Ultimate New Year’s Eve Cocktails

New Year’s Eve is the perfect time to splurge on a few good cocktails and maybe even some top-notch sipping spirits. Here, we bring a few recipes to the forefront just in time for the ball to drop.

Special Mayenda Sipping at Midnight

Turn to Mayenda. This reposado tequila is meticulously crafted with infused agave, resulting in a rich, smooth taste with notes of honey, orange, and caramel. It’s a luxurious addition to any celebration, especially when served with a side of roasted pineapple slices. $75 bottle.

 

Smooth Things Out with Russell’s Reserve

The Russell’s Reserve 10 Year Old Boulevardier uses the small-batch bourbon that is chocked with  vanilla spice and aged in alligator char barrels and offers smooth finish.

• Cocktail Ingredients
  • 1 part Russell’s Reserve 10 Year Old Bourbon
  • 1 part Campari
  • 1 part 1757 Vermouth di Torino Rosso (sweet red vermouth)
  • 1 Orange twist
• Cocktail Method
  • Add all ingredients into a mixing glass with ice.
  • Stir, and strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
  • Garnish with orange twist.

Go Classic with Belvedere Organic Vodka

Turn to organic Belvedere vodka for the ultimate classic cocktail tonight: The Classic One – Belvedere Martinii.

 

Cocktail ingredients:

• 60 ml / 2 oz Belvedere Vodka
• 7.5 ml / 0.25 oz Dry Vermouth

Cocktail Directions:

• Add all ingredients to mixing glass over cubed ice
• Stir for 15/20 seconds to chill and dilute. Strain into a chilled martini glass
• Garnish with a grapefruit twist

$40/bottle

Broken Shed in Fruit Forward style

Have someone in the group who prefers a fruitier indulgence? Look no forther than the Broken Blueberry – using Broken Shed Vodka from New Zealand.

Cocktail Ingredients:

2 oz Broken Shed vodka

0.75 oz fresh lemon juice

0.75 oz blueberry syrum

1 egg white

Cocktail Directions:
Dry shake all ingredients, then shake again with ice.
Double strain into a coupe, and garnish with the blueberries.

Garnish with three blueberries