Here we have seven winter-warmer cocktails that are perfect for when the weather begins to cool and bluster and all you want to do is cosy up on the sofa. From a new, creative version of a Hot Toddy (made with maple syrup!) to a heart-warming, apple pie-flavoured cocktail full of warming tones, each of these seven scrumptious delights is simply divine.

All you need is your comfiest slippers and fluffiest duvet and you’re ready to go!

You can buy Mad Owl Gin Special Edition, Craft Gin Club’s November 2021 Gin of the Month, here!

For these tasty tipples, there’s no better choice of gin than Thornæs Distillery’s range of stunning Mad Owl gins - members will remember the beautiful special edition gin Thornæs Distillery made for Craft Gin Club’s November 2021 Gin of the Month!

Not only are their gins of the highest quality but they are also from Denmark, the home of the hygge lifestyle (a way of living that promotes the quality of being warm and comfortable, focused on finding happiness in simple pleasures like a warm duvet and natural foods).

There’s simply no better range of gins for cosy nights in!

8 of the best cosy cocktails for cold winter nights:

Apple Pie Highball

The fresh herbal botanicals of Mad Owl Gin Herbal are a perfect match for the orchard-fruit flavours of apple, which is presented in two different forms in this cocktail - juice and cider. The vanilla syrup smooths out everything making it a nice soft, yet complex cocktail and the cinnamon sugar adds that glowing spice and sweetness that we love. Combined, they create the flavour profile of a warming slice of apple pie. Yum!

30ml Mad Owl Herbal Gin
45ml apple juice
25ml Vanilla Syrup
15ml lime juice
Cider, to top
Fresh apple or pear and a sprig of rosemary, to garnish
1tbsp brown sugar
1tbsp cinnamon

Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a saucer. Dampen the rim of the glass with apple juice. Sit the rim of the glass in cinnamon sugar until evenly coated. Shake the gin, apple juice, syrup and lime juice with ice then strain into your ice-filled glass. Top with the cider. Garnish, serve and enjoy!

Fireside Pomegranate Sour

This silky, soft sour cocktail recipe is brimming with festive, sweet-tart pomegranate tones that are complemented by gentle oak, coconut and vanilla notes from the Mad Owl Gin Oak-Aged. Zesty lemon then adds that deliciously sour tang. It’s perfect for sipping by the fireside!

60ml Mad Owl Gin Oak-Aged
25ml lemon juice
10ml Grenadine
10ml Simple Syrup
1 egg white
Lemon peel, to top

Shake all of the ingredients without ice apart from the garnish. Shake all of the ingredients again with ice. Strain into a Coup glass. Garnish, serve and enjoy!

Creamy Caramel Martinez

This creamy twist on a Martinez cocktail mixes Mad Owl Gin London Dry with sweet vermouth and Craft Gin Club’s Caramel Syrup (a traditional Martinez would use Maraschino liqueur instead of the syrup). We have then also added an extra glug of luxury in the form of rich double cream, which you can either try to float on top of the cocktail like an Irish Coffee or simple mix straight in. Finished with a sprinkle of nutmeg, it’s a fabulous way to get cosy on cold autumn and winter nights.

45ml Mad Owl London Dry Gin
45ml sweet vermouth
5ml Caramel Syrup
2 dashes Angostura BItters
50ml double cream
Grated nutmeg, to garnish

Add the gin, vermouth, syrup and bitters to a mixing glass with ice and stir until chilled. Strain into a coupe or martini glass. Slowly and carefully float double cream on top, through the back of a spoon, in order to create a layer or mix straight in to create a luscious texture. Garnish, serve and enjoy!

Lavender Fizz

Here we have an easy cocktail recipe that will add a floral touch to your cosy nights in. Mixing the purple-coloured Mad Owl Gin Lavender with sweet, smooth honey and apple juice for that autumnal glow, it’s a fabulous way to enjoy a night in on the sofa. The addition of soda water then adds that fizz that makes the cocktail so fun!

50ml Mad Owl Gin Lavender
25ml lemon juice
15ml honey
Apple soda, to top (50/50 apple juice and soda)
Dried lavender sprig, to garnish

Shake the gin, lemon and honey with ice. Strain into a highball glass with ice. Top with apple juice and soda. Garnish, serve and enjoy!

Bramble Negroni

What could be cosier than a rich, velvety, delectably bitter-sweet Negroni? Our berry-licious Bramble Negroni! Adding autumnal blackberry notes to that classic mix of gin, Campari and vermouth with Mad Owl Gin Blackberry, this cocktail is inviting and wonderfully moreish. One will never be enough!

30ml Mad Owl Gin Blackberry
30ml white vermouth
30ml Campari
Blackberries and orange peel, to garnish

Add the gin, vermouth and Campari to a mixing glass with ice and stir. Strain into a Rocks glass with ice. Garnish, serve and enjoy!

Snug Rhubarb Mule

Spicy ginger and tart fruity rhubarb work so well together in this utterly gorgeous Rhubarb Mule! The star of the show is Mad Owl Gin Rhubarb here, it is then mixed with ginger beer to give you that classic rhubarb and ginger flavour combination in one of its most quaffable forms. Get your duvet wrapped around you and whip one of these - you will not be disappointed!

50ml Mad Owl Gin Rhuabarb
25ml lime juice
10ml Simple Syrup
Ginger beer, to top
Lime wheel, to garnish

Add all of the ingredients to a highball glass with ice and give a quick stir to combine. Garnish, serve and enjoy!

Maple Hot Toddy

We have taken the classic hot toddy cocktail and added a delectably decadent measure of maple syrup and a good pour of Mad Owl Gin Special Edition. The effect is sublime! This hot cocktail is sweet and rich, boozy and fragrant, spiced and zesty, in all the right places. There’s no better way to beat the cold!

50ml Mad Owl Gin Special Edition
1tbsp maple syrup
10ml lemon juice
200ml hot water
Cinnamon stick, star anise and lemon wheel, to garnish

Add your hot water, lemon juice and maple syrup to a mug. Give a little stir to dissolve the syrup and add the gin. Giving a second quick stir. Garnish, serve and enjoy!

Marzipan Sour

Marzipan, with its nutty aromas, is one of the most comforting flavours and it has been captured wonderfully in this beautiful cocktail. Mixing Mad Owl Gin Oak-Aged with tangy lemon juice and amaretto, it’s a lip-smacking joy!

40ml Mad Owl Gin Oak-Aged
20ml amaretto
30ml lemon juice
15ml Simple Syrup
Lemon slice or piece of marzipan, to garnish

Add the gin, amaretto, lemon juice and syrup to a shaker with lots of ice. Shake well and strain into a lowball glass filled with ice. Garnish, serve and enjoy!