As Autumn turns to winter one often thinks of the same few cocktails, hot toddies, cider, mulled wine, and all things whisky. If you are a lover of bright effervescent cocktails, you often get left out in the cold. It doesn’t have to be that way. Grab your favorite bottle of bubbles and create one of these fizzy concoctions.
Wintry Night
This cocktail proves sparkling Rosés aren’t just for summer!
4 oz sparkling rosé
½ oz sweet vermouth
1 teaspoon cinnamon simple syrup
Splash of blood orange bitters
Orange peel for garnish
Pour rosé into a white wine glass, gently stir in sweet vermouth, and then simple syrup.
Dash bitters on top.
Rub orange peel on the inside rim of the glass before dropping it into the drink.
Sparkling Pisco Cobbler
This cocktail was designed to be a celebratory drink, but who is to say you can’t celebrate a Tuesday?
1 oz pisco
½ oz triple sec
½ oz lemon juice
2 oz Champagne
1 dash of orange bitters
2 dashes of aromatic bitters
1.5 cups ice
1 lemon wheel (garnish)
½ orange wheel (garnish)
3 blueberries (garnish)
Crush ½ cup of ice
Put crushed ice into a cocktail glass
In a shaker, add pisco, lemon juice, triple sec, and orange bitters with 1 cup of ice
Shake to chill and combine ingredients
Strain the mixture over the top of the crushed ice
Top with Champagne
Float aromatic bitters
Garnish and Enjoy!
Dark Cherry Mimosa
Looking for a winter twist on the classic summer mimosa? Try this dark cherry version!
1 oz grapefruit juice
2 bar spoons of Maraschino cherry syrup, from the jar
3 to 4 oz Prosecco, to top
Grapefruit rind, for garnish
Combine cherry syrup and grapefruit juice in a Champagne flute.
Top with Prosecco
Garnish with grapefruit slice and Maraschino cherry
First Flight
This riff of a French 75 replaces the gin with bourbon.
1 oz bourbon
1/2 oz lemon
1/2 oz orgeat (almond syrup)
2 dashes of Angostura bitters
Champagne
Combine all ingredients in a mixing tin with ice.
Shake and strain into a chilled flute.
Top with Champagne.