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Cocktails from Around the World to Enjoy this Holiday Season

by Mary Melnick

Dec 17, 2021

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Celebrate the holiday season with these delicious, themed cocktails from hotels around the world!

 

Grinch Cocktail

Key West’s Southernmost Beach Resort offers a sense of old Southern charm and tons of festive surprises. Although there are plenty of holiday drinks to choose from, the signature Grinch cocktail is the way to go! Whether enjoying it on property or at home, you won’t be disappointed.

 

Ingredients:

  • 5 ounces Midori
  • 1 ounce white rum
  • Sprite
  • Cherry to garnish

 

Combine the Midori and white rum in a cocktail shaker with ice, then shake thoroughly to combine the mixture. Strain into a short glass and top it off with Sprite. Lastly, garnish the drink with a cherry.

 

(Naughty) Hot Chocolate

A Christmas Eve tradition in Iceland consists of giving and receiving books and spending the evening curled up with a good book and a cup of hot chocolate. Hotel Ranga has come up with the perfect naughty hot chocolate to end the day.

 

Ingredients:

  • 1 ounce Stroh
  • Hot Chocolate A La Hotel Ranga (recipe below)
  • Lightly whipped cream
  • Chocolate flakes

 

Hot Chocolate A LA La Hotel Ranga

 

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup cream
  • 2 cups dark chocolate
  • ½ cup sugar

 

Boil milk and cream in a pot until it starts boiling, then set aside. Add 300 grams dark chocolate and 100 grams sugar. Mix in with the milk until all the chocolate is melted, then add a shot of  Stroh to make it naughty. Serve with whipped cream and a sprinkle of chocolate flakes.

 

The Spiced Apple Pie

This holiday season, Hilton Aventura Miami is debuting a limited-edition signature cocktail, the Spiced Apple Pie. Even if you can’t make it to the hotel this holiday season, enjoy some of the holiday magic at home with this recipe bound to warm your hearts.

 

Ingredients:

  • 25 ounces Apple Pie Moonshine
  • .25 ounces spiced cinnamon-chili syrup
  • 2 ounces Broski Crisp Cider

 

Add ingredients together and shake a couple of times, then strain into a glass. Garnish with a dehydrated apple slice.

 

Red Pearl Fizz

Bonaire, the Dutch Caribbean Island, is the perfect place to spend the holiday season with its warm weather, rainbow architecture and more. Eddie Trenidad, owner of the newest and chicest bar, Tiki & Co., created the Red Pearl Fizz with the holiday season in mind. Guests can enjoy the cocktail on the island or at home.

 

Ingredients:

  • 50 milliliters Worthy Park Select Rum
  • 25 milliliters St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur
  • 10 milliliters black cherry syrup
  • 20 milliliters lime juice
  • 15 milliliters pineapple juice
  • 3 dashes of cranberry bitters
  • Egg white

 

Add all ingredients in a shaker, shake without ice first, then add ice and shake again. Double strain in a wine glass and garnish as you please.

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