Baby it’s cold outside. That was an understatement today and here are some cold weather drinks to take off the frost when a glass of your favorite liqueur simply will not do.
Bon Appetit!
Steaming Bull
2 oz. Tequila
2 oz. Beef bouillon
4 oz. Tomato juice
splash lime juice
Dash of Worcestershire sauce
Heat ingredients except tequila in a saucepan. Do not boil. Pour into mug and add tequila.
Hot Sultry Zoe
1 oz. Tequila
1/2 oz. Galliano
5 oz. Hot chocolate
2 oz. Cream
Pour tequila, Galliano, and hot chocolate into an Irish Coffee glass or mug. Stir gently. Add cream by pouring it over the back of a spoon so that it floats on top.
Hot Wine Lemonade
1 1/2 oz. Red wine
1 oz. Lemon juice
1 tbs. Fine sugar
4 oz. Boiling water
In an Irish Coffee glass or mug, dissolve sugar in a splash of water. Add the wine and lemon juice. Stir. Fill with water. Stir well. Garnish with a lemon twist.
Hot Toddy
2 oz. Bourbon
4 oz. Boiling water
1 tbs. Fine sugar
splash lemon juice
dash ground cloves
dash cinnamon
In a coffee mug, dissolve the sugar and spices in 1 oz. of the boiling water. Stir. Add the lemon juice, bourbon, and the rest of the water. Stir well.
Chimney Fire
1 1/2 oz. Amaretto
4 oz. hot cider
Cinnamon
Pour ingredients into an Irish Coffee glass or mug. Stir. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
Mulled Wine
6 oz. Red wine
splash brandy
1 tbs. Fine sugar
splash lemon juice
2 whole cloves
1 dash cinnamon
Combine ingredients in a saucepan and heat to simmer. Do not boil. Stir well. Pour into a coffee mug.
Gluhwein
6 oz. red wine
1 tsp. Honey or to taste
one cinnamon stick
one lemon slice
one orange slice
three cloves
dash nutmeg
Combine ingredients in a saucepan and heat to a simmer. Do not boil Pour into mug.
Hot Buttered Rum
2 oz. Rum
1 1/2 oz. Brown sugar
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1 tbs. Butter
4 oz. milk
dash salt
Nutmeg
Heat milk in a saucepan, being careful not to boil. Combine sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a mug. Add rum and butter. Pour in hot milk. Sprinkle with nutmeg.