Warm Gin Cocktails
Hot Apple Gin
How to serve Hot Apple Gin - the warm gin-based apple & spice drink. Stemmed glass, gentle warmth, apple, cinnamon. Plus the moments and occasions where it lands best.
Collection
Modern Winter Serves
9 recipes
This is the part of winter drinking that has changed most in the last few years, and the part that most recipe collections skip entirely.
The shift has been away from wine and cream and towards spirit-forward serves that are lighter, drier and quicker to pour. Warm spritzes, smoky mezcal with warm citrus, sake with ginger and yuzu, and ready-to-serve formats that need a pan and five minutes rather than a recipe and half an hour.
None of it is traditional. Some of it will not last. The best of it has already earned a place next to the mulled wine.
Modern Winter Serves
Warm Aperol Spritz
A warm winter take on the Aperol Spritz - there is no single recipe. Aperol with warm orange (and sometimes apple) juice and a top of prosecco, with honest notes on variants and why it divides opinion.
Modern Winter Serves
Blood Orange Negroni
A seasonal Negroni built on gin, sweet vermouth and Campari, lifted with a generous splash of fresh blood orange juice and a long orange peel.
Modern Winter Serves
Earl Grey Gin Fizz
A tea-forward gin highball built on Earl Grey-infused gin, lemon and soda; bright, bergamot-led and easy to make in larger numbers.
Modern Winter Serves
Mezcal Warmer
Smoky mezcal meets warm orange, agave and a whisper of chilli in this short, spirit-forward winter cocktail with a long, lingering finish.
Modern Winter Serves
Miso & Honey Highball
A long, savoury Japanese whisky highball built on white miso and honey syrup, finished with cold soda for a refreshing umami winter serve.
Modern Winter Serves
Spiced Pisco Sour
A wintry take on the South American classic: pisco, lemon, egg white and a quiet whisper of cinnamon under a crown of Angostura bitters.
Modern Winter Serves
Winter French 75
A festive French 75 with gin, lemon and a cinnamon-clove syrup, topped with champagne for a celebratory winter sparkler that still drinks dry.
Modern Winter Serves
Winter Paloma
A cold-weather twist on the Mexican classic: warm grapefruit, cinnamon syrup and tequila served in a stemmed glass with a salted rim.
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The Best Glühwein Alternatives
Love the ritual of mulled wine but want something different? These glühwein alternatives are lighter, brighter or simply new - without losing the warmth.
Guide
The Best Gin Winter Cocktails
Gin isn't just for summer. From warm gin-and-apple serves to spiced cold cocktails, here are the gin drinks that come into their own in winter.