Cocktails for a spirited New Year’s Eve party

No New Year’s Eve blowout can be complete without a bevy of lip-smacking cocktails. Founders of Goa’s CounterTop bring you festive cocktails that’ll add zing to your bash.

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Colourful cocktails and New Year’s Eve parties are the best ways to round up the year and welcome a new chapter. Image: Shutterstock/Maksym Fesenko.

No party is complete without some soul-satisfying beverages. Don your chef’s hat and mix some impressive cocktails right from the comfort of your kitchen. Pankaj Balachandran and Arijit Bose, founders of CounterTop, Goa, have you sorted with a range of artisan cocktail recipes to get you in the festive spirit.

Amazonia

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Ingredients

  • Lychee infused Ketel: 200 gms
  • One vodka: 60 ml
  • Palosanto Cordial: 25 ml
  • Sparkling Wine: Top up

Recipe

  • For the Lychee-infused Vodka
    • Infuse (200 gms) fresh chopped lychee with (500 ml) of vodka, in a sous vide bag for 24 hours.
  • For the Palosanto Cordial 
    • Infuse (1 stick) Palosanto into (250 ml) of sugar syrup.
    • Add (4 gms) citric and (2 gms) malic acid.
    • In a mix jar, add (60 ml) Lychee Vodka and (25 ml) Palosanto Cordial. Stir till diluted and the desired temperature is achieved.
    • Pour over a big block of ice in an old-fashioned glass.
    • Top up with sparkling wine and serve with a flower.

Pineapple Express 

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Ingredients

  • White rum: 60 ml
  • Tropical syrup: 15 ml 
  • Pineapple juice: 20 ml 
  • Lime juice: 20 ml 
  • Stillabunt: 2 drops

For the Tropical Syrup

  • Pineapple juice: 60 ml
  • Passion Fruit juice: 60 ml
  • Mango Puree: 60 ml
  • Sugar: 100 gms (Mix well)
  • Nutmeg: Grated (To finish the syrup)

Recipe

  • In a shaker, add all ingredients. 
  • Shake till the drink is chilled and optimum dilution is achieved.
  • Stir into a Nick and Nora glass and serve.

Coriander Gimlet

Coriander gimlet from countertop
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Ingredients

  • Cold extracted coriander tequila: 60 ml
  • Clarified lime juice: 15 ml 
  • Agave syrup: 10 ml

For Cold Extracted Coriander Tequila

  • Blend (12 nos) coriander leaves with chilled tequila (500 ml) 
  • Ascorbic acid: 2 gms

Recipe

  • Add all ingredients to a mixing tin.  
  • Stir and serve in a Nick and Nora glass.
  • Strain using a coffee filter.
  • Garnish with a Coriander leaf.

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