So tonight I joined the fabulous Josh Zepps on ABC Radio to talk about cocktails for the New Year.
Here’s a few of the cocktails we covered.
For those who haven’t been here before, I’m a writer and a drinker, not a bartender, so I’ve linked to proper recipes from proper bartenders (click on the name of the cocktail).
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Cheers,
Carolyn
Champagne Cocktails for New Year’s Eve
Put a sugar cube in the bottom of a champagne flute, add two drops Angostura Bitters and one part Cognac. Pour over 9 parts Champagne
Mix champagne, cranberry juice and triple sec (Cointreau) to suit your taste
1 part creme de cassis to 9 parts champagne (or plain white wine for a Kir)
Drinking to forget?
6 parts champagne, 3 parts Cognac or gin, 1.5 parts lemon juice, 2 dashes simple syrup (sugar and water)
Throw every hard liquor you have in a glass, add a shot of Coca-Cola. Please don’t drink this, life is too short for shitty cocktails
Drinking to find romance on NYE?
Equal parts gin and sweet vermouth, 2 dashes fernet branca
Equal parts vodka, Amaretto, peach schnapps, orange juice, cranberry juice
Hoping for something better in 2017? (Aren’t we all?)
Equal parts raspberry vodka and sour mix (to make sour mix, dissolve 1 cup sugar in 1 cup boiling water, when cooled, add 1 cup lemon juice and 1/2 cup lime juice), with 0.5 parts peach brandy and 0.25 parts Campari