
Has Hot Buttered Rum Lost Its Damn Mind?
The polarizing holiday cocktail is being updated with everything from pumpkin butter to ice cream to tequila.
- story: Megan Krigbaum
- photo: Lizzie Munro
The polarizing holiday cocktail is being updated with everything from pumpkin butter to ice cream to tequila.
In her punch-like Black Mamba, Stephanie Teslar combines rich house-mulled wine with gin and applejack.
From a "Viking-tiki" glögg to a port-based riff, four bartenders revamp the holiday standby.
This "Viking-tiki"-inspired mulled wine gets added heat from a measure of aquavit.
This modified mulled wine calls on white wine, honey, thyme, almonds and ginger—topped with a float of whipped calvados butter.
This Gin Fizz-inspired cocktail contains an added layer for the winter season—equivalent to a mulled wine snowsuit.