Holiday cocktail contest

Our community has been mixing, shaking, and stirring up some seriously festive creations using Virago Spirits. Now it’s your turn to help pick the winner!

Browse through the holiday cocktails below, discover new ways to enjoy Virago, and cast your vote for the drink that captures the spirit of the season.

Fig On Winter Vacation

  • 1 1/2 oz Virago Four Port Rum

  • 1/2 oz River City Rusty Rabbit Cinnamon Vodka

  • 1 big bar spoon of fig jam

  • 1/4 oz Lemon Juice

  • 1/4 oz spiced demerara syrup (*plain works as well)

  • 2 dashes of Peychaud’s bitters

Add all ingredients to a shaker and use a bar spoon to mash/stir and break up the fig jam. Add ice, shake well, then strain with a Hawthorne strainer over a large cube in an Old Fashioned glass.

Crimson Winter’s Eve

  • 1 1/2 oz Virago Lilith Cranberry Liqueur

  • 1/2 oz Brandy

  • Martinelli’s Sparkling Cider

Combine cranberry liqueur and brandy in a chilled flute, then top with sparkling Cider. Garnish with an apple slice or cinnamon stick.

squeaky wheel

  • 3/4 oz Virago Coffee Liqueur

  • 1 oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven

  • 1 oz Campari

  • 1/4 oz Mt Defiance Amaretto

  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters

  • Orange Twist

Stir over ice for 15 seconds. Strain into an Old Fashioned glass over a large ice cube. Express and garnish with an orange twist.