 Hello and welcome to this episode of create a life you love a Very special Christmas episode or holiday episode. I'd like to say during this episode We are going to be helping you Make the perfect Signature drink for your holiday celebrations Whether it be Hanukkah Christmas New Year's Eve or any other celebration that you're having this season Jennifer Heinen my very special guest and co-owner of the bottle and I Are going to teach you how to make Hopefully five signature drinks that will be the envy of every party and having your guests ask Can I get that recipe? Now, I don't know how to make drinks. I know how to drink drinks You do but I can't drink much to be perfectly Yes, she's here to help. She's gonna Tell me what to do Make sure I do it right and hopefully by the end of this show. You will have five new drinks in your recipe drink Thingy that you have for recipe drinks. Okay, enough about that Jen What's the first drink we're going to make today? We are going to do a couple martinis. Okay, so it's not your typical martini. They're gonna be very festive very creative and The first one is a Rudolph teeny. Well, yeah, I'm going to start with a Rudolph teeny and as you can see here are the ingredients You can copy all of this down. Yes, you can. Okay. We're going to get started now I've never ever made a martini before. Okay. Well, we're gonna do it The base of the martini we're going to be using vodka a hazelnut liqueur Half-and-half and then also a coconut rum But we're gonna like get the martini glass going so we're gonna grab a martini glass Martini glass grabbed grabbed gotcha. I have that part down. All right I know how to grab a drinking glass now. We're gonna have to do the shake which shaker You we're gonna start with this shaker. Yes, okay the one two different style shakers here So I want you to get Possibly comfortable using them shake your martini. I'm gonna put some ice in the shaker. Do I just okay? You do it first. We hid the ice. We hid the ice. So it's okay that we hid the ice I'll ice you up. She's gonna ice me up. I love her She's gonna do this trick where she magically reappears Okay, so we have in our martini shaker so far You're gonna use a measuring cup because I don't trust you So we're gonna do two ounces of vodka. I Could do that. What what's two ounces on here? Two else the second line Nobody likes a weak drink or a weak bartender. You know And I just pull it like that. Yeah, okay. It was a little bit more than two ounces Well, alcohol to your flavor one ounce of hazelnut It's close to the two ounce mark, but I think that's okay One ounce of a coconut rom of your choice. Don't you get those bottles out of your way? Okay, that might be one ounce. I'll hand them back Here we'll clear your space because you're gonna be you're gonna be shaking stuff and I just don't trust Playing you. Okay. All right. Okay. Do I need to measure? Yeah a little bit of the half and half one ounce of half and half I think I can free pour all right See I did it. Oh and now we're shaking. Yeah I'm gonna make sure that this is do we sing and while we're shaking shake shake shake and I'm stirred Shaking I'm not stirred. Are you want to shake it? So cold In the martini, I don't know if that's good. Now you're gonna read take it out Switch it around and try not to make a mess then you're gonna strain it into the martini Just like that. Let it flow. Yep You're doing good Okay, and you I don't think your measurements were that great, but it's okay. Okay. Now we're gonna garnish. Okay Okay, so since it's a Rudolph teeny We're gonna be using some cinnamon sticks for the antlers This is a really big antler Do I do two? You've got two of them. Okay. There we go. Just lay them in there and I don't know. OCD they have to be well strategic A cherry for the nose I didn't want you to stab yourself or something. I don't know. Okay. Do you see the rudolph-ness in this folks? There they are Oh, I got there delicious. Oh, but they are cheers. I'm gonna just try it. Are you? I'm not. No, but hey, you should this is the Rudolph teeny. See how quick and easy that was And I'll bet it's delicious. It is delicious. I know it is. Did you? Awesome. Yeah, but I'm on the keto diet So I'm trying not to have more of it. So we'll put that one off to the side now. We're gonna display it right over here for you All right Help your antlers are off. Let's fix your antlers. There we go Okay, okay Now let's move on to the Fixing me to fixing you. What's the next one? Okay, the next one Now everyone likes a martini cosmopolitan's sex in the city cosmopolitan Absolutely, but we're gonna make a santa Closmopolitan and again. Are you ready? Here it is the santa cosmopolitan Uh glass. Yeah, we're gonna rim. We're gonna rim the martini glasses So you're gonna take a fresh lime. I don't think good girls