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7 of our best-ever holiday cocktails

Make your holiday parties a little more merry this year with seven of our favourite, festive cocktails!
Christmas ale and easy roasted chestnuts

Christmas ale and easy roasted chestnuts

Christmas cocktails

Christmas ale

A festive and refreshing sipper, we enjoy pairing this holiday ale with warm herbed almonds.

Photo, Roberto Caruso.

7 of our best-ever holiday cocktailsChristmas ale

Cranberry-ginger cocktail

Indulge in this refreshing holiday sip created for Chatelaine by Julie Albert and Lisa Gnat of Bite Me More. 

Photo, Sian Richards.

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Cranberry-ginger cocktailCranberry-ginger cocktail

Boardwalker

Coming in from the cold? Fill a tumbler with this smooth and sharp drink. (You'll warm up in no time, we promise!)

Photo, Erik Putz. 

7 of our best-ever holiday cocktailsBoardwalker whiskey cocktail

Whiskey cream liqueur

This creamy liqueur is perfect over ice — or remixed in this recipe for a tall and tasty chai eggnog.  

Photo, Roberto Caruso.

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The foreword

Pour this citrus and pomegranate sipper into a chilled coupe glass, and toast the holidays with a little '20s-style glamour.

Photo, Roberto Caruso.

7 of our best-ever holiday cocktailsThe foreword: Pomegranate cocktail

Boozy Jamaican hot chocolate

Cozy up in front of the fire with a steamy mug of mint-chocolate decadence.

Photo, Erik Putz.

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7 of our best-ever holiday cocktailsBoozy Jamaican hot chocolate

Mulled wine with clementines

It's not the holidays without a mug (or two!) of mulled wine. Garnish with a slice of clementine and serve.

Photo, John Cullen.

7 of our best-ever holiday cocktailsMulled wine with clementines

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