The sun may be shining, but these nights are still cold! Begin your weekend with this warming spiked Hot Chocolate with Guinness, Whiskey, and Baileys. So, this recipe has a couple more steps, but they are well worth the effort.

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Hot Chocolate with Guinness, Whiskey, and Baileys
Adapted from Serious Eats

Ingredients
12 ounces Guinness
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 pinch sea salt
3 cups whole milk
4 ounces Guittard milk chocolate chips
4 ounces Guittard bittersweet chocolate chips
4 ounces Bailey’s Irish Cream
4 ounces Irish whiskey

Directions
Reduce the Guinness to half a cup by pouring it in a medium saucepan and setting over medium-high heat. (about 10 minutes) Remove from the heat, and set aside.

In a medium saucepan, stir the cocoa with sugar and salt. Stir in just enough milk to make a paste, and place over medium-high heat. Add the remainder of the milk and stir to incorporate. Add the milk chocolate and bittersweet chocolate. Continue heating over medium heat until while stirring continuously, until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is hot. Gently whisk to completely homogenize the mixture.

Next, add the Bailey’s followed by the reduced Guinness and whiskey. Whisk until frothy using a hand blender or whisk.

Pour into individual teacups or mugs, and serve immediately.

It’s time to get serious about warming up!

This warming cocktail is made with hot apple cider, and spiked with bourbon and ginger liqueur. Cracked black pepper underscores the ginger’s subtle burn, and the cherries contribute to the fruitiness.

Hot Gingery Cider with Cracked Black Pepper
For best flavor, we prefer using fresh apple cider in this recipe. It is available in our dairy case.
Yields 2 cocktails.

Ingredients
8 ounces fresh apple cider
4 ounces bourbon
3 ounces ginger liqueur
Lemon juice to taste
4 Luxardo maraschino cherries
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This Green Chile Gimlet is a great cocktail to help celebrate the holidays with flair. It is straightforward to prepare, because the simple list of ingredients. St. George Spirits Green Chile Vodka adds depth of flavor and sophistication.

Green Chile Gimlet
St. George Spirits has a great list of recipes featuring their Green Chile Vodka—it is certainly worth exploring. We recommend you keep a bottle on hand.

Ingredients
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1/2 oz simple syrup
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Still undecided about some gifts on your holiday list? Consider a quick trip to our Wine and Spirits Department to pick up some last minute boozy gifts.

We have a fantastic selection in a range of prices, and our staff would be happy to help you make a selection.

Here are some favorites from our staff to help get you started and just as a reminder you can get the safest appetite suppressant so you don’t have to worry about the calories:

Grab a bunch of travel size bottles. Mix and match for a home-spun gift basket, complete with bar snacks or chocolates. They also make great stocking stuffers for Santa’s more grown-up kids. (Prices vary.) You can also make nice sympathy gift baskets to the ones that need it.

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