do that Jesus I've rimmed the martini glass rim glasses. Yeah, I don't think they Okay, and then what do I do after I do this? We're gonna use the sugar What do I do with the lime? Just set it back in there. We'll figure it out Get a nice It's a lot of lime on there get a nice White sugar rim on there for white Christmas I don't think I'm capable of rimming this glass You'll get to it Could you help me rim my glass? Oh, that is so smart. Okay, so if you're having trouble just tilt the bowl. See see beautiful Very good You're a professional rimmer Okay, what's next now? We're gonna use these shakers and I'm gonna ice you up again Okay Well, she's icing me up. I'd like to say I've already learned a lot. I hope you have too See educational fun. Okay. We need one and a half ounces of vodka vodka We need vodka Where was the one ounce mark? That line right there The bottom line is one ounce. Oh, then the top line is two ounces. Yeah, I did not put enough last time No, you did not No, that's why my martini looks like I've already been drinking it The next ingredient is going to be one ounce of triple sec. Okay The orange flavored liquor triple sec me You do it. You have to learn The line is one. Yes, not to you. The line is one folks. This line is one ounce. Okay one Little bit of roses line A little bit. Yeah, just just a splash of like that. Yeah more less more. That's good. That's good And then some cranberry juice. Oh, so sorry. You're good Cranberry juice is healthy. So technically this is a really healthy drink How much just pour it in the shaker. Oh Like that a little bit more more. Yep like that. Yep I'm seeking approval at every move here. All right Our name is a different shaker I'll make sure you got that on everything. It's tight. Let's shake it Shake it till it's cold. It's very cold. These get cold very fast Okay, I want to drink this one. You should drink it. You're not driving. I am Drink, Jen, drink. Am I bad? Isn't it pretty? The red with the white? Ah, I did it. Look There you are. Ta-da right to the rim and now you're going to want to put garnish it with a lime. Okay Thank you And then we're going to use some fresh cranberries And just kind of float them in the drink like that. I love that. How cute. Who wouldn't love this as a holiday drink I want one more in there. There we go. Okay And again, cranberries are healthy. So this is a super It's healthy. Healthy. It's skinny. It's a skinny martini. Not really, but it's a super healthy martini because of all the cranberry and the lime There we go. So here is your you should try this one Oh, I think I might. Here is your santa clausmopolitan. Isn't that beautiful? Can we drink on set? You can drink on set How is it? It's good We'll just set that one aside String, John. All right Focus And you said you wanted to guess bartend at the bar. I don't know about that. I don't think that's your wisest choice for your bar Okay. Um, next we're going to move on. Oh, you just can't take me any place. Is there cranberry or sugar on my face? It's all on me. It's all on me Okay, the next we're going to move on to some mimosas Oh, I'm really excited about the mimosas. This was a new year's day. A lot of day drinking A lot of day drinking. Brunch drinking. Mimosas are amazing With early meals. Yes. Okay. Now these are going to be quite different. So Let us... I just feel like there might be cranberry at my home. They're really important to me It's fucking fantastic. Okay. Let me put my shaker over there So this one is peppermint white Christmas. Oh, I like that And it's going to be with um cream de coco And champagne So it's very different a little bit of chocolate and champagne, but we're gonna who doesn't like chocolate and champagne Oh my goodness gracious. You debated it. Yes. Okay. All right. So I have here some Creme de coco. So you want to dip the Champagne glass in there. Okay champagne glass and then go right into the crushed peppermint Okay, so we pre Jen pre did all of this For us. Oh my gosh That is so cute. Look at that She crushed it. Yeah. Okay. So beef while Jen is rimming her glass here are the ingredients and the instructions for Peppermint white Christmas mimosa. Yes. So, okay. So I put some candy canes. So put them in a ziplock bag Yes, because Jen I started just rolling them and without the ziplock They were just all over the place. I thought it was kind of like my ziplock bag. Crush them up And then they look beautiful. Yeah on the glass. Isn't that pretty? That's so pretty The bottom of the glass we're gonna do a third of the way full with the creme de coco Okay, a third Always hold the bottle by the neck. You're holding it completely long, but that's like You did a reverse third A third full not a third empty Can I put some back in the bottle? Oh my god Why was trying to focus on where I was supposed to