There’s nothing fairly like the sensation of filling your own home with family and friends in the course of the holidays. We wait all 12 months to collect with our family members and have fun the season with meals, laughter, and naturally, just a few drinks. When it’s your flip to host, nevertheless, the stress of planning could make you are feeling extra just like the turkey within the stress cooker than bursting with vacation spirit.

Crafting a menu that satisfies everybody could be exhausting. Simply selecting a crowd-pleasing cocktail is sufficient to make you wish to skip straight to January. How do discover the proper drink on your aunt who prefers fruity and your sister who solely likes candy? Or impress your mixologist cousin with out deterring your vodka-tonic loving grandpa?  

The reply? Add an inventive combine into the vacation spirit with a DIY cocktail bar. Permit friends to get inventive with cocktails and craft their very own garnishes, whilst you get to benefit from the social gathering.

What You’ll Want

Begin with the spine of the bar; Van Gogh Vodka. With 16 totally different expressions to select from, there’s a taste for each visitor’s’ palate. The bonus? Every flavored expression undergoes an all-natural double infusion course of so the style is at all times daring, and by no means synthetic.  

Strive our decadent Van Gogh Dutch Caramel for the sister with the candy tooth, and tropical Van Gogh Açaí-Blueberry on your fruit-loving aunt. Don’t overlook to place out the premium Van Gogh Vodka, blended with wheat from Holland, France and Germany, on your vodka-tonic loving grandpa. Discover the correct mix on your group, and study extra about our expressions right here.

Step 2: Mixers

Give your friends choices to mix-and-match their cocktails. Our favourite mixers embody: cranberry, membership soda, tea, lemonade, orange juice, pineapple juice, ginger beer and apple cider. For the standard cocktail, strive 1 half Van Gogh Vodka and a pair of elements mixer in a rocks glass with ice, then stir and garnish. Go to our recipe web page for inspiration.

Step 3: Garnish

Let your creativity shine by experimenting with totally different garnish choices. Strive your favourite fruit and an herb like rosemary or mint.

Step 4: Exhibit your masterpiece

High it off and examine cocktail creations for added leisure.