Country Christmas Smash Cocktail | A Christmas Drink with Crown Apple
This easy Christmas drink with Crown apple whiskey is inspired by a rustic country Christmas holiday. Every last little drop tastes like home...
Ingredients
- 2 oz Crown Royal Apple Whisky - or your favorite apple whiskey
- 2 oz Pure Apple Cider
- 1 large Strawberry - fresh - quartered
- 2 tsp Apple Butter
- 1 wedge Fresh Lime
- Ginger Beer - such as Fever Tree or Fentimans for topping off
- Sliced or Cubed Apple - for garnish
- Sliced or Cubed Strawberry - for garnish
- Golden Sanding Sugars - for cocktail rim, as desired
Instructions
- Before mixing our cocktail, if desired, you can swipe your rocks glass with a bit of fresh lime and then dip into festive gold sanding sugars. Set your cocktail glass aside while you make the drink.
- Start by tossing a large quartered strawberry into the bottom of your cocktail shaker. Use a muddler to muddle the fresh strawberry pieces until juicy and completely crushed. Once the fruit is muddled, squeeze in the juice from one fresh wedge of lime.
- Next, use a teaspoon measure to add 2 teaspoons of apple butter to the cocktail shaker with the crushed strawberries and lime juice. Now splash in the Crown apple whiskey.
- Lastly, splash in the apple cider and top everything off with fresh ice cubes. Cover the cocktail shaker and shake well to combine crushed strawberries, lime juice, apple butter, whiskey, and apple cider. Shake until completely chilled through and thoroughly mixed.
- Pour the mixture into a rocks glass and top off with a generous splash of ginger beer. Use a long bar spoon to gently reach down to the bottom of the glass and softly stir contents together without loosing too much fizz.
- Garnish this festive Christmas cocktail with lots of fresh thin apple slices and strawberry slices. You can even garnish with a cinnamon stick as well, if desired. Serve ice cold, serve immediately.
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