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Hot Mixology Recipes

Hard Cider

  • 1½ oz. Maker’s Mark Bourbon
  • 1 oz. fresh pressed apple cider
  • ¼ oz. simple syrup
  • 1 oz. sparkling cider
  • lemon wedge &
  • 2 thin slices fresh ginger
  • Garnish: thin apple wedge & cinnamon stick

DIRECTIONS

Muddle ginger, lemon wedge, and simple syrup. Add bourbon and fresh pressed cider. Shake with ice in shaker. Strain and garnish with cinnamon stick and apple wedge. Top with sparkling cider.

Vert Chaud

  • 2 oz. Dolin Génépy liqueur
  • 8 oz. hot cocoa

DIRECTIONS

Combine in a warmed mug. Top with whipped cream or marshmallows to taste.

Other delicious options with your coffee or hot cocoa:

Including other delicious options for your coffee or hot cocoa:

Mulled Wine

  • dry red wine – Silk & Spice Red Blend recommended
  • 1 orange, zested & juiced
  • ¼ cup brandy – St Remy recommended
  • ¼ cup honey
  • 8 cloves
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 2 star anise

DIRECTIONS

Combine wine, honey, cinnamon sticks, orange zest, juice, cloves and star anise in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes. Pour into mugs, garnish with orange peel and serve.

Hot Toddy (traditional)

  • 8 oz. boiling water
  • 4 cloves
  • 1 lemon twist
  • 2 tsp. Demerara sugar (or brown sugar)
  • ¼ oz. lemon juice
  • 2 oz. Woodford Reserve Bourbon

 

DIRECTIONS

Fill a mug with boiling water, let stand a minute or two to warm. Meanwhile, stick the cloves into the lemon twist and set aside. Empty the mug and fill about halfway with fresh boiling water. Add the sugar, stirring to dissolve. Add the prepared lemon twist and stir. Add the lemon juice and bourbon and stir again.

Featuring Hot Toddys 3 Ways:

The New York Apple Toddy

  • ½ cup hot black tea
  • 1 oz. Larceny Bourbon
  • 1 oz. Boulard VSOP Pays d’Auge Calvados 
  • 3/4 oz. fresh lemon juice
  • ½ oz. honey
  • cinnamon sticks and apple slices
  • for garnish (optional)

DIRECTIONS

Mix all liquid ingredients together in your favorite mug. Garnish and enjoy!

The Tropical Toddy

  • ½ cup hot black tea
  • 1 oz. Templeton Rye Whiskey
  • 1 oz. Planteray Pineapple Rum
  • 3/4 oz. Giffard Passion Fruit Liqueur
  • Garnish: cinnamon stick and coconut flakes (optional)

DIRECTIONS

Mix all liquid ingredients together in your favorite mug. Garnish and enjoy!

The London Toddy

  • ½ cup hot Earl Grey tea
  • 2 oz. Jack Daniel’s Honey 
  • ½ oz. fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • ½ oz. Sonoma Syrup Company Lavender Syrup 
  • lemon wheel for garnish (optional)

DIRECTIONS

Mix all liquid ingredients together in your favorite mug. Garnish and enjoy!

Hot Buttered Rum

  • 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 cups light brown sugar
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp. grated nutmeg
  • pinch ground cloves
  • pinch salt
  • dark spiced rum —Kraken or Captain Morgan Spiced Rum recommended
  • boiling water

DIRECTIONS

In a bowl, cream together butter, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt. Refrigerate until almost firm. Spoon about 2 tablespoons of the butter mixture into small mug. Pour about 3 ounces of rum into mug (filling about halfway). Top with boiling water (to fill the remaining half), stir well, and serve immediately.

Irish Coffee

  • 2 oz. Jameson Irish Whisky
  • 4 oz. Strong Brewed Coffee
  • 1 Tbsp. Brown sugar or Demerara syrup
  • 2 Tbsp. Heavy Whipping Cream, whipped

DIRECTIONS

In the bowl of an electric mixer add cold whipping cream and beat until very soft peaks have formed. The whipped cream should be thickened but still light and spoonable. Set aside once ready.

 

Set out 2 traditional Irish coffee mugs (or 2 coffee cups) and add 1 Tbsp. of dark brown sugar into each cup. Pour 4 oz. of hot coffee into each glass and stir to help dissolve the brown sugar. Pour in 2 oz. of Irish whiskey into each glass. Carefully spoon whipped cream onto the top of the coffee. You should have a 1-2-inch-thick topping of whipped cream.