This festive drink recipe is a simple small batch easy Christmas punch with bourbon. It makes easy Christmas bourbon cocktails for a small crowd in minutes! Splashes of fireball cinnamon whiskey and ginger beer bring out that naughty spice. Chunks of fresh fruits, wine, bourbon and apple liqueur make it oh so nice…
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This festive seasonal Christmas punch is easy to put together. Just mix, stir, and top off with some sparkling wine. Serve it up just in time for that Christmas party with fresh cranberries and fruit. It will make for a delicious elegant easy Christmas punch that will start the party.
Before we get to what you’ll need to make up this easy Christmas punch recipe, here are some quick tips to keep your festive Christmas punch tasting good!
- Be sure to pour in the La Croix lime sparkling water, Fever Tree ginger beer, and dry prosecco sparkling wine in at the end so as to preserve as much fizz as possible and stir in gently.
- Use basic green apple liqueur such as Dekuyper apple liqueur or Bols green apple liqueur. If not available, use something similar with a punch of fruity apple taste such as apple schnapps.
- Use your favorite good quality bourbon.
- Use dry brut prosecco sparkling wine and dry rose wine that is not sweet. If dry rose wine isn’t available use dry white wine such as pinot grigio or sauvignon blanc. We will sweeten it as we go so please use dry varieties only.
- Use premium Ginger beer. The best one with consistent flavor, crisp vibrant fizz, and good ol’ Christmassy ginger spice is Fever Tree ginger beer. It’s my absolute favorite and I highly recommend in everything from Moscow mule cocktails to punches just like this one.
- Use fresh squeezed orange juice (not bottled) and use fresh squeezed lime juice as this will yield the crispest and brightest flavors in your punch.
- Top off with lots of fresh fruit and add large sized cocktail ice cubes to the punch. They will melt slowly keeping the flavors in tact.
- If you like it less sweet, balance out with extra squeezes of fresh lime wedges and dabs more of sparkling wine on top. This will make a dryer, fizzier punch.
Here’s what you’ll need to put this festive Christmas punch recipe together.
Ingredients To Make an Easy Christmas Punch with Bourbon:
- Dry ros̩ wine or dry white wine Рsuch as pinot grigio or sauvignon blanc
- Fresh squeezed orange juice
- Green apple liqueur or apple schnapps
- Fireball cinnamon whiskey
- Simple syrup – bottled or made at home
- Kentucky Straight Bourbon
- Fresh lime juice
- 1 can Lime La Croix Sparkling Water
- 1 bottle Premium Ginger Beer – Fever Tree ginger beer
- Prosecco dry sparkling wine – for topping off the punch at the end.
- Fresh or frozen cranberries – for garnish
- Green or Red apple slices – for garnish
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This simple punch is loaded with warm holiday flavors from the Fireball cinnamon whiskey to the splash of crisp ginger beer.
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Wine, bourbon, and citrus juices make it vibrant and lots of cold ice and fresh holiday fruits make it such a festive Christmas party punch. You can even serve this as a lovely New Year’s party punch with all its bright fizzy and sparkling flavors.
Enjoy this easy Christmas punch with bourbon when you want a nice small batch Christmas cocktail that will serve a crowd of 4 to 6 people for the holidays. Serve alongside festive holiday appetizers and get everyone in good holiday spirits.
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The Naughty Nutcracker Easy Christmas Punch with Bourbon
Ingredients
- 1 cup Dry Rose Wine - or dry white wine – unsweet
- ¼ cup Green Apple Liqueur or Apple Schnapps - such as DeKuyper or Bols.
- ¼ cup Kentucky Straight Bourbon - such as Four Roses, Bulleit, or Maker's Mark
- ¼ cup Fireball - cinnamon whiskey
- ¼ cup Simple Syrup
- â…“ cup Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice
- 2 tsp Fresh Squeezed Lime juice - if adding extra in for balancing taste and sweetness, do so at the end then stir in.
- 1 can La Croix Lime Sparkling Water
- 1 6.8 fl. oz bottle Ginger Beer - Fever Tree ginger beer – if you can't find 6.8 fl oz bottles, then measure out about a heaping 3/4 cup of premium ginger beer.
- 1 cup Sparkling Prosecco Wine - dry / unsweet – adding more as desired to smooth out all flavors and add refreshing fizz.
- ¼ cup Fresh Cranberries - for garnish
- ¼ cup Sliced Green Apple - or red apple for garnish
- 3 to 4 whole Cinnamon Sticks - for garnish
Instructions
- In a small punch bowl, splash in the dry rosé wine, simple syrup, green apple liqueur, and Fireball cinnamon whiskey.
- To the same mixture, splash in fresh citrus juices. Splash in the fresh-squeezed lime juice and fresh squeezed-orange juice.
- Next, splash in your favorite good quality bourbon. Now give these first 7 ingredients a good stir with your punch ladle.
- Finish the punch by adding in some sparkling ingredients:Â Splash in the one full can of lime-flavored La Croix sparkling water. Splash in the one full (6.8 fl. oz) bottle of Fever Tree ginger beer. Lastly, add in the one cup or so of dry sparkling prosecco wine.
- Give everything one last stir with your punch ladle and be sure to stir everything until evenly combined. Taste for balance and add more lime juice as needed to balance sweetness.
- Finish your festive Naughty Nutcracker easy Christmas punch recipe and garnish with cranberries, fresh sliced apples, orange slices, and whole cinnamon sticks, if desired.
- To serve, stir punch before pouring and ladle into small guest punch cups. Garnish with cinnamon sticks and cranberries. Serve cold. Stir in between pours to redistribute flavors.
