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7 Best Cocktails to Mix for New Year's Eve Celebrations - Robb Report

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No matter what stage of life you are in, there is one liquid truth: Champagne is, in itself, a celebration.

The sight of a Champagne bottle is enough to ask a “What’s the occasion?” and the sound of a popping cork makes grown adults squeal with delight, like children at a magic show. You could be in your early twenties, rolling out of bed on a Saturday for Mimosas to commemorate the end of the semester, or you could be an industry titan, toasting for record quarterly profits, but either way, it’s a is Champagne that enlivens the spirit.

So what else could we drink on New Year’s Eve? Sparkling wine is the only appropriate choice. Luckily for us, it folds cocktails like a dream, combining the delicacy and novelty of cocktails with the festive effervescence of wine. From a light touch like the Champagne cocktail to a transformed experience like the Old Cuban, here are seven sparkling wine cocktails to ring in the new year.

Death in the afternoon

death in the afternoon cocktail champagne absinthe

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This cocktail is an Ernest Hemingway original, and at this point we humbly offer some advice: Never follow the author’s cocktail recipes to the letter. His version is a superb double-shot of absinthe to which is added almost a full glass of champagne, an almost undrinkable concoction with enough alcohol to tranquilize a bull. Far better, we write, is to “flipped those ratios,” making a sparkling wine drink with just a little absinthe and a perfect pre-dinner aperitif. Find out if it all started as a joke hereor prepare it yourself first with the recipe below:

  • 5.5 oz. Prosecco, chilled
  • 0.25oz. Absinthe

Combine ingredients in a coupe or champagne glass. Garnish with a lemon twist or nothing at all.

Airmail

Cocktail by plane

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Airmail sounds modern, but it’s almost as old as airmail itself – airmail (the postal service) made such a splash in culture, it was only a matter of time before they only give a drink its name. This is a riff on the classic French 75, with three changes: rum instead of gin, lime instead of lemon, and honey instead of sugar. This makes a cocktail familiar yet distinct, refreshing yet profound, “one of those drinks,” we write, “that is interesting enough to hold your attention, but not strong enough to demand it.” Make one for yourself to accompany dinner using the recipe below, or check out the best rum to use here.

  • 1 oz. Rum
  • 0.5oz. lime juice
  • 0.5oz. honey syrup (2:1)
  • 2 to 3 oz. sparkling wine

Shake rum, lime and honey syrup over ice for 6-10 seconds. Add the sparkling wine, then strain into a tall glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a slice of lime or frankly nothing at all.

French 75

Refreshing French 75 Cocktail

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The French 75 is about as simple as it gets – gin, lemon, sugar and champagne – but it would be more accurate to call it. fundamental. It is, we write, “a bright and charming drink, a first-rate crowd pleaser, with the kind of protean simplicity that both encourages and rewards experimentation.” And while some of its children are good enough to feature in this very article, French 75 has reigned as the king of sparkling wine cocktails for nearly 100 years. Check out the three best versions hereor just do our favorite to end dinner with, below.

  • 1 oz. London Dry Gin (I use Beefeater)
  • 0.5oz. lemon juice
  • 0.5oz. simple syrup (1:1)
  • 3 oz. Champagne

First shake three ingredients over ice. Strain into a chilled flute and garnish with about 3 oz. of chilled champagne.

Old Cuban

Alcohol Refreshing Old Cuban Cocktail

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Among champagne cocktails, the Old Cuban is in a class of its own. Most cocktails that incorporate bubbles lean into the bright electricity of sparkling wine, while the Old Cuban – a bouquet of aged rum, lime and mint, sugar and bitters – is a bargain. deeper and more seductive, we write, “round and fragrant”. . with vanilla and oak that moves it from poolside inward, like under a slowly spinning ceiling fan in a smoky room. We feel, let’s face it, both old and Cuban. Find out why it’s actually neither of those things. hereor make some after dinner according to the recipe below.

  • 1.5oz. old rum
  • 0.75oz. lime juice
  • 0.75oz. simple syrup
  • 6-8 mint leaves
  • 2 dashes of Angostura Bitters
  • 2oz. sparkling wine

Add all ingredients except wine to a cocktail shaker with ice, shake well for 10-12 seconds and strain into a flute or stemmed cocktail glass. Drizzle with wine and garnish with a mint leaf or sprig.

Bellini

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Bellini’s are perfect for the late afternoon of New Year’s Eve, as a first drink to get into the evening. It’s been a staple of the Italian cocktail scene since it was invented in Venice in the 1940s and it’s as simple as a mimosa – just three parts wine to one part peach puree – proving, we write, that “a bright, light, slightly sweet . ” A sparkling wine cocktail is never more than a few pours away.” Find here how much of your savings you’d have to use up to drink them at Harry’s Bar in Venice, or just make one yourself according to the recipe below.

  • 1.5oz. white peach puree
  • 4.5 oz. Prosecco

To start, make sure your peach puree and Prosecco are cold in the fridge and your glasses are frozen, if possible. For easiest results, mix the ingredients together in a separate shaker or container and stir to incorporate. Once the froth disappears, pour gently into chilled juice glasses or flutes and enjoy.

Champagne-Cocktail

Champagne Cocktail Recipe by Jason O'Bryan

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Who could say no? The Champagne Cocktail is the father of them all, immortalized in the very first cocktail book in 1862, but modern palates might find it a little confusing. It’s champagne with a dash or two of spiced Angostura Bitters and a lump of sugar, basically an Old Fashioned, with sparkling wine instead of whisky. And while we might prefer some of the other drinks on this list, none of them say New Year’s Eve quite as vigorously as this one. Grab one at the stroke of midnight with the recipe below, or click here to find out why Prosecco works better here than Champagne.

  • 1 sugar cube
  • 1-2 dashes of bitters
  • 5-6 oz of Prosecco or other sparkling wine

Saturate the sugar cube with bitters, about a dash or two. Place the sugar cube soaked in bitters in a goblet, fill with sparkling wine and garnish with a lemon twist.

Mimosa

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Mimosa may not win the Oscar for best brunch, but it wins the People’s Choice Award year after year. As the simplest sparkling wine cocktail ever created, mimosas outshine the others, but this ease and ubiquity can sometimes breed contempt (for example, if you’ve ever had a mimosa, you’ve probably had a bad one) . That being said, a well-made mimosa is a delicious and almost wholesome drink, giving you a kiss of juicy sweetness alongside just enough “hair from the dog that bit you” to make that bite stop hurting. For a while, at least. Find out what kind of bubbles do the best hereor if you just rolled out of bed, mix it up with this recipe below:

  • 2oz. freshly squeezed orange juice
  • 4 oz. Champagne, cream or cava

Pour the wine into a champagne flute. Add the juice, slowly and enjoy, because you’ve conquered this day and it’s not even noon.

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