Harbor Lights - A Holiday Cocktail

Harbor Lights Festive Holiday Cocktail

A festive, pretty pink drink that is light, refreshing and contains just the right amount of bubbly to make party!

• 1 oz Harvard Ave. Gin
• 1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
• 1/2 oz Fresh Meyer Lemon Juice
• 2 Teaspoons Muddled Cranberry Sauce
• 2 dashes of Angostura Bitters
• Ice Cubes
• 2 oz. cold sparkling wine

Muddle the cranberry sauce in a cocktail shaker slightly before adding the gin, simple syrup, lemon juice and bitters. Add ice and shake well. Double strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass and top with the sparkling wine. Garnish with fresh cranberries skewered on a cocktail pick.  

I promise your guests will love this fun cocktail!

Created in our Mid-Century Modern Coupe Glasses, we also think that this festive cocktail would be beautiful in martini glasses too!  

Or Maybe the Pilsner School of Fish?

or Stemless Starfish Martinis? 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Friday Night Candy Cane Cocktails

These were so yummy - we might have even had two!  After all, we had to celebrate our hard work decorating the Christmas tree....

2 oz. Vodka

2 oz. Peppermint Schnapps

2 oz. Whipped Cream Vodka

Ice

Crushed Candy Canes for Glass Decorating

Candy Canes for Garnishment

Step 1: Crush Candy Canes and roll martini glass edges to decorate (can be a bit tricky!)

Step 2: Pour Vodka, Peppermint Schnapps, and Whipped Cream Vodka over ice into your martini shaker.  Shake well, and pour carefully into decorated martini glasses.

Step 3: Add Candy Canes 

Step 4: Enjoy with someone special!

 

A Christmas Cocktail -Coastal Holiday Ideas

Because it's Friday (yay!), we are kicking off our 20 days of Coastal Holiday Ideas with a Candy Cane Martini. So festive, pretty and should be fairly easy to pull off to impress holiday guests!

(Recipe  and image from Coastal Living Magazine 2009 - 
Photo: Howard L. Puckett; Styling: Lindsey Ellis Beatty)

Ingredients

1 1/4 ounces vanilla vodka

• 1 1/4 ounces white crème de cacao
• 3/4 ounce peppermint schnapps
• Garnish: peppermint candy
• Preparation
• Combine vanilla vodka, white creme de cacao, and peppermint schnapps in an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously, and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with peppermint candy.
• It's beginning to feel a bit more Christmassy (is that a word?) here in San Francisco! It's COLD!!   Maybe this fun little treat will warm us up tonight.... 

Happy Friday!

P.S.  Gives me a chance to use my Starfish Martini Glasses!  Super Festive look for a Coastal Holiday Celebration -