New Year’s Eve Cocktails

New Year’s Eve drinks set the tone for the night, so kick off your next 365 of them with one of these sophisticated Cary Grant-Deborah Kerr libations.

Spruce Needle Vodka

A celebratory, Christmas tree-infused cocktail? It’s not blasphemy. It’s the magic of the season. Give us one good reason not to knock back this pine-y potable.

Bourbon Milk Punch

Hello Christmas! Here milk, bourbon, vanilla, and ice cream are whirred in a food processor for a festive drink. A sprinkle of cinnamon is the crowning touch.

Thanksgiving 2010: Coloring Outside the Lines

For Thanksgiving dinner this year, we’ve colored outside the lines and put together a fantastic menu. All the familiar ingredients in unexpected ways.

Cranberry Cosmopolitan

Pity the pilgrims. This cranberry cosmo is a cinch to make and is the colorful sipper for a cozy Thanksgiving day. Sure beats mead.

Maple Leaf Cocktail

For this boozy cocktail, bourbon, maple syrup, and lemon juice are shaken and served with a cinnamon stick garnish. Autumn sipping, anyone?

Rosemary Lemon Drop

Not unlike a lemon drop, this classy cocktail bears lovely herbal notes that make it seem soooooo much more sophisticated. Shake up just one or stir up a pitcher.

Rosemary Tisane

An infusion of herbs, flowers, or leaves, a tisane is essentially herbal tea. Here, have a sip of soothing rosemary and sweet, sweet honey. It’s like a spa treatment for your insides.

Lemon Chill | Sgroppino

This madcap Italian nightcap swirls together a heady mixture of prosecco, vodka, and lemon ice cream, resulting in a ridiculously soothing sipper

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Watermelon Limeade

This limeade is a real thirst-quencher during the dog days of summer when watermelon is at its best. It also makes a killer margarita.

Tinto de Verano

When the weather blisters, Spaniards gravitate toward a cocktail that’s just as classic as sangria and known as Tinto de Verano, or “red wine of summer.”

Simple Syrup

Simple syrup is sugar and water that have been simmered to dissolve the sugar. Drizzle it in drinks, ice tea, and lemonade for a grit-free drink.

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Sweet Tea

The house wine of the South, sweet tea never fails to cool and refresh in gracious Southern style. If you’ve got tea, sugar, lemons, mint, and half an hour, you’ve got sweet tea.

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Ruby Sangria

Sangria is the official Spanish sipper of summer. This drink is as fresh as it’s refreshing. To keep it tidy, the fruit is on skewers and perched on top.

Mexican Mojito

This Mexican mojito, inspired by its Cuban cousin, is sexy and light thanks to smooth white tequila and wisps of mint and sweetness. Now go celebrate.

Martinez

The martinez–a mix of gin, sweet vermouth, maraschino liqueur, and orange bitters–is a subtle, spicy cocktail that’s perfectly blended and balanced.

Gimlet

The gimlet is a cocktail that has caused much disagreement. Fresh lime juice, bottled, or, in this case, a combination of both? A great year-round drink.

Naughty Negroni

The classic Negroni–a mix of Campari, vermouth, and gin–was supposedly named for Count Camillo Negroni. Here the drink is lightened by adding sparkling wine.

Glögg

From the beginning of December on through the New Year, glogg–a spiced wine–is served in Swedish homes on festive occasions or when visitors drop by.

Lemon-Herbsaint Poppers

Leave it to the New Orleans to create a liquor to replace absinthe. These boozy jellied shots are redolent of their namesake citrus and anise-flavored absinthe alternative.

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