As we all navigate the winter chill, host soirées and attend gatherings big and small, it’s the perfect time to cozy up with a few creative winter cocktails. Settle in and catch up on BOSW’s latest roundup of some of the best holiday cocktails in Phoenix to warm the soul and melt away stress.
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Ring in the season with these inviting concoctions and sparkling sips
Tell Your Friends: Sweater Weather
Psst! This just in, Tell Your Friends is the newest underground cocktail and live music lounge. “It’s a Wonderful Life” is an exclusive pop-up celebrating the season in sophisticated speakeasy style! Uniquely engulfed in mirrored walls, Tell Your Friends exudes a chic allure. Creating a dazzling and sensationalizing experience making anyone the main character, Tell Your Friends’ lounge features gourmet winter cocktails and small plates. In the heart of Scottsdale, experience live jazz music and vintage glamour sipping on their Sweater Weather cocktail. Sweater Weather is wonderfully mixed with Ron Zacapa 23, Giffard Vanille de Madagascar, chocolate, hazelnut, coconut milk and lavish peppermint foam.
Mountain Shadow’s Hearth’61: Spiced Pear Old Fashioned & Chocolate Turtle Dove Espresso Martini
Hearth ’61’s cocktail menu features twelve festive libations — one for each day. Some of our favorites include the Spiced Pear Old Fashioned and the Chocolate Turtle Dove Espresso Martini. The Spiced Pear Old Fashioned includes spiced pear, bourbon, simple syrup and Angostura bitters. The Chocolate Turtle Dove Espresso Martini is delicately layered with crème de cacao, vanilla vodka simple syrup, espresso with chocolate swirl, grey goose and chocolate turtle garnish.
Little Rituals: Passionfruit Coquito
Add a touch of elegance and indulge in holiday classics at Little Rituals, where embracing the present moment is celebrated. “Little Rituals” was created to savor the most special parts of life and make lasting memories. With fun, festive cocktails like Passionfruit Coquito how could your mouth not water at the thought? This drink is blended with rums, passionfruit, coconut, condensed milk, cinnamon and spices galore!
Undertow: Pumpkin Spice Pina Colada & The Little Grinch
Look no further than Undertow’s “Christmas in Paradise” to find a lineup featuring classic tiki cocktails with holiday-inspired twists. Kicking it off with the Pumpkin Spice Piña Colada, this cocktail is artfully blended with Bacardi Quatro, Urupan Charanda, Kalani Coconut and spiced pineapple. The Pumpkin Spice Pina Colada is flawlessly executed, perfectly balancing a tropical getaway!
Next up from Undertow is The Little Grinch, deliciously fashioned with Clarified Midori Milk Punch featuring Velvet Falernum, White Rum, Avua Balsamo Cachaça, banana, passionflower bitters and white tea. This yummy cocktail is a perfect island escape for the holidays.
Marino’s Italian Kitchen and Bar: The Brown Butter Washed Old Fashioned
Nothing says “Old fashioned holiday” like the … you guessed it —old fashioned! The Brown Butter Washed Old Fashioned is Marino’s Italian Kitchen and Bar’s warm winter take on an old-fashioned with an enhanced tasty brown butter, fat-washed whiskey, the Spiced Sazerac, a classic with an added layer of intensity with the addition of house-made hard candy that slowly infuses with the cocktail changing the experience with every sip.
Grey Hen Rx, M.E. Lee’s House of Exotic Imports: Don’t Call Me Jerky & Many Good Fortunes
Inside this 1924-inspired emporium, guests find a treasure trove of winter cocktail mixology at its finest. There’s no way the bite of winter can win over these hot combos: Don’t Call Me Jerky – Rabbit Hole Rye Whiskey, Planteray OFTD, Sweet Gwendoline Gin, Shaoxing Wine, Cardamaro, Cointreau and Honey + Yuzu.
Many Good Fortunes – Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum, Zacapa Rum, House-Made Poppy Liqueur, Ginger-Infused Montenegro, Shaoxing Wine, Whole Egg, Pineapple, Lemon, Demerara, Five Spice Tincture – $17
Thirsty Lion: Tito’s Winter White Cosmo
Phoenicians and their friends won’t be able to help but delight in the Thirsty Lion’s infamous Winter White Cosmo! The festive combo features St. Germain Elderflower liqueur, triple sec, fresh lime juice, simple syrup and white cranberry juice, garnished with sugared cranberries and fresh mint.
STK Steakhouse: The Holiday Martini
Enjoy elevated dining with handcrafted winter cocktails like the Holiday Martini to bring friends and family together with Licor 43, Owen’s Nitro-Infused Espresso, peppermint bark RumChata, and Grey Goose, ornately displayed with a mini candy cane.
Mastro’s Restaurants: Under the Mistletoe
Mastro’s Restaurants’ new holiday cocktail Under the Mistletoe is perfectly crafted with simple syrup, fresh lemon juice, Monin Pomegranate Syrup and Remy 1738 Cognac. It is only offered now through December 30, so drink up while you can. You can order this festive beverage at any of the three Scottsdale restaurants – City Hall, Ocean Club or Steakhouse.
Aftermath: Oaxacan Nights & After-Manhattan
Aftermath, a modern American restaurant in the heart of Phoenix, has a tasty winter menu featuring a fresh lineup of bold, seasonal dishes and creative cocktails. Check out the Oaxacan Nights with Coconut washed Mezcal, Rose, agave, Bergamot and Lemon, and the Grapefruit After-Mathattan filled to the brim with Ezra Brooks Rye, Strawberry Madeira, French Amer and Carpano Antica Vermouth and Bitters.
Puttshack: Holiday Spritz
What’s better than a hole-in-one with a cocktail in hand during the holiday season? The Puttshack offers mini golfers a festive Holiday Spritz with Jameson orange whiskey, Aperol, Maschio prosecco brut, soda water and fresh rosemary.