Host Like A Restaurant: Pre-batched Cocktails to Impress This Holiday Season
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Host Like A Restaurant: Pre-batched Cocktails to Impress This Holiday Season
Nothing says 'entertaining pro' like whipping up a delicious and unique cocktail when you have guests over, but this can be time-consuming and messy. Take the stress out of your drink service by pre-batching these three cocktails, developed by our Sommelier team, and serving them ice-cold, straight from the freezer.
Kylie Shewry
Published 09.12.25
Bartender pouring a pre-batched cocktail into a frosty coupe glass
Sam’s Black Forest Manhattan
Ingredients:
· 550ml Rye Whiskey
· 150ml Dry Vermouth
· 150ml PX Sherry or Port
· 150ml Cherry Juice
(Add a couple dashes of chocolate bitters if you have them around)
Combine all and store in a glass bottle in the freezer.
To Serve:
Pour your cocktail into a chilled glass and garnish with a cherry
Guillaume’s Revisited Gimlet
Ingredients:
· 500ml Dry Gin
· 300ml Cranberry Juice
· 100ml Lime Juice
Combine all and store in a glass bottle in the freezer.
To Serve:
In a chilled glass, pour 90ml and garnish with a slice of lime on the rim of the glass or a pepperberry directly in the glass.
Primo’s Blackberry Daiquiri
Ingredients:
· 400ml White Rum
· 250ml Lime Juice
· 250ml Blackberry Syrup (see below for syrup recipe)
· 100ml Water
Combine all and store in a glass bottle in the fridge
To make syrup, take 200g of blackberries, 200g of sugar and 400mls of water and gently boil until the liquid has reduced by half and the blackberries have fallen apart.
Strain off this syrup and allow it to cool.
To Serve:
From the fridge in a chilled coupe glass with a lime zest garnish.
This can also be served as a fun spitz in a taller glass with 45mls of the batch topped with 100ml of a sparkling wine of your choice.
Bartender pouring a cocktail from a frosty bottle
