsSkier]

I am unaware of either of these spirits. I may have to investigate.

They still sell Squirt?

[Art Shirk]

I am unaware of either of these spirits. I may have to investigate.

Not really advised.

They still sell Squirt?

They even have mexican Squirt!

[MagnificentUnicorn]

I am unaware of either of these spirits. I may have to investigate.

They still sell Squirt?

Yes. It's like trailer park whiskey sour. McNaughton's is similar to Black Velvet, more like rye than bourbon.

Speaking of Black Velvet, my mom is trying to have me get rid of about 50 handles that my step dad brought home from CA last spring before he passed. Not sure what to do, that's a lot of booze.

[Not Neil_Armstrong]

BBI18 Raffle....

Yes. It's like trailer park whiskey sour. McNaughton's is similar to Black Velvet, more like rye than bourbon.

Speaking of Black Velvet, my mom is trying to have me get rid of about 50 handles that my step dad brought home from CA last spring before he passed. Not sure what to do, that's a lot of booze.

[2bjenny]

We keep at least one batch of Rooster Punch in the freeze (1.5 quarts cranberry juice, orange juice concentrate and 2 c. vodka). I like to add champagne to mine Christmas morning for that little extra punch to cope instead of mimosa's.
We also make a milk punch - can't remember the exact recipe, but it's vanilla ice cream, bourbon, rum and brandy with a little nutmeg on top.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

BBI18 Raffle....

I was thinking something along those lines, maybe an auction with proceeds going to NWAC.

[irul&ublo]

Holiday Drinking !

Only to excess

[cravenmorhead]

I made Cherry Bounce last year and I'm still enjoying some of it. Basically, brandy and rum (though you can use most any booze), cherries, maybe raisins, sugar, and maybe cloves, let steep, strain, enjoy.

[Iowagriz]

What kind of whiskey recipes? Old Fashioned and Manhatten are easy, Whiskey Sour with an egg white starts to get a little more exciting. The list goes on..

I honestly need to just start with the Old Fashioned and Manhattan. I've had then before and enjoy then. I just don't have the mixers at home.

New bar opened in Des Moines, based on the newspaper culture in the 60s and the bars they would frequent at the end of the day. I haven't gone to it yet, but believe the drink menu would fit into this thread.

http://hellomarjorie.com


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[KQ]

My dad's drink of choice when I was growing up but he liked McNaughton's instead of R&R.

Holy Moly I forgot all about McNaughton's! I seem to recall that was a whiskey of choice for the HS crowd and yes, it came in glass. Didn't everything in the 80s?


This time of year I drink a lot of sparkling wine. This place makes some good stuff: Treveri Cellars

For Christmas morning I like some peppermint schnapps in my mocha. Yum!

[KQ]

I honestly need to just start with the Old Fashioned and Manhattan.

Two excellent choices! Love an Old Fashioned after a day of skiing and I like my Manhattans perfect, please.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

There's some really good inexpensive Prosecco out there. La Marca and Headsnapper are good.