Making Spirits Bright

North Pole Nog

North Pole Nog

Ingredients

• 6 oz prepared eggnog
• 1 oz spiced rum
• 2 oz bourbon
• Ground cinnamon for garnish
• 1 cinnamon stick for garnish

Instructions

• Stir together spiced rum, bourbon, and eggnog.
• Sprinkle cinnamon on top, and garnish with a cinnamon stick.

Yuletide Mule

Yuletide Mule

Ingredients

• 1 solid Copper mug and ice
• 2 oz gin or vodka
• 4-6 oz ginger beer
• 2 oz cranberry juice
• 1 oz lime juice
• Frozen cranberries for garnish
• 1 rosemary sprig for garnish

Instructions

• Squeeze lime juice into the mug and fill with ice.
• Add gin or vodka, ginger beer, and cranberry juice over the ice.
• Stir everything and then garnish with the cranberries and rosemary sprig. Then enjoy!

Baileys Christmas Coffee

Baileys Christmas Coffee

Serves 2 Prep 5 mins 

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp instant coffee
• 2 tbsp of sugar
• 2 tbsp of hot water
• 2 tbsp of whiskey
• 4 tbsp of Bailey’s Irish Cream or to taste
• ¼ tsp of vanilla extract
• ½ cup of milk
• Chocolate gratings to garnish

Instructions

• Mix the coffee granules, sugar, and water together to combine, then start mixing the ingredients together on a low speed. Gradually increase speed as the mixture thickens until stiff peaks are reached.
• Add milk, whiskey, Bailey’s, and vanilla to a mixing bowl and stir well. Pour into a glass over ice until it’s ¾ full. Spoon a generous amount of the whipped coffee in the remaining ¼ of the glass. Grate the chocolate and garnish the top of the drink.

Naughty or Spice Glühwein

Naughty or Spice Glühwein

Serves 8 Prep 10 mins Cook 10 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups apple cider
• 1 (750-ml) bottle red wine, such as Cabernet Sauvignon
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 orange, zested and juiced
• 4 whole cloves
• 3 star anise
• Oranges, peeled, for garnish

Instructions

• Combine the cider, wine, honey, cinnamon sticks, zest, juice, cloves, and star anise in a large saucepan, bring to a boil and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.
• Pour into mugs or glasses, add an orange peel to each and serve.

Apple Pie Cocktail

Apple Pie Cocktail

Prep 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup Martinelli’s apple juice, heated
• 1 tbsp brown sugar or 1 square Kraft caramel
• 1 tbsp real butter
• 1 ½ oz Buttershots liqueur
• 1 ½ oz Fireball whisky

Instructions

• Melt the butter and sugar or caramel together in a saucepan for multiple servings, or in a coffee mug for a single serving.
• Heat the apple juice as well.
• Stir all ingredients together and serve.

Recipes by Karlie Spiry and Dani McQuillen; photos by Troy McQuillen