How to Have a Spirited Holiday Season in 2020

It goes without saying, but after the way this year has played out...we could all use a drink. But this isn’t the time for cheap booze and puking in the backyard. Regardless of the chaos that 2020 has brought us, we’re in the roaring 20s dammit, and we’re going to drink with enough class to make Gatsby jealous. That said, we’ve got the perfect additions to your personal stash to help take the edge off this year.

Licor 43

Licor 43 derives its taste and golden lustre from an age-old recipe consisting of 43 natural ingredients. The mix of secret ingredients isn’t enough to create Licor 43 though. Only the sum of top expertise, the Zamora family recipe and perfect timings and temperatures can turn all the ingredients into gold.

ESPRESSO 433

Ingredients

• 40 ml Espresso (1 part / 1⅓oz)

• 30 ml Licor 43 Original (1 oz)

• 30 ml vodka (1 oz)

• Ice cubes

Instructions

1. Pour a hot espresso in a cocktail shaker

2. Add Licor 43 Original, vodka and ice cubes.

3. Shake well & double strain

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Perfectly Cordial

Get your mix on! Created with handpicked fresh fruits and a blend of spices, Perfectly Cordial brings no-nonsense cocktail mixers to the home bar, making craft cocktails and mocktails accessible for both the novice and enthusiast bartender. Each Perfectly Cordial premium craft mixer is made from a variety of fresh squeezed juices, a unique global spice blend, and pure cane sugar. Simply mix with your favorite spirit for the perfect cocktail or combine with sparkling water or tonic for a refreshing mocktail. Cocktail hour has never been more delicious!

New Yorker in the Tropics

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz Perfectly Cordial Caramelized Pineapple/Coconut Water

• 2 oz Bourbon or Whiskey

• 0.75oz Red Wine

Instructions

1. Place Caramelized Pineapple/Coconut water and Bourbon or Whiskey in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice. 

2. Shake well and strain into glass filled with ice. Use a bar spoon to lightly float the red wine on top.

ProTips: Because each mixture has a different density, this cocktail will have a layered appearance that guests love.

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Desert Door Sotol Flask

Desert Door — still the only domestically produced sotol on the market — recently released its 200ml flask filled with Desert Door Original Texas Sotol that's ideal for the outdoorsy drink lover, especially as we're continuing to see an uptick in outdoor activity — socially distanced of course. The new flask is made with stainless steel construction and is guaranteed to hold up for dozens of refills, and the carabiner ensures it’s always handy when needed. The flask retails for $14.99 and can be purchased in retailers across Texas and in select states where Desert Door is sold.

DESERT PALOMA

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz Desert Door Original Texas Sotol

• 1.5 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice

• 0.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice

• 0.5 oz Agave Nectar

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients in a shaker. Add ice. 

2. Shake vigorously. 

3. Strain into rocks glass. Add fresh ice and garnish with a grapefruit wheel.

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Simple Goodness Sisters

Looking to elevate your cocktail or mocktail? These Garden to Glass drink syrups use the best ingredients possible to make tasty and easy drinks at home. With these fabulous syrups, become a home botanical mixologist, and impress your family and friends by crafting fun delicious concoctions they’ll want to try themselves. By harvesting goodness straight from the garden and keeping preservatives and chemicals out of all of the recipes, the Simple Goodness Sisters bring a Happier Hour to you.

The Garden Mule

Ingredients

• 1.5 ounces vodka

• .25 ounces Simple Goodness Sisters’ Marionberry Mint syrup

• 3 ounces ginger beer

• 1/6 of a lime, cut into a wedge

• ice (crush it if you feel like it)

• mint or blackberry garnish, optional but pretty!

Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a rocks glass, stir well to combine, squeeze in the lime. That is it.

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Tincup American

American is a classic American whiskey with a bourbon-style profile and bold, spicy notes. Using a blend of Mid-Western rye, corn and malt, the whiskey is aged in American white oak barrels and cut with Rocky Mountain water.  It is best enjoyed with friends following extraordinary moments – the perfect way to celebrate the holidays.

The Secret Ingredient

Whiskey needs no cocktail to be properly enjoyed, BUT if you’re looking for a way to kick things up a notch in the kitchen, put half a cup of Tincup in a frying pan with some butter, salt, pepper, onions and a steak. Place over heat (or hot campfire embers). Allow the whiskey to reduce and the steak to cook fully. Voila!