Our Favourite New Year's Cocktails

If we do know something at Breck Apartments it's how to throw a good party! New Year's Eve is no exception, so we have put together a list of our favourite New Year's cocktails that are guaranteed to make your New Year's party a success.

But don't drink too many, New Year is about celebrating memories and making new ones, let make sure you remember this one.

Fizzy Holiday Punch

Fruity, fizzy and oh so tasty, this fabulous cocktail is made from a tantalising mix of pineapple slices blended with champagne, and some hidden secrets that pack a punch! This cocktail punch is the perfect way to refresh your guest's taste buds after the masses of heavy Christmas flavours.

What you will need

Ice

4 Ounces Syrup

Angostura Bitters

4 Ounces cold Champagne

8 Ounces club soda

12 Ounces Genever

Pineapple Slices

1 Ounces Creole Shrubb

6 Ounces Fresh lemon Juice

Method

The best thing about this cocktail is it's so simple to prepare. Whether you're serving as guests arrive or whilst the night is in full swing, you are guaranteed your guests will be asking for seconds.

Firstly, grab a small punch bowl, combine the genever, Creole Shrubb, lemon juice, syrup and 10 dashes of angostura bitters and refrigerate for two hours.

Then once your guests make their grand entrance, stir in the champagne and club soda, ice and garnish with pineapple, and you're done!

Kiss of the Irish

Everyone likes a tart, especially an Irish one, and if it has a hint of fizz, even better! This cocktail delivers the ideal recipe for a fabulous evening, but it packs a punch… so be warned!

What you will need

Cocktail Shaker

Ice

Champagne

2/3 Ounce Irish Whiskey

2/3 Ounce Oloroso Sherry

½ Ounce Red Currant Syrup or Grenadine

1/3 Ounce Fresh Lemon Juice

1 Teaspoon cane syrup or Rich Syrup

12/3 Ounce Chilled Champagne

1 Small Bunch of red Currans for Garnish

Method

Fill your cocktail shaker with ice, and add all of the remaining ingredients (apart from the Champagne and garnish) and start shaking this delicious concoction up like you have never shaken before! Strain into a large chilled glass and top with champagne and garnish.

Clean Slate

This fantastic little cocktail won 2013 New Year's Eve Cocktail Contest, so we just had to add this to our favourites list. A mix of sweet festive flavours and champagne bubbles to give it that distinctive New Year's taste that will keep your New Year's guests coming back for seconds, or thirds, or fourths.

What you need

1 ½ Ounces Circo Amaretto Vodka

1 Ounce St. Germain

Ounce Cherry Heering

½ Ounce Fresh Lemon Juice

1 Ounce apple-cinnamon syrup

Champagne

Cocktail Shaker

Method

Apple-Cinnamon Syrup

Cut four apples and remove the core, boil them in 2 ½ cups of water until soft, add two cinnamon sticks and stir for a further ten minutes. Following this, add 2 ½ cups of sugar and stir for five minutes on a medium heat. Drain and double strain syrup.

Dust off the cocktail shaker, and combine all ingredients except Champagne and then shake vigorously!

Once all shuck up, strain into a chilled wine glass and top with Champagne.

Lady Edith

We found this cocktail due to our shared love for Downton Abbey. A mix of slow gin, grapefruit and champagne this sweet and sour taste is rich doozy and we love it, and not forgetting it's so easy to make, you might as well give it a try, it is New Year after all!

What you will need

1 ½ Ounce Grape Fruit Juice

½ Ounce Sloe Gin

Sweet Rosé Champagne

Method

Add the grapefruit juice, sloe gin to a chilled flute and top with champagne, stir well and serve!

Sweetheart Spritzer

The ideal cocktail to share with your loved one, or the one you want to share your New Year's kiss with. The Sweetheart Spritzer is fruity fizz and absolutely gorgeous, and it has no preparation time!

What you will need

Pink Champagne

Raspberry Lemonade

Fr9ozen Raspberries

Method

Chill Champagne flutes and place frozen raspberries into the bottom of the glass, pour one part champagne and one part raspberry lemonade over the raspberries and drink! Depending on taste change the lemonade and champagne measurements.

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