Easy Ginger Beer Apple Cider Christmas Bourbon Cocktail
Even Santa’s trusty elves earn themselves a well-deserved sleigh break. As a toast to all their hefty holiday helping, I’ve mixed up an easy Sleigh Break Christmas bourbon cocktail that will leave them singing carols by the fire.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1½ oz Bourbon - your favorite good quality bourbon
- 2 oz Apple Cider - pure apple cider
- ½ oz Maple Syrup - 100% pure maple syrup
- ½ oz Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
- Ginger Beer - premium Fever Tree ginger beer for topping off
- 1 to 2 Cinnamon Sticks - for stirring and garnishing
- 1 spoonful Fresh Cranberries - for garnishing - frozen
- Cinnamon Sugar - for garnish cocktail rim
- 3 to 4 Red Apple Slices - for garnish
Instructions
- Swipe your rocks glass and dip into a little combination of cinnamon sugar. (About 1 tsp white sugar mixed with 1/8 tsp (or pinches) ground cinnamon. Stir to combine on a flat plate and dip to coat the rim of the glass. Set aside.
- In a cocktail shaker, splash in bourbon, maple syrup, fresh lime juice, and apple cider.
- Fill cocktail shaker about halfway with fresh ice cubes and shake well. Shake vigorously until cocktail is combined and ice cold.
- When shaken and combined, pour into a rocks glass. Top off with the ginger beer.
- Garnish with fresh cranberries, red apple slices, and a cinnamon stick. Additionally, add a dusting of cinnamon sugar on top.
- Serve ice cold. Serve immediately.
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