In the past week, I’ve found
plenty of folks are using all that time at home, stuck in the snow,
as a good excuse to take in a nip here, and a nip there. The couple
times I passed by a liquor store, one in Seattle and one in
Bremerton, people have definitely decided a bottle is among their
necessary snow provisions. I’m not judging, I’ve had my own share
of
hot-buttered rum and cocoa spiked with peppermint
schnapps.
I tried calling the state liquor control board to see if there was any spike in sales, but I haven’t heard back yet. So, I decided instead to share a few warm drink recipes I found online.
Plus, I felt this was a good excuse to share a really cute
snow/drink photo I saw in our reader-submitted photo gallery.
Misty Winter Warmer
(from cocktails.suite101.com)
It makes four quarts, and brews up in a 30-cup coffee maker
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp. whole cloves
4 cinnamon sticks
2 quarts cranberry juice
46 ounces pineapple juice
2 cups Canadian Mist whisky
4 1/2 cups water
Place the brown sugar and spices in the pot basket of a 30-cup coffee maker. Add juices, water and whisky to the pot. Brew like coffee and serve hot, right from the pot. How easy is that?
Bourbon Furnace
(From Forbes.com)
After you’ve been out romping in the woods, and while the kids are slurping up hot cider, here’s a little concoction that the grown-ups can enjoy.
Ingredients:
6 oz. hot apple cider
three whole cloves
one stick of cinnamon
1 1/2 oz. bourbon
Pour cider and bourbon into a stemmed mug. Garnish with cloves and cinnamon. Serve immediately.
Hot Baked Apple Toddy
(from About.com)
2 oz apple whiskey
1/4 baked apple
1 tsp honey
hot water
cinnamon stick for garnish
1. Place the baked apple into a warm Irish coffee glass.
2. Add whiskey and dissolve sugar in the mix.
3. Top with hot water and stir.
4. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.
