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Whether it's to celebrate a holiday, embrace a season or enjoy the time of day, we have a drink for every occasion. From New Year's Eve sparklers and winter warmers to aperitifs and nightcaps, there's a drink to serve every need. Find your perfect match and starting mixing.

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Champagne Holiday Punch

Champagne Holiday Punch

Three rocks glasses rest on a dark marble bar top. Each is filled with ice, a bright red punch, a large slice of grapefruit, pomegranate seeds, and a sprig of rosemary. Next to them is a bottle of Fever-Tree ginger beer.

Ginger Fever Punch

Set the New Year on Fire cocktail in a collins glass, garnished with a flaming lime shell

Set the New Year on Fire

A dark pink cocktail served in a coupe glass and garnished with a dehydrated lime wheel. The cocktail is placed on a distressed wood surface with lime wheels scattered around it and a blue and orange rug in the background.

Cranberry-Ginger Mimosa

Cranberry-Ginger Mimosa

Tea & Krampus cocktail

The bowl of a champagne flute is shown in a close-up shot. It’s filled with a bubbly violet drink and garnished with a small, curled lemon twist. The background is gray and fuzzy.

A coupe glass is set upon an all white backdrop. The glass holds a violet-hued sparkling cocktail, a dehydrated blood orange floats in it.

Figurati cocktail

New Year's Sparkler cocktail

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Love Potion

Pink Lady cocktail

Pink Lady cocktail

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reddish-brown Ruby Hearts cocktail in a Collins glass, garnished with a cinnamon stick balanced on the rim of the glass

toblerone cocktail beside toblerone chocolate bar and honey syrup

red-hued Hot Blooded cocktail in a coupe glass, garnished with heart-shaped orange peels and lime peels on a skewer

reddish-pink Bitter Hearts Know Better cocktail in a coupe glass with a pink sugared rim

Bitter Hearts Know Better

two I Left My Heart in Jalisco cocktails, served in coffee mugs next to conversation hearts

I Left My Heart in Jalisco

Two narrow Champagne flutes hold a vivid, strawberry-hued sparkling drink. Each has a split slice of strawberry on the rim.

Mata Hari Cocktail in a coupe, garnished with two dried rosebuds and served on a white bar napkin

Malena cocktail

two bubbly, golden-hued Maxwell cocktails, served side-by-side in Champagne flutes

Kir Royale cocktail

A brownie rests on a white plate with a gold rim. The brownie is filled with nuts and topped with a shiny glaze. An elegant fork rests next to it on the plate, and a napkin is hazy in the background.

Pinot Noir Chocolate Brownies

A swooping coupe glass is filled to the brim with a pink, sparkling drink. The glass is topped with a single red rose petal, and many more sit around it base on a golden platter.

Rose-Colored Glass

Two Champagne flutes are filled with a golden sparkling drink, set against a brown backdrop.

Romancing the Stone

Rose cocktail

Cupid's Champagne Potion cocktail

Cupid’s Champagne Potion

peanut butter cup cocktail in stemmed glass on a round, red tray

Peanut Butter Cup

snickertini cocktail in a rocks glass, with caramel-and-chocolate drizzles lining the inside of the glass, served on a red tray

Spiced Chocolate cocktail

Spiced Chocolate

Buena Vista Irish Coffee

Buena Vista Irish Coffee

Mint Green Old Fashioned

Mint Green Old Fashioned

Dubliner cocktail

Neon green Greenhorn cocktail in Nick & Nora glass, with green maraschino cheery at bottom, on marble background

20 Cocktails to Make for St. Patrick’s Day

Irish Coffee Cocktail in glass mug next to a jar of cream

Irish Affogato cocktail in an Irish Coffee glass, topped with whipped cream and chocolate shavings

A tall, narrow shot glass is filled with a bright green creamy drink, topped with whip cream and a chocolate mint garnish. The background is blurry with mints and a Hawthorne strainer.

Irish Blonde cocktail

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hand holding a shot glass over a pint of Guinness to make an Irish Shot

A tall Collins glass sits on a rustic wooden table, a brick wall in the background. The drink within is bright orange and cloudy, with a few large ice cubes floating in it.

A tall glass coffee mug rests on a wooden table. The mug hold dark black coffee with a thick layer of white foam dusted with nutmeg.

The Dead Rabbit Irish Coffee

A tapered Collins glass sits on a pale blonde placement. The glass is filled with a light golden sparkling beverage over ice and garnished with a lime wheel. The background is sky blue.

An elegant, chunky coupe rests on a marble counter with a gray wall behind it. The glass is filled with a golden drink with a thick foam head. Six flakes of edible gold rest on the foam in a line.

A cocktail class with a rounded, tapered lip holds a vividly gold drink garnished with a slice of orange peel. The glass rests on a brightly lit gray surface.

Emerald Isle of the Caribbean

Emerald Isle of the Caribbean

A tall pilsner glass holds a bright red drink over crushed ice, garnished with mint and a cherry.

Serpent-less Swizzle

A beveled rocks glass with a reddish-brown stirred cocktail, three clear ice cubes, and a thin apple slice

Shamrock Sour cocktail

Irish Jack Rose

A rocks glass is filled with an opaque orange drink. The glass sits on a ringed, sky-blue mat.

orange-hued Brotherhood cocktail in a coupe glass with an orange peel garnish

The Dead Rabbit Coffee Cocktail

The Dead Rabbit Coffee Cocktail

A tall, thin Irish Coffee mug rests on a dark gray marbled surface. The glass mug holds a pale gold drink with a thick layer of white foam, dusted with nutmeg, at the top.

Luck of the Irish cocktail

Luck of the Irish

Bomb Pop cocktail

Red White & Booze popsicles

Red, White & Booze Popsicles

A glass of iced tea sits on a white surface, garnished with blue berries and strawberry pieces cut into stars, as well as a mint leaf. A pitcher of the same is in the background, and a white ramekin to the side holds more of the garnish.

Bourbon Strawberry Iced Tea

Bourbon Strawberry Iced Tea cocktail

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