What's up, my friends? Welcome back to

the channel. Today, I have four winter

style cocktails for you that you can

easily scale up and pre-batch for your

holiday parties this year. The selection

is also pretty wide in terms of flavor

profile, so I'm confident you're going

to have at least one for everyone if you

use those four cocktails as a cocktail

menu for your gettogethers. So, without

further ado, if you are ready, let's go

[music] make some tasty drinks. Let's

go.

First cocktail on the list is the Fenty

York number two. It's an original of

mine and it's inspired by, you got it,

the peppermint [music] York patties.

Last year I made the Fenty York number

one, the OG, but it was made out of a

cacao washed cognac, which is a little

bit time consuming. It was a fantastic

cocktail, but this year I wanted to make

something easier when you just want to

throw four ingredients together and

still have something super tasty. So if

you want to know the OG version, I'm

going to link the video up here. But for

this year version, all you're going to

need is conac, brana, brown caca lure,

and chocolate bitters. Brana is not as

bitter as the fern brana, and it's also

sweeter, which is perfect [music] for

this cocktail.

So, we're going to start in a mixing

glass with 2 oz of conac,

a scanned half ounce of the brankment,

a/4 oz of the brown cacao lure, and

three dashes of chocolate bitters.

Now, we stir for 20 to 30 seconds.

We're going to strain this over a

beautiful ClariS clear cube. And for the

garnish, we're going to crown the

cocktail with a nice chocolate truffle.

So there have it, the Fancy York number

two. Cheers.

So first we're hit with that beautiful

chocolate nose. And then on [music] the

palette we have kind of a stinger

cocktail vibe because of the cognac and

the mint flavor, but it's much rounder.

The sweetness from the cacao liquor and

bitter notes from the chocolate bitters

really make of this drink something

perfectly [music]

balanced dessert like but not too sweet.

I really love this cocktail. Now, like I

said in the intro, all cocktails we're

going to make today can easily be scaled

up for pre-batching. So, if you want a

batch version of this one, you can refer

to the show notes. [music] Now, before

we move on to the second cocktail of the

day, let's talk a little bit about the

sponsor of today's episode, ClariS. So,

yep. When we talk about hosting a

cocktail party or cocktails in general,

we all obsess about the drinks

themselves. Like prepping, batching, and

all that good stuff. But honestly, ice

is [music] just as important because

every drinks need it, whether it's for

shaking, stirring, [music]

or serving. And quality ice is one of

the easiest way to show that you care

about what you're doing. Also, there's

nothing that kills the life faster than

running out of ice halfway through your

cocktail party. So that's why I always

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ice at home. Claris is the only

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this episode. And [music] now, let's

move on to cocktail number two. This

one's a tiki clarified milk punch. A

little bit lower than most tiki

cocktails, which I think is great for

holiday parties. You know, going a

little bit lower in ABV just might give

you more chance at surviving the night.

I called it the low tie shredder. And

while lower in ABV, [music] it's packed

with some tropical goodness. I'm going

to make a small batch today just for

true servings cuz I already have quite a

few meal punches in my fridge. But

what's great with those is they're going

to last almost forever so you [music]

can prep them ahead of time. No worries,

they're still going to be perfect when

it's going to be the time to serve them.

So first in a container we're going to

add 100 mls of Smith and Cross Navy

Strike Rum, 100 mls of Fenino cherry,

100 mls again of cream of coconut, 300

mls of freshly pressed orange juice, 50

mls of all spice drram, and 60 mls of

freshlysqueezed wine [music] juice. As

you can see, it already starts to curdle

because of the cream of coconut, but

we're going to help it by adding an

extra 100 mls of coconut milk. Next,

we're going to filter it through a

double layered cheesecloth. [music]

As always, the first drops are going to

be cloudy. That's normal. You need to

leave some time for the curds to set at

the bottom of the filter. Once it drips

clear to switch vessel and report the

cloudy liquid over the unfiltered mix.

Then [music] you simply leave it

filtering all the way through. And once

it's done, you simply bottle it up and

keep it in the fridge until you need it.

