Cocktails Recipes

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Fruit lambic beers are tart Belgian brews fermented with wild yeasts and aged with crushed fruit or fruit juices. A mix of peach and raspberry lambics makes a drink that sounds like dessert but tastes like an aperitif.

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

Sip this festive sparkler - a Champagne twist on a Cosmopolitan - before dinner or while you enjoy the first course.

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Similar to a Black Velvet, which is made with Guinness and Champagne, this beer cocktail has a double hit of apples from both hard cider and apple brandy. Hence, the name, derived from Eve's penchant for the forbidden fruit.

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From Better Homes and Gardens

It just takes two ingredients to make a colorful splash at holiday parties.

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Toast the Christmas holiday with this champagne and pear juice drink recipe.

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Find ruby red pomegranate seeds in the refrigerated section of many markets. Use them as edible baubles on Christmas cocktails, including this one with sparkling wine.

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From Heart-Healthy Living

Club soda makes this sweet mint-flavored drink festively fizzy. Try it for holiday parties.

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

Sweet iced tea is a southern staple. Adding fresh lemon and orange juice transforms it into a punch that can be made even more festive with a splash of vodka.

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From Tyler Florence

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From The Food Channel

The champagne cocktail -- simple, yet elegant. A delightful special occasion drink.

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From Ladies' Home Journal

Make this bright red fruit and alcohol drink as a holiday cocktail or for a Valentine's Day dinner.

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From Better Homes and Gardens

Vanilla Sugar, made simply by placing a split vanilla bean in sugar, makes a sweet coating on the glass rims. It should be made several weeks before you plan to use it.

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Chilled champagne and pineapple juice combine for a bubbly tropical drink designed for Christmas celebrations.

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This classic drink contains gin and fizzy sparkling water with a splash of lemon juice.

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Three ingredients make this champagne drink easy to celebrate. It's holiday blush makes it ideal for Christmas and New Year's celebrations.

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Use apple juice to give a rich golden color to this spiced sipper.

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This cold-weather drink brings together two favorite Christmas flavors--Irish coffee and eggnog.

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From EatingWell

Make the base for these pomegranate cosmopolitans ahead of time and shake individual cocktails "to order." Or for individual drinks, combine 3 tablespoons (1 1/2 ounces) each pomegranate juice and vodka, 4 teaspoons lime juice, 1 tablespoon Cointreau, 1 1/2 teaspoons ginger juice and 1/2 teaspoon sugar.

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From Ladies' Home Journal

Dip the wet rims of champagne glasses into colored sugar to make these sparkling wine and fruit drinks.

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

This beer cocktail is simple and delicious. For an even simpler version--the Chelada--salt the rim of an ice-filled pint glass, add light lager and fresh lime juice, and enjoy.

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From Better Homes and Gardens

Substitute cranberry juice for orange juice and you have a special sipper ideal for Christmas or New Year's brunch.

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Let the rich scent of spices fill the air. After cooking, leave the saucepan uncovered for a minute or two before transferring the drink to a carafe for serving.

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From EatingWell

You'll feel like you're on a tropical getaway with this refreshing strawberry-coconut cocktail. To keep it cool in warmer weather, freeze fresh berries for 30 minutes before blending. Variation: For a nonalcoholic version, omit the rum and add 1/2 cup additional strawberries.

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Raspberry syrup and red raspberries floating in champagne make an irresistible Christmas mixed drink.

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