17 New Year’s Eve Cocktails Without Champagne

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

• Homemade eggnog
• Hot buttered rum
• Gingersnap martini

Other

• Blackberry-rosemary margarita
• After midnight sangria
• Pomegranate whisky cocktail
• French gin gimlet
• Cranberry ginger vanilla margarita

 
And if straight champagne is not what you're looking for, here is a great list of 7 champagne cocktails I just had to share.

• Creamsicle fizz
• Pineapple coconut champagne cocktail
• Champagne punch bellini
• Tangerine sorbet champagne floats
• Hibiscus champagne cocktail
• French pear martini