Whether you favour hot gin drinks, prefer sloe gin serves, or are after other winter-ready tipples, these eight easy gin cocktails are perfectly suited to any festive occasion.
From holiday parties to Secret Santa gift exchanges, from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Eve, the festive time of year includes numerous cocktail-ready occasions. To inspire your mixing, we’ve gathered eight of our simplest and most delectable Christmas drinks. Take a look—and, for further inspiration, browse the other delightful serves in our cocktail library.
1. Hot Gin & Gingerbread
One of the best cocktails to enjoy during the colder months, Hot Gin & Gingerbread is toasty and warm, and perfumed with winter spices.
50ml Sipsmith Gingerbread Syrup for Gin
Hot water
Orange wedge, to garnish
Combine the gin and gingerbread syrup in your most festive mug. Top up with hot water and stir to combine. Garnish with an orange wedge.
2. Winter G&T
How does one go about making a Christmas gin and tonic? Our Winter G&T—which features Sipsmith Sloe Gin and an orange-wedge garnish—is the answer.
25ml Sipsmith Sloe Gin
Good-quality tonic (like Fever-Tree)
Orange wedge, to garnish
Fill a highball with ice and add the Sipsmith London Dry Gin. Top up with tonic. Drizzle over the Sipsmith Sloe Gin, and garnish with an orange wedge.
3. Sloe Royale
One of the easiest gin cocktails you could make for Christmas, our Sloe Royale is the perfect drink to reach for when you have a special occasion to toast to.
15ml Sipsmith Sloe Gin
100ml Champagne
Add the sloe gin to a chilled flute and top up with Champagne.
4. Hot Winter G&T
Gin and tonics don’t always have to be served ice-cold, as this cocktail shows—in fact, we like ours steaming hot in the winter.
25ml Sipsmith Sloe Gin
25ml Sipsmith Tonic Syrup
Hot water
Orange twist, to garnish
Combine both gins and the tonic syrup in a mug. Stir well and top up with hot water. Garnish with an orange twist.
5. Hot Negroni
Still vibrantly red thanks to the addition of red berry tea, our Hot Negroni is the perfect way for cocktail aficionados to keep cosy this winter.
25ml Campari
25ml sweet vermouth
Red berry tea
Dehydrated orange or fresh orange slice, to garnish
Add the gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth to a mug, and stir. Top up with hot red berry tea and garnish with a dehydrated orange or fresh orange slice.
6. French 75
The French 75 can be enjoyed throughout the year, but we particularly appreciate its jubilant fizz during the festive period.
25ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
15ml cane or gomme syrup
Champagne
Lemon twist, to garnish
Combine the gin, lemon juice, and syrup in an ice-filled cocktail shaker, and shake well. Strain into a flute or coupe and top up with Champagne. Garnish with a lemon twist.
7. Gingerbread Sour
Inspired by the world’s first recorded food and drinks pairing—gin and gingerbread—this Christmas cocktail is a perfectly decadent seasonal treat.
25ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
25ml Sipsmith Gingerbread Syrup for Gin
1 egg white
1 dash Regans’ Orange Bitters
Fresh ginger slices, to garnish
Add all ingredients—except the ginger—to a cocktail shaker and dry shake. Open the shaker, fill with cold ice, seal, and shake again. Double strain into a chilled glass, and garnish with fresh ginger slices.
8. Chocolate Orange Old Fashioned
This serve may well be the ultimate Christmas cocktail. Made with our limited-edition Chocolate Orange Gin, it’s a warming and indulgent drink that can counteract even the chilliest nights.
30ml Sipsmith Chocolate Orange Gin
30ml bourbon
Double dash of Angostura bitters
Orange twist, to garnish
Add the Chocolate Orange Gin and bourbon to a mixing glass filled with ice, and stir well. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Garnish with an orange twist.
