Nothing puts a bow on a day outside or on the slopes quite like warm winter cocktails. These five warm whiskey cocktails (besides the Hot Toddy) embellish the natural fire in your belly and pair perfectly with the winter season. Enjoy as you soak up the spirit of the season.
Buttered Bourbon Café Brûlot
Café Brûlot translates to ‘Burnt Brandy’ and is traditionally prepared in a show of fire and flash. It’s a famed after-dinner dessert drink. This recipe from Pots & Pans is a blend of coffee and buttery, citrus and spice-infused bourbon.
- 12 oz Fox & Oden Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- Zest of 1 medium sized orange
- Zest of 1 medium sized lemon
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 10 whole cloves
- 8 oz butter (1 stick)
- 32 oz fresh strong coffee
- 4 oz sugar
Heat a pan over medium heat and toast the cinnamon stick and whole clovers for approximately 5 minutes or until aromatic. Turn heat to low and add butter, orange zest, and lemon zest. Melt butter until liquefied, being careful not to scorch it. After the butter is completely liquefied, remove from heat. Add bourbon to the butter mixture and cover the pan. Let cool at room temperature for 1 hour, then transfer to the refrigerator for 48 hours.
Remove the bourbon from the pan, leaving the chilled and hardened butter behind. Strain the buttered bourbon through a coffee filter and store in a glass jar or bottle. Brew 32 ounces of strong coffee. While coffee is brewing, heat the buttered bourbon on the stovetop in a large saucepan. Add coffee to the hot buttered bourbon, then add sugar and dissolve.Ladle the beverage into preheated coffee cups for you and your guests. Top with whipped cream, grated cinnamon, and orange zest
See the full instructions and recipe here.
Bloody Orange Hot Toddy
The beauty of the traditional hot toddy is its simplicity, but if you want to elevate this hot whiskey classic, try a blood orange variation. For extra kick use Thatcher’s Organic Blood Orange Liqueur.
- 2 oz Fox & Oden Single Malt American Whiskey
- 1 oz blood orange juice
- .5 oz honey
- 12 oz hot water
- Blood orange slices and/or star anise, garnish
Heat water, honey, and blood orange juice over stovetop in a small saucepan or heat it in the microwave for 1-2 minutes, or until hot. Stir in the booze and divide evenly between mugs. Garnish mugs with blood orange slices and/or star anise.
See the full instructions and recipe here.
Bittersweet Amaro and Whiskey Spiked Coffee
Hot whiskey and amaro add a richness to this warm whiskey drink that helps blend the natural bitterness of coffee.
For the Spiked Whipped Cream (optional):
- 8 oz heavy whipping cream
- .5 oz Gran Classico
- 1 tbsp sugar
For the Spiked Coffee:
- 2 oz Averna Amaro
- 1 oz Fox & Oden Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- 1 oz high-quality crème de cacao, such as Tempus Fugit
- .5 oz Gran Classico
- 8 oz hot coffee
For the Spiked Whipped Cream (optional):
Beat cream, Gran Classico, and sugar with a whisk, hand mixer, or stand mixer until stiff peaks begin to form. Set aside.
For the Spiked Coffee:
Fill two small mugs with boiling water to warm them. In a measuring cup, mix Averna, Fox & Oden Straight Bourbon Whiskey, crème de cacao, and Gran Classico. Stir well. When coffee is ready, dump hot water from mugs and divide bourbon mixture evenly between them. Add coffee and stir well. Top with whipped cream, if using, and serve
See the full instructions and recipe here
Tom and Jerry
Eggnog lovers will love this warm whiskey variation on a classic rum and brandy indulgence.
Per Glass
- .5 oz Fox & Oden Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- .5 oz gold rum
- Hot water to top
- Ground nutmeg, garnish
For the Base
- 1 oz gold rum
- 6 eggs (whites separated from the yolks)
- ½ tsp ground allspice
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- 24 oz powdered sugar
Beat the egg yolks in the large mixing bowl until smooth and opaque. Blend spices with the yolks. Beat the egg whites in the medium bowl until stiff. Blend the egg whites into the yolks. Add the sugar in two parts, mixing well each time. Blend in 1 oz of rum. To serve, put 2 oz of batter into a mug and add ½ oz of rum and ½ oz of whiskey. Top off with hot water. Stir and top with nutmeg.
See the full instructions and recipe here.
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