be holding the bottle? You were correcting me while I was pouring So I wasn't paying attention to help us. Is the glass half full or half empty? It's more than half full All the time. All right a little champagne Just something. Okay. See this is going to be okay because we have two varieties to try from Oh There we go Actually, do you want to try this one? Do you want to try this one or that one? Oh not yours Okay, so this is a This is a peppermint white Christmas cheers. Let me see. Oh look at that if you if you tink it Some it's really delicious I should try yours. Yours not mine. Yeah, definitely It's really good chocolate and champagne. Oh my gosh. It is very good. This is like a one of those peppermint candies It's so good. It's like white White chocolate peppermint. It's very good. It is. It's very good. That is delicious. We'll save that for later Okay All right, how about I think so So if you're making That So if you want very intriguing special holiday drinks at your party There are a lot of very Good drinks out there. I think the mimosa did get to me. I think it was the cranberry rudolf thing. Oh boy Even though I just inhaled such a little bit of it The idea behind these drinks are when you're serving them you want to serve them with the appropriate appetizers or food Yeah, yes, I would say yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Do you Yes, the mimosa always with brunch any brunch food is a good mimosa food, right? Yes. Yes Yes, so that's why I thought these are appropriate for like New Year's Day Mm-hmm. I think I'm gonna have these at the bar. Awesome. Oh, I need a glass. I need a champagne glass Here's a champagne glass Okay, we're gonna make the orange cream sickle mimosa. Okay, so this one we are going to put up Here are the ingredients and here are the instructions last night. Jen and I were trying to Type these up and well, let's just say Jen had to do the prep for all of the show Right down to the typing Of this I just couldn't watch you who try to copy and paste Stuff for 20 minutes when I could have typed it in like three minutes. So Yes, I understand. Yeah, it went fast my typing skills are like my drink boring skills They're going to be better by the end of this I think the segment you're not going to test me on anything You're not going to like make me make any of these. I should make you remake one on your own And just see if you can do it at the end. Maybe that's what you'll have to do Is remake one of them on my own? Yeah, maybe but I really wasn't paying attention because I didn't think there would be a test Okay, the orange cream sickle mimosa, which I am really excited about because I love cream sickles I just love cream sickles and I have made this I have The heavy cream and the orange juice, but I have done it if you can't do dairy I have done it with almond milk And like a vanilla almond milk and it's very good. So coconut milk too So you can make this if you can't have dairy you can still do a variation of it And it works out well. I bet you it would be really awesome with chocolate almond milk too I mean, I'm just saying no Okay, okay, okay, because there's orange juice. I forgot about the orange juice aspect has to be a But there's chocolate orange orange and chocolate mixed together. So still no, I never like that Okay, I don't know. I've never I've never eaten that Okay, drink. Oh drink and magically a glass Was that your mistake? It was I did not I did not put it Boom magic happening all over the place right now. Okay. Boom. Okay next Orange cream sickle mimosa. Yeah Um, are we rimming glasses? We are going to we're going to make it look pretty. Okay. Excellent. So Um, take an orange slice I have enough in here so we can like kind of just You want to get the glass the rim of it a little bit sticky So the sugar sticks to it and we're just going to reuse the white sugar that we did for the For the cosmos And then when we're done, can we eat that oranges? Yes. Yes. Okay Okay, now I should know. Oh that is so pretty. Look at that. That looks so sparkly and good I think yours is prettier. Oh, well your pro it should be. I'm gonna use this to mix the orange juice And the heavy cream. But like I said, if you don't do dairy, you can you can Do a dairy substitute Now we're making enough in here for both or one at a time Enough for both. Okay. Good. Say one That's good. That's good. Yep. Okay. I want to reuse the spoon. So I'm just gonna be Put that off because I just carried yours on it. You want to stir that stir it till it's combined This was the one I think I was most excited about. Yeah I seriously I I love chocolate, but this is like a childhood Treat. The creamsicle. Yeah. Yeah, from like our childhood, right? Yeah. So you're gonna take this you're gonna fill the glass Half full For you And let's see if I can figure