With the holiday season in full swing, come with it the standard holiday cocktails: spiked eggnog, hot toddies and various peppermint-flavored mixtures.

This time around, celebrate another remarkable year gone by and toast to your loved ones with a cocktail unlike any other.

The BACARDI Ocho Nieves is a standout cocktail, incorporating some of the season’s favorite flavors by using unique ingredients. The cocktail begins with a longtime rum-drinkers favorite: BACARDI Gran Reserva Ocho Años, a super-premium mixing rum, and is then complemented by unusual liqueurs including Cacao Prieto, which provides a rich chocolate flavor, and Sorel, a sweetened, wheat-based spirit which combines Moroccan Hibiscus, Nigerian ginger and Brazilian clove. Finally, Maraschino liqueur rounds out the drink with a subtle bitter almond flavor and is followed by a brandy cherry for an elegant garnish.

BACARDI Ocho Nieves

• 2 parts BACARDI Gran Reserva Ocho Años
• ½ part Cacao Prieto
• ¼ part Sorel Liqueur
• ¼ part Maraschino Liqueur
• Brandy Cherry

Method: Stir until very cold and pour into rocks glass. Garnish with brandy cherry.

The drink your toasting with should be deserving of the people and accomplishments you’re cheersing to, and if you’re throwing a true fête, make serving easy with a holiday cocktail batch recipe from GREY GOOSE Vodka.  

The Noël Rouge, which serves up to 12 people, is a decadent batch recipe which combines the subtle sweetness of GREY GOOSE vodka with ST-GERMAIN to create a cocktail balanced by a touch of lemon. Pomegranate seeds give this holiday serve a seasonal twist.

Noël Rouge

600ml GREY GOOSE vodka

240ml ST-GERMAIN liqueur

120ml Lemon juice

40 Pomegranate seeds

Method: Muddle the pomegranate seeds and lemon juice in a large bowl, add crushed ice, followed by the GREY GOOSE, ST-GERMAIN. Stir and serve.