Chilled champagne combined with simple mixers allow you to serve up New Year’s with a delicious twist. Use flutes to preserve nose-tickling bubbles and these three easy steps:
1) Go with a medium-quality dry champagne or other sparkling wine.
2) Use well-chilled champagne, mixers and glasses.
3) Combine the champagne and mixers gently, pouring slowly and stopping for a few seconds if a fizz starts up.
That’s it! Now you are ready to mix champagne cocktails at your New Year’s party. Here are three classic, yet simple, champagne cocktail recipes for you:
Black Velvet: This is nothing more than sparkling wine added to beer — a stout or aged porter, actually, and enjoyed by Londoners for ages. The amount of each ingredient depends on the beer you choose; start with 1 part stout or porter to 4 parts sparkling but don’t hesitate to play with the proportions up to a 50/50 combo.
Kir Royale: Add ½ ounce crème de cassis to your sparkler. Crème de cassis is a black currant liqueur, so the kir is quite amenable to experimentation with other berry and fruit liqueurs. Garnish with a berry or twist of lemon rind.
Poinsettia: Put in ¼ ounce of Cointreau and a splash of cranberry juice. Finish with a careful pour of your sparkling wine. You’ll love the festive color as well as the flavor.
Looking for special flute stemware for champagne cocktails at your New Year’s event? See our selection of custom glassware to mark the occasion.
