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Are you ready?

Is your champagne chilled?

Are the toasting glasses ready for a midnight toast?

As we bid farewell to the old, embrace the new and welcome all the good that will come our way, it’s the perfect time to indulge in a glass or two of bubbly as we celebrate the new year.

Here’s are round-up of 5 of my favorite Champagne Cocktails to help you welcome 2016!

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Blackberry Thyme Cocktail

Ingredients:
FOR THE BLACKBERRY SYRUP
1/3 cup blackberries, plus 8 more for garnish
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup sugar
FOR THE COCKTAIL
1 bottle of Prosecco or champagne
FOR THE GARNISH
4 sprigs of thyme
Instructions
In a small saucepan, bring the blackberried, water and sugar to a boil. Turn to low and let simmer for 10 minutes. Strain blackberries and let syrup cool.
Add 2 tbsp. of syrup to the bottom of each glass. Top with champagne and add in a sprig of thyme and 2 blackberries!

Champagne Margaritas

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Ingredients:
For 2 Margaritas:
4 T. Rose’s Sweetened Lime Juice
2 oz. white tequila
2 oz. Triple Sec
1 T. fresh squeezed lime juice
6 oz. brut champagne/sparkling wine
For Sugared Rims & Garnish:
About 1 T. turbinado sugar (sugar in the raw)
About 1 T. granulated sugar
Lime wedges
Directions

FOR SUGARED RIMS: Combine turbinado and granulated sugar in a shallow dish. Wet the rim of each glass, all the way around, with a lime wedge. Dip each rim into the sugar to coat. Set aside.
FOR MARGARITAS: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the Rose’s Sweetened Lime Juice, tequila, Triple Sec, fresh lime juice, and champagne. Gently shake two or three times.
Strain into the prepared glasses and garnish each with a lime wedge.

Raspberry Pomegranate Champagne Cocktail

Ingredients:
-8 tablespoons pomegranate juice
-1 pint raspberry sorbet
-4 tablespoons pomegranate seeds
-chilled champagne
Instructions
1. Freeze your glasses until frosty.
2. Add 2 tablespoons of pomegranate juice to the bottom of each glass.
3. Add a few small scoops of the raspberry sorbet and 1 tablespoon of pomegranate seeds to each glass.
4. Top with chilled champagne. (I continued to top off the glass with more champagne as I drank, because there is more than enough sorbet to flavor several glasses full if you wish.)

Honey-Almond Champagne Cocktail

Almond Champagne, chilled
Honey
1-cup Blue Diamond Oven Roasted Honey Almonds

Directions:
1. On a cutting board, chop almonds finely.
2. Rim champagne glasses dipping them in a plate of honey then in the chopped almonds.
3. Fill glasses with almond champagne and serve.

French 75

Ingredients:

1 lemon
3 tablespoons (1 1/2 ounces) gin
1 1/2 tablespoons (3/4 ounce) fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon (1/2 ounce) simple syrup or sugar
1 cup ice cubes
1/4 cup (2 ounces) dry Champagne, chilled

In cocktail shaker, combine gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Add ice and shake vigorously for 20 seconds. Strain into chilled Champagne flute and top with sparkling wine.

Cheers to 2016!

p.s. I’ll be back to a regular posting schedule next week. See you then.

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Come Thursday I for one am going to be ready for a cocktail. If you’re feeling the same way, here are a few Thanksgiving Cocktails I think you should take time to enjoy!

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Bourbon Maple Apple Cider Makes 2

6 ounces Bourbon 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 4-6 teaspoons pure maple syrup to taste 1 cup spiced apple cider apple slices for garnish ice

Directions: 1. Fill glasses and a cocktail shaker with ice. To shaker, add bourbon, lemon juice, maple syrup, and apple cider; shake vigorously. 2. Strain into glasses and garnish each with a slice of apple.

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Here’s what you’ll need for one martini: 3 ounces apple cider 2 ounces orange juice 1 ounce vodka Lemon wedge 1 ounce sparkling white wine or champagne Fresh apple, sliced

In a shaker filled with ice, add apple cider, orange juice, vodka, and the juice from one lemon wedge. Shake vigorously. Pour into a martini glass, leaving room at the top for a splash of sparkling white wine. Float an apple slice or two in the martini as a garnish.