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4. Determine easy drink options. Make-ahead
punches, pitcher drinks, and simple cocktails ease
party-time workload.
* Hot buttered rum: Combine equal parts
molasses, brown sugar and butter to six parts
spiced rum in a metal pot. Add 10 parts boiling
water and stir. Serve in individual mugs with a cinnamon
stick as a stir stick.
* Wassail: Combine 1 gallon of apple cider, 2
cups orange juice, 1 cup lemon juice and ½ cup
sugar in a large pot on the stove or a slow cooker.
Add 2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1 teaspoon cloves, 1
teaspoon nutmeg and 3 whole star anise. Simmer
for several hours. When guests arrive, add brandy
to taste (from ½ to 3 cups) and serve. Garnish with
cinnamon sticks or whole star anise.
* Eggnog: pre-made eggnogs, including some
Gather your spirits-the liquids,
the foods and the warmth of
laughter and love-to create
memories that last for years.
with liquor, are satisfying and simple.
* If you prefer cocktails, focus on a few simple,
stirred drinks. The 12 cocktails below can all be
made with only 11 ingredients: vodka, whiskey,
gin, rum, Campari and wine, plus cola, ginger ale,
tonic water, soda water and limes for juice and
garnish. Set out recipe cards for guest DIY
reference.
Cuba Libre (aka Rum and Coke, plus lime wedge)
Whiskey and Cola (plus lime wedge)
Moscow Mule (vodka, lime juice, and ginger ale,
lime wedge)
Irish Buck (whiskey and ginger ale, lime wedge)
Dark 'n' Stormy (dark rum and ginger ale, lime
wedge-traditionally made with ginger beer; however,
ginger ale simplifies stocking the bar if you're
serving Moscow Mule and Irish Buck)
Gin & Tonic (plus lime wedge)
Vodka Tonic (lime squeeze and garnish-and/or
lemon, if you wish)
Campari & Tonic (plus lime wedge)
Vodka Rickey (vodka, lime juice and soda water,
lime wedge)
Gin Rickey (gin, lime juice, and soda water, lime
wedge)
Campari & Soda
Wine Spritzer or Wine Cooler (wine with club
soda, tonic water or lemon-lime soda; some variations
may be garnished with a lime wedge)
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