No New Year party is complete without drinks. In fact, it is one of the very few
occasions when people don’t stop to count how many pegs they have had. While
buying drinks from stores is always an option, you can also go for some
wonderful homemade drinks to treat your guests. The kind of drink that is served
in your New Year Party speaks volumes about the fact that you genuinely take
pains to make your guests feel at home. Also, keep in mind the fact that some of
your guests might be driving back home after the party, so make drinks that are
not highly alcoholic in nature. The recipes of some preferred drinks that can be
served during the New Year are given below. Try them for this New Year party and
make it affair to remember.
Drink Recipes For New Year
For Children & Non-Alcoholics
Fresh Ginger Ale
Ingredients
* 2 cups (10 ounces) Fresh Ginger (peeled and coarsely chopped)
* 3 strips (4 inches) Lemon Peel
* 1½ cups Sugar
* 3 quarts Club Soda (Chilled)
* Ice Cubes
Instructions
* Take ginger and lemon peel and add it in 4-cups of water, in a pan.
* Heat, until it reaches the boiling point. Reduce flame and boil gently,
uncovered, for 10 minutes.
* Add sugar and continue boiling and stirring, until the mixture is reduced to 3
cups (i.e. for about 15 minutes longer).
* Pour this mixture through a fine wire strainer, firmly set over a bowl.
* After you discard the peel, you can reserve the ginger for another use or
discard it as well.
* Cool the syrup at room temperature, cover it and refrigerate until cold.
* Serve chilled with ice.
Mildly Alcoholic Drinks
Pina Colada
Ingredients
* 2 shots White Rum
* 4 shots Pineapple Juice
* 1 shot Cream
* 1 shot Coconut Cream
Instructions
Blend all the above mentioned ingredients with some crushed ice and serve
chilled, in a hurricane glass.
Blue Lagoon
Ingredients
* 2 shots Vodka
* 2 shots Dey Kuyper Blue Curacao
* Lemonade (To top it up)
How To Make
* Pour the Vodka and Dey Kuyper Blue Curacao in a highball glass, filled with
ice halfway.
* Fill with lemonade, garnish with a slice of lime and serve chilled.
Tip
While making the above-mentioned alcoholic beverages, you can increase the ratio
of alcohol according to the preferences of your guest. However, they will taste
best with the given proportions.
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