out what that is this time Break out the champagne again. That's good, right? Yeah. Okay. Perfect. We'll just do a shot of that later. That's fair Awesome And then you want to top off the remaining with the champagne Yay. Oh, it's bubbly. Look at that. That's pretty. That's so pretty Your guests would be so impressed And think that this was Whoopsie. You made a volcano. I did It's like it's like a science project at school Okay, do you see how simple oh, I love how it just keeps coming up Uprovescent. Yes. Like I said a science project. It's like a snowball It should be called a creamsicle snowball mimosa cheers And this is just very pretty and aesthetically pleasing for your guests and so simple to make. Yeah You can make all of this And then just top people off With champagne, right? Yeah. Okay. Are we trying this one? Do you think we should you try it? I don't know how to get past the cream first That is good I can't do dairy. That's why And I think you forgot that you can't do dairy either, but yeah, I can't do dairy either But we're going to put this over here for you There we go The next drink My reindeer ears have come together That's okay. Yeah Okay Oh, you're making me the next beverage we are going to make for you It's going to be a twist on a Moscow mule. It's the holiday mule. Yeah, it's really quite easy to make this beverage also very very easy It's very easy. Yes. Yes, and a lot of times Moscow mules are made in a copper mug Um, I'll if you want to make the one in there. Sure Yes, I would love to And I'll just make it in case you don't it could be made in a regular cocktail glass Absolutely. So you're going to see what the it's hard to see what the cocktail looks like in there So you're going to want to fill the glass with ice. Okay I'm just going to hand my glass down to her Yes, so that she can Fill it with ice for me because well, she's She's a pro at the ice thing Okay Glass filled with ice. All right And I think the interesting things for this is the garnish. So at the end we're going to garnish it with not now but a rosemary And then these are Sugar cranberries. Yes, and how to sugar the cranberries is on the instruction Yeah, you make like a simple syrup. So you heat up Like equal amounts of sugar and water bring it to a simmer. You don't want it to boil Um, then you drain your cranberries and you're going to want to pour that mixture over the cranberries And then you're going to want to set it in the refrigerator overnight When it the next morning take them out kind of drain them They'll be tacky and then you want to roll them in super fine sugar Nice and leave them sit like about an hour or two and then they look like they end up very pretty They are they are extremely pretty. Okay. Here we go. Okay. So we need Vodka again vodka Okay, we need vodka. Yep. How much? Here's my little measure. I'll have a vodka I know I'm not holding it by the neck again. Yes. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I wasn't holding it by the neck. Okay. That's okay And we need um cranberry juice No Just a A splash splash of cranberry juice Just for the color. Yeah And then we need Ginger beer ginger beer. I'll let you go first so I can watch how much you're putting in there. That'll just go to the top Yeah, and I top the coffee. Nice I think I've got this or not Because I'm pouring a lot more beer than you did. So probably not so much. Okay And then we garnish. Yep garnish. So now you're going to use your Sugared cranberries. Yeah, those are so pretty. Yeah. See I kind of wanted to use the clear glass. They're beautiful And then we just put that over there and then I was just thinking last night because I had babies and Tony came home and he had a friend and these were on the They were on the stove and I like these blueberries They were good though. They ate them and I'm like, oh my god, they're eating all of my garnish And then this is rosemary rosemary twig And right there. Yeah And then you have so much more prettier in the copper mug I love the way that the red It's like a little it looks like a little Christmas. Um A little Christmas thing. So cheers Jen cheers and cheers to you Cheers to everyone. I hope we have given you some amazing cocktail easy Signature cocktail ideas for your holiday celebration Jen is co-owner of the bottle Jen quickly tell them where the bottle is The bottle is in uh, Bayview. It's in Milwaukee. It's on uh, 1753 South Kanikanek. Yep. Yep. Yep And um for more information you can just stop into the bottle. They always have amazing events going on that are a lot of fun Thank you so much for joining us for this episode of create a drink for your party. No Is create a drink you love create a drink you love. Yes Um create a life you love until next time. Thank you and just all of our love goes to happy holidays everybody. Bye. Bye