This season, Eau Claire's bars, wineries, and cocktail lounges are mixing up merry cocktails and festive drinks for the holidays! With cocktail blends that suit everyone's taste buds, these seasonal, signature drinks will warm your Christmas hearts just right. But act fast, these holiday drinks are only available for a limited time! This Christmas season, check out all the holly, jolly winter cocktails to try in Eau Claire!
Photo Credit: The Informalist (The Coquito Cocktail)
Winter Drink Specials at The Lakely
Warm up with a selection of winter drink specials all month long at The Lakely! This season, enjoy live music and entertainment while sipping on The Lakely's seasonal cocktails. Choose from the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Christmas Vacation, Mr. Grinch, Scotland Yard, Buddy the Elf, Mean Girls, Vincent Van Gogh, or Charles Dickens. Visit The Lakely's website to view their entire current menu!
Winter Seasonal Cocktails at Infinity Beverages & Winery
Infinity Beverages offers a wide variety of wines, vodkas, and cocktails at its lounge, and it also serves seasonal drinks throughout the year. This winter, Infinity Beverages is highlighting The Cinnamon Roll, made with almond brandy, cream, cherry bitters, white choclate, and cinnamon simple syrup, The Sweet n' Salty, made with vanilla espresso vodka, cream, salted caramel simple syrup, sea salt, caramel drizzle, and a pretzel, and The Jacko-Chai, made with vanilla espresso vodka, cream, chai, and pumpkin spice. While sipping on your cocktail next to the fireplace, you'll be sure to warm up with the warm ambiance and a little heat that comes with the drink!
The Toboggan at Dive
The Toboggan is Dive's signature winter warming drink. Say hello to a cozy mix of rum, amaretto, hot chocolate, toasted almond syrup, and plenty of whipped cream. As if it couldn't get any cozier, sipping this inside Dive's igloos completes the entire experience. Escape the cold and enjoy drinks at Dive this season!
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Festive Cocktails at Phoenix Taproom & Kitchen
There is no shortage of drink options when stopping at the Phoenix Taproom & Kitchen. While there are more than 70 self-serve tap options throughout the facility for beer, wine, and kombucha, the cocktail bar is also shaking up seasonal drinks to celebrate with. This holiday season, raise a toast with a Feliz Navidad, a tequila-based espresso martini, Let's Get Sleighed, a Christmas cookie martini, the Dasher? I Hardly Know Her, a maple chai sidecar, the Nightmare Before Christmas, a festive Old Fashioned, and the Spiked Turtle, a spiked hot cocoa. Learn more about the self-pour craze here.
Winter Flavors at The Informalist
The cocktail lineup at The Informalist is sure to get you into the holly jolly spirit this season! Their menu features drinks like the Ginger Snap, 'Sconnie Mule, Midnight Earl, Fading Light, Coquito, made with dark rum, cream of coconut, condensed milk, evaporated milk, vanilla bean, cinnamon, and nutmeg, Summertime Sadness (low proof), and the Merry Berry (zero proof). Cozy up at this downtown bar and restaurant and soak up the season's joy!
Buddy the Elf's Night Cap at 44 North
Get your hands on Buddy's favorite cocktails this season at 44 North! Try the Roasty Toasty Martini, made with Dr. Vanilla, Kahlua, Irish cream, and hot chocolate just with cinnamon sugar, or cheers with a Fireside Martini, made with Amaretto, Fireball, Dr. Butterscotch, and cream. Other cocktails include Santa's Sparkler, made with champagne, lime juice, cranberry juice, a sugar rim, and rosemary sprig, or the Blue N' Frosty, made with Western Son Blueberry Vodka, Ginger Ale, sweet & sour, with a dash of Blue Curacao with a sugar rim. Take a winter walk through River Prairie Park, and warm up with a festive drink at 44 North!
Photo: 44 North
Fall into Winter Drink Menu at Cowboy Jack's
No one does seasonal cocktails like the bartenders at Cowboy Jack's. Their Fall into Winter menu has something for everyone including a Cranberry Moscow Mule, a Peach Pecan Old Fashioned, a Peanut Butter White Russian, a Bailey's Minty Martini, a Winter Margarita, an Adult Hot Chocolate or Coffee, and so many more. Cowboy Jack's is home to drinks that are voted Volume One's Best Craft Cocktail and Best Local Holiday Drink. Click here to check out Cowboy Jack's and to see the award-winning drinks!
Holiday Cocktails at Helix
The craft cocktail masters in River Prairie are serving up something special this season. As a matter of fact, they're serving multiple cocktails and mocktails that are perfect for the holiday season! Head to Helix to try their Polar Espresso, Tom & Jerry, Winter Cosmo, Chai 95, Yule Mule, and Hot Toddy. If you want to keep it dry, try their N/A Apple Fig & Tonic made with apple cider, fig, and holiday spices!
Weekly Featured Drinks at River Bend Winery
See the vineyards at River Bend Winery in its winter glory, and try their winter-featured cocktails! The menu features a unique featured drink every week from late fall through the end of January. Holiday drink specials will include a Dirty Santa, Peppermint Martini, Espresso Slushie, Mulled Wines, and Spiced Cranberry Old Fashioneds. Click here to learn more about River Bend Winery & Distillery, and stay in touch with events happening in their tasting room throughout the season!