The New Year is here, which means it’s a great time to try some new drinks for 2020! Whatever your preferences are, it can be fun to try a drink outside of your comfort zone. See our list for some new drinks for 2020 which might just become your new go-to drink!
1 1/2 ounces gin
1/2 ounce crème de cacao (white)
1/2 ounce Lillet Blanc
1/4 ounce lemon juice (fresh)
Gather the ingredients. Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well. Strain into a chilled glass.
If you love Lillet, we used it to celebrate our 85th Anniversary too! Get our Platinum Sparkler recipe here.
2 tablespoons coarse sugar
1 teaspoon finely ground coffee
Ice cubes
1-1/2 ounces vodka
1-1/2 ounces Kahlua
1-1/2 ounces Irish cream liqueur
Chocolate syrup, optional
Sprinkle sugar and coffee on a plate. Moisten the rim of a cocktail glass with water; hold the glass upside down and dip the rim into the sugar mixture. Fill a mixing glass or tumbler three-fourths full with ice. Add the vodka, Kahlua, and liqueur; stir until condensation forms on the outside of the glass.
Drizzle chocolate syrup on the inside of the prepared martini glass if desired. Strain vodka mixture into a glass; serve immediately.
10 to 12 ripe figs sliced and stems removed, plus a few extra for garnish
2 tablespoons brown sugar
The juice of 1 lemon
1 750mL chilled bottle of prosecco
In the bottom of a large glass, add the figs, the brown sugar, and the lemon juice. Use a cocktail muddler to mash and muddle the mixture until the figs break down. Add ice to the glass and the fig mixture. Top each glass with prosecco, add a sliced fig and serve!
½ C fresh blackberries
2 Ounces Dry Gin
1 Ounce Blackberry Liquor (optional)
1 Ounce simple syrup or maple or agave
1 1/2 Ounce fresh lemon juice
Ginger Brew or Soda
In a cocktail shaker, muddle blackberries with gin, blackberry liquor, lemon juice, simple syrup or agave, until broken and they release their juice. Double strain, using a fine-mesh strainer, to remove seeds. Fill 3-4 glasses with ice. Divide blackberry-gin mix among the glasses, and top with soda or ginger brew. Garnish with a blackberry and lemon zest.
2 cups diced watermelon (resulting in 1 cup juice)
1/2 cup tightly packed mint leaves
1/2 cup vodka
1/2 cup simple syrup
2 cups seltzer or club soda
Ice
Place several of the watermelon cubes in a sieve over a large bowl. Using the back of a spoon or a muddler, press the watermelon through to extract the juice. Add vodka and simple syrup to the bowl. Stir to combine. Place 5-6 mint leaves in the bottom of 4 glasses. Pour in approximately 1 Tablespoon of the cocktail mix and muddle together. Add 1/2 cup cocktail mix to cups, ice, top off with 1/2 cup seltzer, and stir. Add additional mint leaves to garnish, as well as watermelon cubes if desired.
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