1 Bottle, 3 Christmas Cocktail Recipes
Forget buying a ton of spirits you’ll never use up – one bottle of delicious sweet apera (look for McWilliam’s Royal Reserve) gets you three delicious cocktails everyone will love this Christmas. What’s apera? The new name for sherry, which is fantastic mixed in drinks.
Pink Mojito
Nothing refreshes you more on a summer’s day like a
mojito. This apera addition to a classic won’t disappoint.
Ingredients
4 lime wedges
2 mint sprigs
15ml medium sweet pink apera
20 ml sugar syrup
60 soda water
Method
In a high ball glass, add mint, lime
and sugar then top with
crushed ice, build apera
and stir through before
topping with soda and
more crushed ice.
Australian Twist
Doesn’t get much more Australian than Australian apera
complemented by a twist.
Ingredients
45 ml bourbon whisky
dash of bitters
15 ml medium sweet pink apera
Garnish: Lemon twist
Method
Pour bourbon, apera and
bitters over ice in a stirring
jug or shaker and stir until
the required level of
dilution is achieved, strain
into a martini glass and add the
lemon twist.
Apera Sour
Take your old fashioned sour and add apera to make a
modern Australian alternative on this popular drink.
Ingredients
50 ml bourbon whisky
15 ml rich sweet apera float
20 ml lemon juice
1 egg white
10 ml sugar syrup
Garnish: lemon wedge
Method
Build ingredients in shaker
and dry shake with no ice
to emulsify egg white, then
re-shake with ice and strain
into an old fashioned glass
of fresh ice before crowning
with apera.
What’s your favourite Christmas cocktail?