Deck the halls and Decorate your Cocktails

Anyone who knows me knows I have a bit of a bah-humbug streak in me, but this is one Christmas movement I can get behind!

Tim Laird, dubbed America’s Chief Entertaining Officer (CEO) has some tips to make your holiday cocktails as pretty and festive as your freaky-about-Christmas friend’s Christmas decor.

Tim recommends using Tequila and Vodka for your drink bases, because not only do they allow the greatest range of mixability, but they’re generally guaranteed crowd pleasers. You don’t need to stock a ton of mix in order to make a few different drinks which all bring the colors of the season into your glass.

First things first, mix up a pitcher of each of the following and store them in the fridge till well chilled:

The Perfect Margarita Base

1 1/2 oz Herradura Silver Tequila
1 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz simple syrup

Vodka Drink Base

1 1/2 oz Finlandia Vodka
1/2 oz. orange liqueur

Simply keep combining ingredients until you get a full pitcher.

When you’re ready to use the bases, give them a good stir and then pour them into a  rocks glass or a martini glass. There are several options you’ve got to add to your bases to give you some holiday flair. Try pomegranate juice for a pretty red drink, melon liqueur for a delicate green look, blue-raspberry liqueur or Blue Curacao for a blue concoction or add apple cider for gold drinks.

By using mixers which produce red, green, blue and gold drinks, you’ve pretty much covered the colors of the holidays, and you can likely please even the toughest cocktail critic at your next party!

(image source Brown-Foreman)