Holiday Cocktails: Get Ready for the Holiday Season

Holidays are all about family and friends. Gathering together around a warm fire to enjoy laughter and, perhaps, your favorite libations. Our holiday cocktails are perfect for your festive gathering–whether it's a big party or an intimate and cozy night by the fire, these cocktails are sure to warm you up on these cold winter nights. 

Ski Lift: Featuring Eight Oaks Barrel-Aged Applejack

Most people consider applejack a spirit to enjoy in the autumn. But our Barrel-Aged Applejack is delicious all-year round. The original American spirit is distilled from locally sourced apple cider. We age our Applejack in once-used Eight Oaks whiskey barrels for at least two years, giving it a beautiful caramel color and rich, whiskey-like flavor.

The Ski Life brings together the warmth of our barrel-aged applejack with the classic holiday flavors of chocolate, cream, and cinnamon. 

Ingredients 

2 oz Eight Oaks Barrel-Aged Applejack 

Hot cocoa 

Warm milk 

Whipped cream 

Sugar and cinnamon mixture

Directions

In a mug add Applejack and hot cocoa of your choice. Fill with warm milk and stir until chocolate is mixed. Top with whipped cream and sprinkle cinnamon sugar mixture on top

Winter Mule: Featuring Eight Oaks American Vodka

Crisp, clean vodka made from our farm-grown wheat. Our vodka is hand-milled onsite, distilled in our 25-foot vodka column, and charcoal filtered for a silky smooth finish.

Eight Oaks American Vodka is the perfect spirit for your Mules. We made our Mule recipe extra special by adding the holiday flavors of cranberry, lime, and rosemary.

Ingredients

2 oz Eight Oaks American Vodka 

1 oz Fresh lime 

3 oz Cranberry juice 

Ginger beer  (We love Goslings’ Ginger Beer!) 

Fresh cranberries 

Lime slice 

Sprig of rosemary

Directions

In a glass or a copper mug with ice add vodka, lime, cranberry juice, and top with ginger beer. Garnish with fresh cranberries, slice of lime and fresh rosemary!

Bootleggers Breakfast: Featuring Eight Oaks Straight Rye Whiskey

Eight Oaks straight whiskey is a bright and slightly spicy whiskey made with 90% rye and 10% corn. Distilled and barrel-aged in New American White Oak barrels, it's a clean and bright whiskey with a hint of dry fruit and honey..

We take the sweet flavors of maple syrup and orange juice and combine it with the spice of the straight rye whiskey to make this one-of-a-kind cocktail.

Ingredients

2 oz Eight Oaks Straight Rye Whiskey

1 oz 100% maple syrup

Fresh orange juice

Orange slice

Cinnamon stick

Directions

In a shaker with ice add all your ingredients, and shake well. Pour into a rocks glass and garnish with an orange slice and cinnamon stick.

Looking for more recipes? Be sure to check out our all-new cocktail book: Our Farm, Your Glass. Pickup yours today at our Farm Distillery & Kitchen, Allentown Fairgrounds, Christkindlmarkt, or online at eightoaksdistillery.com

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