#Christmas: Serve Up These Yummylicious Cocktails At Your Party

With the festive season round the corner, there will be no end to the number of celebrations and parties with relatives, friends and colleagues, and whether you’ve already got a date or flying solo. Now that Christmas is less than 10 days away, it’s crunch time! So if you’re planning a Christmas party with lots of drinks in tow and you’re out of ideas, then you’re in luck because we’ve picked out some William Grant & Sons yummylicious cocktails that you’d want to be serving up at your Christmas party.

And, you know, impress your friends while you’re at it.

Hendricks Gin – The Hippocras Punch

You need:

1. 1L white wine
2. 350ml Hendrick’s Gin
3. 250ml Chamomile tea
4. ½ pineapple chopped
5. 200g caster sugar
6. 3 cloves
7. 2 cinnamon sticks
8. 4 orange peels
9. 1 tea spoon of white pepper

Method:

Combine all of the ingredients in a small pot and simmer gently for 30 minutes. Pour into a teapot and serve hot in teacups with some Anzac biscuits. Garnish with mint leaves.

Monkey Shoulder – Monkey Fig Sour

You need:

1. 50ml Monkey Shoulder
2. 25ml lemon Juice
3. 10ml Sugar Syrup
4. Dash Egg white
5. 20ml Fig Liqueur
6. 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters

Method:

Shake all ingredients together and double strain into a rock glass. Garnish with lemon wedge and fresh cherry.

Reyka – New Maid

You need:

1. 2 Parts Reyka Vodka
2. ¾ Part Simple syrup
3. 1 Part lime juice
4. Small handful of mint leaves
5. 3 slices of cucumber

Method:

Shake and fine strain into ice rocks glass. Garnish with a mint sprig poked through a cucumber wheel.

Let’s not forget that if you’ve got a bottle of Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum lying around, you could also quickly whip up these Sailor Jerry cocktails! Our personal favourite is the “Shave & a Haircut” 😉

For more information, hit up William Grant & Sons’ website.