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I guess I am really in the holiday spirit because I kept thinking of ideas for holiday cocktails and thought I should make these ideas into an episode.

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00:00 – New Christmas Cocktails
00:44 – Kringle Collins
07:19 – Grannys Gingerbread-tini
10:44 – Santa Sour
16:27 – Merry Christmas

Kringle Collins:
Build in shaker
Add
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Lime Juice
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Lemon Juice
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Cranberry Rosemary Syrup*
2 oz. or 60 ml. Gin
Add ice and shake.
Carbonate drink
Pour into glass
Garnish with a Lime Wheel and sprig of Fresh Rosemary

*Cranberry Rosemary Syrup:
In saucepan
Add
1 part Fresh Cranberries
1 part Water
1 Part Sugar
Handful of Rosemary Sprigs
Boil until sugar is dissolved
Strain into bottle
Easier version: Replace Fresh Cranberries and Water with 1 part Cranberry Juice.

Grannys Gingerbread-tini:
Smash up some Graham Crackers into a powder
Rim glass with Chocolate Syrup and Graham Cracker powder
Build in shaker
Add
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Granny’s Gingerbread Cream Liqueur
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Cognac
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Chocolate Liqueur
Add ice and shake
Strain into glass
Garnish with a Candy Cane

Santa Sour:
Build in shaker.
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Lemon Juice
1 oz. or 30 ml. Simple Syrup
.75 oz. or 22 ml. Amaro Di Angostura
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Bourbon
1 dash of Cardamom Bitters
Egg White
Dry Shake
Add ice and shake again
Strain into glass

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