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Here are the best New Years Eve drinks and cocktails to ring in the year! Try everything from champagne cocktails to cozy brunch drinks.

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Ready to ring in the New Year? New Years Eve is the perfect time to celebrate with a signature drink. There are so many fun celebratory cocktails, whether you love sparkling wine or want something a little more outside the box. For New Years Day, there are lots of great brunch cocktails for enjoying the morning after.

As two cocktail experts and certified mixologists, we’ve reviewed our recipe library to find all the best New Years Eve drinks and cocktails to try! Whether it’s a classic champagne cocktail as a New Years Eve drink or a round of Bloody Mary’s or mimosas for cozy New Years cocktail for brunch, we’ve got something for everyone.

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30 New Years Drinks: Champagne Cocktail & More!

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The Champagne Cocktail is a classic drink that’s festive and elegant: the perfect for New Years drink! The sugar cube makes it sparkle.

  • Author: Sonja Overhiser
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 1 drink 1x
  • Category: Drink
  • Method: Poured
  • Cuisine: Cocktails
  • Diet: Vegan

Ingredients

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  • 1 sugar cube
  • 5 dashes Angostura bitters
  • Squeezed lemon peel
  • 5 ounces champagne (10 tablespoons)
  • For the garnish: Lemon twist

Instructions

  1. Make the lemon twist garnish, if using.
  2. Add a sugar cube to bottom of a champagne flute. Add 5 dashes of bitters to the sugar cube. Use a vegetable peeler to peel off a small strip of lemon skin. Squeeze the lemon skin into the flute to release the oils.
  3. Fill the glass with champagne and serve immediately: watch how the sugar cube makes the bubbles sparkle! Garnish with a lemon twist if desired.

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About the authors

Alex & Sonja

Hi! We’re Alex & Sonja Overhiser, authors of the acclaimed cookbooks A Couple Cooks and Pretty Simple Cooking—and a real life couple who cooks together. We founded the A Couple Cooks website in 2010 to share seasonal recipes and the joy of home cooking. Now, we’ve got over 3,000 well-tested recipes, including Mediterranean diet, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, smoothies, cocktails, and more!

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  1. Anonymous says:

    thank you for all of these cocktails, yay for sidecar cocktails!






    1. Sonja Overhiser says:

      We love a good Sidecar too! Happy New Year! :)

  2. Sonja Overhiser says:

    Let us know if you have any questions!