Are you searching for a holiday gift for your spirited relative or friend? From our 33 Virginia distilleries, to restaurants to tastings and tours or actual recipes, we’ve done the work for you.
Magazine
- Spirited Virginia Magazine – Holiday Edition
- Virginia: Home to 33 Distillers
- Eight To Imbibe: Celebrate Prohibition’s End In These Virginia Restaurants
http://blog.virginia.org/2014/12/eight-to-imbibe-celebrate-prohibitions-end-in-these-virginia-restaurants/ - Visit Virginia Distilleries for Spirited Travel
http://blog.virginia.org/2015/10/distilleries/
Memorable Holiday Cocktails
Manhattan (feat. Virginia’s Catoctin Creek Rye)
- 2 oz. Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye
- 1 oz. Sweet Red Italian Vermouth
- 1 Dash Bitters (Peychaud’s or your favorite)
- 1 Teaspoon Maraschino Cherry Juice
- Maraschino Cherry for garnish
Pour into a mixing glass with crushed ice, stir, strain into a cocktail glass, garnish with a Maraschino cherry.
Recipe courtesy of “More Unforgettable Holiday Sips,” Virginia ABC Spirited Virginia magazine
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Bloody Mary
- 2 oz. Cirrus vodka
- 4 oz. Texas Beach Bloody Mary mix
Top with a pinch of Crunch Dynasty
Chocolate Mint Kiss (feat. Bowman’s Deep Run vodka and Richmond’s KISS)
- 1-1/2 oz. Deep Run Vodka
- 1-1/2 oz. Half & Half
- 1-1/2 oz. Spearmint Keep It Simple Syrup®
- 1 oz. Kahlúa
- 2 squirts chocolate syrup
Mix all ingredients and stir well! Enjoy! (Makes 2 drinks)
Now that you’ve found either a distillery tour, a Virginia restaurant, or perhaps even a product of your liking, why not include a Virginia is for Lovers barware piece to top it off?
Make your holiday spirit bright!
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