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Holiday Drink Recipes from 4 of the World’s Most Fabulous Bars

The mixologists at some of world’s most enticing hotels and restaurants share their recipes for alluring seasonal cocktails

By Jill Sieracki

December 21, 2018

Nutcracker figurine holding a cocktail glass on a brass tray with a bouquet against a warm red background. — Photo: Courtesy of the NoMad Los Angeles

’Tis the season to celebrate with family and friends over a cup of holiday cheer (or two or three). For some, that means breaking open a robust bottle of Bordeaux; for others, it’s popping the cork on a jeroboam of sparkling champagne. However, many exuberant hosts like to flaunt their craft cocktail skills at a festive home fête.

Galerie asked the mixologists at some of the world’s finest hotels and restaurants for a seasonal recipe sure to wow at your next holiday gathering.

Nutcracker doll holding stemmed glass beside decorative greenery on brass tray with pink background. — Into the Woods.

Into the Woods
Courtesy of the NoMad Los Angeles

1 egg white
½ oz. maple syrup
¾ oz. lemon juice
1 oz. Brovo Douglas Fir
1½ oz. Dolin Blanc

Combine all the ingredients in a mixing tin, dry shake them together, shake with ice, and double strain into a coupe glass.

Cocktail in a glass with large ice cubes, topped with skewered dried figs on a wooden table. — The Fig Fashioned, available at the Regent Cocktail Club at Gurney’s Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa. Courtesy of Gurney’s Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa

Fig Fashioned
Courtesy of The Regent Cocktail Club at Gurney’s Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa

1.5 oz. Hard Label Whiskey infused with figs
0.5 oz. cynar
0.25 oz. punt e mes
0.25 oz. cinnamon-infused simple syrup
1 dash orange bitters
1 dash anglo bitters

Decorative hot chocolate topped with whipped cream, chocolate curls, and a graham cracker marshmallow square on a table. — Like Butter, a rich reimagining of a holiday hot chocolate. Courtesy of The Ritz-Carlton Reynolds, Lake Oconee

Like Butter
Courtesy of The Ritz-Carlton Reynolds, Lake Oconee

1.5 oz. peanut-butter-infused Knob Creek Bourbon
1 oz. Benjamin Prichard’s Sweet Lucy Bourbon Cream Liqueur
2 dashes Bitter Truth Chocolate Bitters
0.25 cup Valrhona Chocolate Guanaja 70%
5 oz. 2% milk
3 oz. heavy cream
Garnish with s’more and chocolate flakes.