When it's time to serve, gonna take a

nice ClariS ice spear, place it in a

highball glass, add 4 oz of the milk

punch,

top it with 2 oz of sparkling water,

[music] give it a brief stir to combine,

and garnish with a lime wheel. And there

I have it, the low tide shredder.

Cheers.

It's nice and tart, packed with some

coconut flavor and a little bit of fine

from the Jamaican rum, but also from the

cherry, which also adds a little bit of

extra acidity to balance the other

ingredients. The allspice comes through

at the end for a little festive kick,

and the sparkling water makes it lively

and a little bit lighter, which is

perfect for a holiday cocktail [music]

party. So, that's it for the low tie

shredder. Now, let's move on to cocktail

number three, the bitter [music] daisy.

This one has nothing Christmy besides it

color, but if you like a tart, dry

bitter drink, you're going to love it.

I'm going to start in the shaker with 2

oz of blanco tequila,

half an ounce of kari,

[music] half an ouncez again of quality

grenardine,

3/4 of an ouncez of freshlysqueezed lime

juice,

and [music] to balance out those

flavors, a couple of drops of saline.

Now, before we shake, I'm going to use

my ClariS ice press, which has beautiful

designer plates at [music] each end to

engrave some beautiful design in my

clear cube. Then, we shake.

Fine. Strain the cocktail over the ice

and garnish with a lime zest. [music]

And there I have it, a tequila bitter

daisy.

Cheers.

It's nice and tart with the tequila

being the star of the show. But

obviously the camper also is quite

present [music] for that nice

bitterness. And the grenardine balances

everything with that nice sweet fruiness

and adds just a little bit of floral

notes. Now, of course, the color red and

green like this will just look perfect

for a Christmas [music] party. Now, like

for the other ones, if you want to have

the batch version of this one, I'm going

to put it in the show notes. And if you

want to do that, pre-batch it ahead of

time. I highly recommend you

[clears throat] use super juice instead

of fresh [music] juice. That way, it's

not going to oxidize and it's going to

stay good for a longer period of time.

So, now let's move on to the fourth and

final cocktail of the day. Let's make a

Manhattan highball. So, like for the

milk punch today, I'm not going to make

a big batch, but feel free to scale this

up to as many as you want. Just multiply

all the ingredients by the same ratio.

So, what we're going to do is we're

going to make kind of like a classic

Manhattan with small tweaks, a little

bit more spirit, a little bit more

sugar, but in the end, we're still going

to have something lower in ABV than a

classic Manhattan, which again, I

believe is a great idea for a Christmas

party. We're not going to add any

dilution either because the sparkling

water for the highball is going to act

like it. So, first in a bottle, we're

going to add two dashes of mango per

serving, which is going to be six here

or 12 using a small Japanese dasher

bottle like this. Next, we're going to

add a 4 and 1/2 oz or 135 mls of rye

whiskey, 2 oz or 60 mls of sweet vermude

and half an ounce of all spice drram.

Next, you simply place this in the

fridge and wait for the party. For this

one, I like to use my Claris ice press

to make some spheres. And we're going to

need three for each drink. Then, we're

going to add 2 oz and 1/3 of the premix

for each cocktail in our glass. We're

going to top it up with 3 oz of

sparkling water. Give [music] it a brief

stir to combine and garnish with three

cocktail cherries. And there you have

[music] it, the Manhattan eyeball.

Cheers. It is the perfect crossover

between the classic Manhattan and the

whiskey eyeball. Is kind of light and

bold at the same time, but it's sure not

going to knock you off as quickly as a

classic Manhattan, which again, I think

it is a great idea for a Christmas

cocktail [music] party. So, my friends,

this is it for me today. Thank you very

much for watching. Thank you ClariS for

sponsoring this episode. If you guys are

on the market for a professional quality

clear ice maker at home, definitely

check them out. The link is going to be

in the description and the pin comment

below. So [music] once again, thank you

very much for watching. Have a great day

and see you very soon. Cheers.

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