‘Tis the Season for Holiday Cocktails

Posted By Shoshana Leon on December 16, 2020

***Bitter and Twisted Cocktail Parlour***

To keep the season merry and bright, several restaurants are offering holiday-themed beverages.

Bitter and Twisted Cocktail Parlour in downtown Phoenix is hosting a Sippin’ Santa holiday popup through Dec. 26 with festive tiki décor and libations such as North Pole Punch, Endless Summer Swizzle and the Parrot in a Pear Tree.
Another tropical option is Hula’s Modern Tiki, offering a variety of holiday cocktails at its three Valley locations, including Son of a Nutcracker with bourbon, amaro and winter spice syrup; Sleigh Rye with bourbon and marshmallow simple syrup; and Little Cindy Lou Who with salted caramel vodka and coffee liqueur.
Little Rituals in downtown Phoenix is pouring a vegan nog with cognac, oat milk, cinnamon and maple, and a hot toddy with bourbon, amaro and chai spice.
Phoenix City Grille offers a salted caramel apple cocktail with Crown Royal Apple and Crown Royal Salted Caramel, and harvest apple sangria with apple cider, apricot liqueur, fresh orange juice and white wine.
For brunch fans, U.S. Egg, with several locations across the Valley, has a holiday mimosa trio including an apple cinnamon mimosa, peppermint cran-mosa with cranberry juice and mini candy cane garnish, and peppermint bark featuring a chocolate syrup and crushed peppermint rim. Enjoy a flight of all three.
For those with a sweet tooth, Hotel Valley Ho’s monthly Show Stopper Shake is the Scottsdale Snowdown, a sugar cookie shake topped with a vanilla coconut snowball, sugar cookie snowflakes, candy canes, a flamingo Santa and edible snow with $1 from each shake sold being donated to the Heard Museum. Hotel Valley Ho also has holiday-themed Short Stopper Shakes, including the Candy Cane Forest, a peppermint shake topped with candy canes and a chocolate cupcake; Caramel Crunch vanilla shake topped with caramel candy, brûléed banana and a praline blondie; and the Gingerbread Man gingerbread cookie shake topped with a mini gingerbread man and candied orange peel.