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10 Christmas holiday cider drinks
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There is something comforting about winter cocktails and drinks featuring fragrant apple cider.
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By That's the Spirit
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For your convenience, we've gathered together the following 10 Christmas holiday cider drinks, some featuring other apple-fermented bases such as applejack or calvados, to add just that little extra touch to your holiday gathering. So put a happy holiday bounce in your step and a yuletide smile on your face with a cider cocktail this Christmas season. Happy holidays!
1. JACK'S APPLE
Ingredients:
4 oz hot apple cider
1-1/2 oz applejack
1 tsp honey
1 oz sugar syrup or to taste
Pinch cinnamon
Pinch nutmeg
Slice of baked apple
Mixing instructions:
Heat applejack and cider in a saucepan and stir in honey until dissolved. Pour into a warmed, heat-proof mug and sprinkle with ground nutmeg and cinnamon. Garnish with baked apple slice.
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2. RASPBERRY SPIKED APPLE ALE
Ingredients:
4 oz apple cider
4 oz Beer Splash raspberry liqueur
Mixing instructions:
In a beer glass or stein add equal parts cider and beer. Top with a splash of raspberry liqueur.
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3. INDIAN SUMMER
Ingredients:
5 oz hot apple cider
2 oz apple schnapps
Cinnamon stick
Pinch confectioner's sugar
Pinch powdered cinnamon
Mixing instructions:
Wet the rim of a heat-proof mug and roll in a mixture of half cinnamon and half sugar. Add warmed apple schnapps and mix in mug with hot apple cider. Garnish with cinnamon stick.
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4. HAPPY APPLE
Ingredients:
3 oz apple cider
1/2 oz lemon juice
1-1/2 oz gold rum
Lemon peel
Mixing instructions:
Mix all ingredients, except lime peel, with cracked ice in a shaker or blender and pour into a chilled old fashioned glass. Twist lime peel over drink and drop into glass.
5. CANADIAN APPLE
Ingredients:
Several pinches powdered cinnamon
1/2 oz calvados
1-1/2 oz Canadian whisky
1-1/2 tsp sugar syrup
1 tsp lemon juice
Lemon slice
Mixing instructions:
Mix all ingredients, except lemon slice, with cracked ice in a shaker or blender. Pour into a chilled old fashioned glass. Garnish with a slice of lemon.
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