The Sloe Down Santa Cocktail Recipe

All of the presents for Hanukkah or Christmas have been found. Now it’s time to slow down, unwind, and enjoy a festive cocktail with your evening. The Sloe-Down-Santa absinthe cocktail is also the perfect substitute for mimosas at brunch. Or serve this refreshing cocktail at a holiday get-together.

Bar tools needed

The Sloe-Down-Santa cocktail requires mixing and combining the ingredients in two parts. Prepare your home bar with a mixing glass that has a pouring spout or a cocktail shaker with a strainer.

Use a dasher bottle like the one in my absinthe shop or a clean, and empty, small spray bottle to fill with absinthe for the steps that include spritzing.

Absinthe Recipe

3/4 oz Odd Society Salal gin

1/2 oz Odd Society Oaken Wallflower gin

1/2 oz hibiscus flower syrup

1/4 oz Gifford Menthe de Pastille

3 oz champagne (preferably sparkling rosé)

3 sprays of Absinthia Absinthe

Step 1. Combine ice, Gin, Hibiscus Flower Syrup, and Gifford Menthe de Pastille in a cocktail strainer or mixing glass and stir well.

Step 2. Spray a Champagne flute with 1 spritz of Absinthia Absinthe

Step 3. Slowly pour the mixture from the mixing glass (cocktail shaker) into the flute until ⅓ full.

Step 4. Slowly top the remaining flute with Champagne.

Step 5. Garnish with a candy cane and dried hibiscus flower on the rim and two spritzes of Absinthe mist on top.

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