What Holiday Cocktail Should You Sip This Season?

Voli Light Vodka Winter Wonderland

Is there anything better than spending the holidays with your closest girlfriends? Celebrate together with a cocktail full of flavor that won’t stretch your waistline (at least not as much as those gingerbread cookies). This delicious treat will set you back only 150 calories and the flavored espresso vanilla vodka even has electrolytes to keep you from getting a holiday hangover.

Recipe:
2 oz Voli Espresso Vanilla

½ oz Bailey's

Shake and Strain

Perrier Jouet Belle Epoque West Side

Having a romantic holiday season this year? Sip on a bubbly, yet gender neutral cocktail. Perrer Jouet champagne sparkles this season by launching its iconic bottle of Belle Epoque, originally designed in 1902. Splurge on the gift set for glasses to serve the cocktail in and you'll be jingling each other's bells all season long.

Recipe:
2 oz. Perrier-Jouet Belle Epoque
11/2 oz. Abslut Citron Vodka
½ oz. simple syrup
1 pinch fresh mint

Pour vodka, syrup and mint into a mixing class. Add ice, cover and shake vigorously for 7-8 seconds. Pour champagne into a chilled glass and pour the cocktail over it.

Brugal Hot Buttered Rum

The usual family holiday can be overbearing. To keep everyone in good spirits, spike the apple cider with dark rum topped off with enough whipped cream to ensure family milk mustaches. Have some young ones at the celebrations? Skipping the alcohol guarantees a festive—and legal—delicacy for all.

Recipe:
2 oz Brugal Añejo Rum
1 teaspoon of honey
½ teaspoon of butter
4 oz hot apple cider
½ oz Allspice dram by St. Elizabeth

Place boiling water into Irish coffee mug or goblet to heat glass while preparing drink and cover the open of glass to really keep hot.  In mixing glass add rum, honey, butter, cider and allspice dram.  Stir vigorously then pour into heated mug. Top with fresh whipped cream, fresh cinnamon and place cinnamon stick in as glass as garnish.

NOLET’S Silver Dry Gin Martini

Been a rough year? Handle the pressure with a stiff and classic martini. Spending it with your in-laws? Gin is the perfect tension anecdote while your mixing skills will impress everyone around. Be sure to stir, despite James Bond's preference, as Manhattan mixologist at JBird Jason Littrell says stirring is for gently introducing water and temperature to the cocktail and prevents tiny ice particles from forming due to the violence of shaking with ice.

Recipe: 1 oz. NOLET'S Silver

Stir NOLET'S Silver with ice in a cocktail shaker (preferably with a Japanese Trident Barspoon). Serve straight up in a martini glass. Garnish with a twist of lemon or your favorite holiday fruit, like a raspberry or cranberry.