New Year’s Eve is a time to raise a glass and toast the memories of the year gone by and to welcome all the new ones to come in the year ahead. Of course most New Year’s Eve cocktails contain champagne or sparkling wine because NYE is bubbly’s time to shine. But what if you aren’t fond of champagne or want to offer an assortment of drinks to your guests? Here are 17 great ideas for New Year’s Eve cocktails without champagne.
Vodka based:
- Pomegranate Moscow Mule
- Vodka espresso martini
- Jack Frost cocktail (can be made with rum)
- Pineapple cinnamon sangria (can be made with rum)
- Tiffany blue New Year’s cocktail (contains rum as well)
- Peppermint mocha White Russian
- Lemon ball drop
- Sparkling black cherry martini
- Spicy jalapeño mint Moscow Mule
Rum based:
Other:
- Blackberry-rosemary margarita
- After midnight sangria
- Pomegranate whisky cocktail
- French gin gimlet
- Cranberry ginger vanilla margarita
Of course, if you read this and are thinking yea but what about some ideas with bubbly? Here is a great list of 7 champagne cocktails and here are a couple more I came across when writing this post that I just had to share:
- Creamsicle fizz
- Pineapple coconut champagne cocktail
- Champagne punch bellini
- Tangerine sorbet champagne floats
- Hibiscus champagne cocktail
- French pear martini
With all these cocktail ideas, we’d like an invite to your New Year’s Eve party, please and thank you 🙂