Get ready to celebrate New Years Eve by popping a bottle of champagne and creating one of these classic champagne cocktails. With a few small additions, a simple glass of champagne can become your party's signature cocktail.
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 1. Champagne Cocktail Soak a sugar cube in bitters, drop it into a flute, fill the flute with Champagne. This simple, classic drink dates back to at least the mid-19th century. |
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 3. French 75 1 lemon 3 tablespoons gin 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1 tablespoon simple syrup 1 cup ice cubes 1/4 cup brut Champagne (or sparkling wine), chilled Using a zester or paring knife, slice peel from lemon in long, thin spiral. Reserve lemon for another use and set peel aside. In cocktail shaker, combine gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Add ice and shake vigorously for 20 seconds. Strain into chilled Champagne flute and top with sparkling wine. Curl lemon peel around finger to create twist at least 6 inches long. Garnish drink with twist and serve immediately. |
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 5. Bellini Cocktail 4 tablespoons white peach puree or peach nectar. 1 bottle Prosecco or Champagne, chilled Place 1 tablespoon white peach puree into the bottom of a Champagne flute. Fill the glass with Prosecco or Champagne. |
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 6. Champagne Flip 3/4 oz brandy 2 - 3 dashes Cointreau® orange liqueur 1/4 oz cream 1/4 oz sugar syrup 1 egg yolk 4 oz Champagne 1 pinch nutmeg Shake brandy, cointreau, cream, sugar syrup and egg yolk over ice cubes in a shaker. Strain into a cocktail glass, and carefully fill with champagne. Sprinkle with nutmeg, and serve. |
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 8. Americana 3 dashes of Bitters 1 sugar cube 1 ounce bourbon 4 ounces chilled Champagne 1 tablespoon chopped or sliced canned peaches Sprinkle the bitters over the sugar cube. Pour the bourbon into a chilled flute and top with the Champagne. Add the sugar cube and peaches. |
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 10. D'Artagnan 1 tsp armagnac 1 tsp Grand Marnier® orange liqueur 3 tsp fresh orange juice 1/2 tsp simple syrup 3 oz chilled Champagne Chill the teaspoon amounts of liquor in a mixing glass and strain into a champagne flute. Top with champagne, add strips of orange peel, and serve. |
Champagne Cocktail Tips
- Always chill your sparkling wines.
- Keep them about 42-45 degrees F.
- Don’t use cheap sparkling for cocktails.
- Good ingredients make a good drink.
- Don’t use the highest end sparkling either. Drink your Dom straight.
- Because most sparkling wine drinks are on the sweet side, use a dry sparkling [aka Brut].
- Chill the glass [flute] ahead of time. Sparkling wine likes to be served well chilled.
- Pour small amounts of sparkling in at a time to prevent foam over. Repeat until the glass is filled.Want to learn more about Champagne?
Check out our post Champagne 101
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