Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Food & Drink

We can’t wait to make these Chicken Cock Whiskey cocktails for the holidays

Put cranberry in your whiskey as well as on your turkey

By
Whiskey glass
itakdalee / Shutterstock

It feels like we’ve barely cleared Halloween, but already holiday season is approaching in full force with Thanksgiving and Christmas on the horizon. Whether you love the holidays or dread them, it can be fun to shit your perspective into a more winter-oriented mood by switching up your drinks to reflect the season. And if you are someone who loves to host, then it’s never too early to start planning out a seasonal drinks menu to share with family and friends.

Chicken Cock Whiskey is a proud Kentucky brand which isn’t too precious to suggest mixing delicious cocktails with its spirits, and it’s come in once again with two options for seasonal whiskey cocktails which are complex enough to be interesting, without being too fussy to make at home. The Thanksgiving-themed Skip the Turkey throws in cranberry juice for a taste of the holiday, while the Christmasy Stoke the Fire includes peach and herbal liqueurs plus smoke for a cozy fireside mood.

Recommended Videos

For Thanksgiving: Skip the Turkey

Chicken Cock Whiskey
Chicken Cock Whiskey

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz. Chicken Cock Kentucky Straight Bourbon
  • 1 oz. Orange Juice
  • .75 oz. Demerara Syrup
  • .5 oz. Cranberry Juice
  • Sparkling Wine

Garnish:

  • Fresh Cranberry
  • Rosemary Sprig

Method:

  • Stir all ingredients into a mixing glass with ice
  • Pour into chilled stemmed glassware
  • Top with sparkling wine, a cranberry pick, and sprig of rosemary.

For Christmas: Stoke the Fire

Chicken Cock Whiskey
Chicken Cock Whiskey

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz. Chicken Cock Kentucky Small Batch Bourbon
  • .75 oz. Sweet Vermouth
  • 1 tsp. Peach Liqueur
  • 1 tsp. Herbal Liqueur
  • 2 dashes Aromatic Bitters
  • Cocktail Smoker

Method:

  • Stir all ingredients into a mixing glass with ice
  • Pour down (without ice) into a rocks glass
  • Top with a smoke float using a cocktail smoker and wood chips of your choosing

Editors’ Recommendations

Georgina Torbet
Georgina Torbet
Georgina Torbet is a cocktail enthusiast based in Berlin, with an ever-growing gin collection and a love for trying out new…
Enjoy the smoky flavors of mezcal in these winter cocktails
Cozy mezcal cocktails for short days and dark nights
Fósforo Ensamble Mezcal

The smell of a fireplace is one of the great delights of winter, and if you love all things smoky then odds are good that you'll enjoy mezcal too. These drinks from Fósforo Ensamble Mezcal are perfect for enjoying the smoky flavors in seasonal winter cocktails.
Mistletoe Mezcal Sour

Ingredients:

Read more
Beat the cold with the Jura Winter Warmer cocktail
Scotch, honey, apple juice, and spices make for an irresitable combination
Jura Winter Warmer

When the cold winter nights arrive, there's nothing like a warm cocktail to add a feeling of cozy snugness to your evening. Traditional favorites like the Hot Toddy combine whiskey with honey and lemon juice, plus hot water to make a whiskey tea-like drink that's soothing and indulgent.

You can try out all sorts of warm cocktails beyond the toddy though, like this recipe from Jura whisky. It uses 12 year old aged Scotch plus the usual suspects of honey and lemon juice, but it also takes cues from warm ciders with its use of cloudy apple juice, and a nod to mulled wine with spices like cinnamon, star anise, and clove.

Read more
Dig out your tequila for these winter-time cocktails
Tequila can be a winter time drink too with these recipes
Cuervo

When you think of tequila drinks, you might first think of sipping a margarita in the sun, and certainly it's a great spirit for the summertime. But tequila can work for the winter as well, if you combine it with seasonal ingredients like cranberries or wintery flavors like ginger.

This selection of recipes from Cuervo makes use of blanco, cristalino, and Devil's Reserve expressions to show all the ways that you can enjoy your tequila even when it's cold outside.
Cuervo Nuevo

Read more