Winter cocktails

Where in Spokane to find some warming sips for the holiday and beyond.

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Tue., Dec. 26, 2017

The Carda-Bomb at Bon Bon in the Garland Distirct is exotic, comforting, spicy, refreshing features the distinctive flavor of cardamom, but it isn’t overpowering. This vodka-based libation is made with grapefruit, lemon, simple syrup and ginger beer, which balances out the warming spice. It’s slightly sweet, but not too sweet. The Peary Manilow pear gin, lemon, ginger, simple syrup and ginger beer also goes down easy.

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Hazel Eyes, served in an oversize snifter, is hot coffee spiked with Bailey’s Irish Cream and Frangelico hazelnut liqueur then topped with a cap of whipped cream and drizzled with caramel and chocolate sauce. Its one of the signature drinks at Bistango.

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The vodka-based Smores martini, which comes in a chocolate-and-graham-cracker-rimmed martini glass. It features both marshmallow and Godiva chocolate liqueurs and looks particularly impressive. Bistango Bartender Ryan Crow toasts three marshmallows with a butane torch and sets them across the mouth of the glass on a skewer just before serving. It’s definitely a dessert cocktail, he said.

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Bar manager Alex Rivard created his Whiskey Tango about a year ago when he took over the bar program at the Blackbird Tavern and Kitchen.
This smoky Old Fashioned features charred apple wood-infused mezcal at the Blackbird Tavern and Kitchen.
The Rye Not? at Volstead Act in downtown Spokane features Old Overholt Rye Whiskey, black walnut bitters, Angostura bitters, a splash of simple syrup, and orange peel.
The gin-based Raj Against the Machine at Volstead Act in downtown Spokane features Hendrick’s gin, Cynar, Strega, curry bitters and flamed orange peel.
The Cinnamon Sugar Cookie is sweet, spicy and creamy at the Peacock Room Lounge in the Historic Davenport Hotel. But don’t let it fool you; it’s boozy, too.
The $12 Coconut Snowball is one of four seasonal drinks at the Peacock Room Lounge this winter.
Consider a classic French 75 (foreground) or Champagne cocktail, like these at Clover, to help ring in the New Year.

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The classic French 75 at Clover features London dry gin, triple sec and lemon juice, topped with Segura Viudas Brut Cava.

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A classic Champagne cocktail at Clover starts with two sugar cubes, followed by six to eight dashes of Angostura bitters which add a lovely orangey-red color to this cocktail

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