Are you in need of a new drink to try around the holidays?
Go beyond the peppermint liquor and hot chocolate (which is still delicious by the way) with three drinks from three upscale cocktail lounges in the Valley.
Counter Intuitive, Bitter & Twisted and The Brickyard shared three festive drink recipes with us. You can try all three of them because they're currently on the menu.
All Butter'd Up - Counter Intuitive
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Brown Butter Washed Dark Rum
- 0.5 oz Amontillado Sherry
- 0.75 oz Giffard Banana
- 1 oz Pineapple juice
- 0.5 oz lemon juice
Shaken and served over ice.
Deadman Oaxacan - Bitter & Twisted
Ingredients:
- Mezcal
- Ancho Reyes
- Cold brew
The ingredients are "stirred to perfection with a touch of Cynar," which is a bitter Italian liqueur.
Spiced Apple-Joe
This spicy cocktail is served hot so it will warm the insides on a cool winter evening in Arizona.
Ingredients:
- Sandeman Ruby Port
- Punt e Mes Sweet Vermouth
- Ancho Reyes
- R&W Apricot Liqueur
- Lemon and orange juice
- Celery bitters
IF YOU GO:
Bitter & Twisted: 1 W. Jefferson Street, Phoenix AZ 85003
Counter Intuitive: 7133 E. Stetson Drive, Scottsdale AZ 85251
The Brickyard: 85 W. Boston Street, Chandler AZ 85225
