Cozy Seasonal Cocktails to Warm Up the Winter Months

As our seasonal Cocktail Classes continued to evolve through 2024, winter gave us the opportunity to lean into rich spices, warming flavours, and festive cocktail styles perfect for the colder months. After introducing rotating seasonal menus earlier in the year, guests embraced the chance to experience new recipes and techniques with every class — making Winter 2024 one of our most flavourful lineups yet.

This winter menu focused on comforting ingredients like cranberry, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, mulled spices, and citrus, while showcasing the versatility of Reid’s Signature, Spiced, and Citrus Gins. Guests explored balancing seasonal sweetness with acidity, creating layered syrup profiles, and refining shaking and garnish techniques.

From a festive Spiced Cosmopolitan to a rich and aromatic Complicated Gimlet, these cocktails captured the warmth and character of winter cocktail season at Reid’s Distillery.

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Spiced Cosmopolitan

A winter-inspired twist on the classic cosmopolitan featuring Reid’s Spiced Gin and bright cranberry citrus flavours.

Ingredients

• 1 oz Reid’s Spiced Gin
• 0.5 oz Triple Sec
• 2 oz Cranberry Juice

Garnish

Orange slice

Method

1. Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice.
2. Shake well until chilled.
3. Strain into a martini glass.
4. Garnish with an orange slice.

Glassware

Martini Glass

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Complicated Gimlet

A bold seasonal gimlet layered with warm baking spices and almond notes.

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz Reid’s Signature Gin
• 0.5 oz Disaronno
• 1 oz Complicated Syrup
  (vanilla, cloves, cinnamon, anise & nutmeg)
• 1 oz Lime Juice

Garnish

Dehydrated lime

Method

1. Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice.
2. Shake thoroughly until chilled.
3. Strain into a coupe glass.
4. Garnish with a dehydrated lime wheel.

Glassware

Coupe Glass

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Winter Gin Citrus Sour

A bright winter sour balanced with mulled spice flavours and fresh citrus.

Ingredients

• 1 oz Reid’s Citrus Gin
• 0.5 oz Disaronno
• 1 oz Lemon Juice
• 0.5 oz Simple Syrup
• 1 oz Mulled Syrup (float)

Garnish

Fresh sage

Method

1. Add gin, Disaronno, lemon juice, and simple syrup into a shaker with ice.
2. Shake well until chilled.
3. Dirty pour into a rocks glass.
4. Float mulled syrup over the cocktail.
5. Garnish with fresh sage.

Glassware

Rocks Glass

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Our Winter 2024 Cocktail Classes focused on bringing warmth, spice, and seasonal creativity into every glass while continuing to build guests’ confidence behind the bar. These cocktails introduced techniques like syrup layering, balancing warm spice profiles, and refining shaken cocktails with winter-inspired garnishes and aromatics.