• Jake Sawyer
    • 2 min read

5 Cocktails with Hot Sips for Cold Lips

The weather might be cold, but that doesn’t mean you have to be! Here are 5 gut-warming cocktails guaranteed to help you shake your shivers.

It’s so cold, you could put your food in the fridge to heat it up.


It’s so cold that white people are actually wearing pants.


It’s SO cold that the bandits from Home Alone were genuinely excited to see a blowtorch.


It’s so cold that Donald Trump is actually wearing a mask.


It’s so cold that your beer koozie might ask for a beer koozie.


The point is... it’s cold. Luckily, the beverage experts @handofftech have discovered the perfect gut-warming cocktails to send your shivers into oblivion. Time to drop the needle on some Nina Simone or Frank Sinatra, heat up some delicious drinks, and rediscover the same level of warmth you felt the first time you watched Remember the Titans.


Check out some classic hot cocktails and how to make ‘em to combat the winter weather. The cold won’t last much longer, so get em’ while they’re HOT!


EZ Bake Toddy

The easiest way to get the delicious satisfaction of a perfectly balanced hot toddy.

  1. Get Crafthouse Cocktails Gold Rush delivered

  2. Heat it up in a saucepan.

  3. Drink it. Get warm.

(BONUS: Go to Crafthouse Cocktails website and order directly from the Handoff plugin!)


Mulled Wine

Get a little spice in your life!

  1. Pour a bottle of Bread & Butter Cab Sauv into a large pot

  2. Turn stove on low heat

  3. Add some apple cider and orange slices

  4. Add spices! What you choose is up to you, but the best ones are cinnamon, cardamom, star anise, and cloves. Sidenote: Don’t use ground spices. Use WHOLE spices for the flavors to properly integrate with the liquid.

  5. Turn the stove to simmer, and stir slowly as the spices infuse the liquid.

  6. Stir in 2-3 shots of Laird's Applejack Brandy

  7. Impress your family and friends with this warming concoction.


Irish Coffee

Drinkin’ in the morning is totally warranted with this one.

  1. Make Coffee

  2. Spike it with Jameson Irish Whiskey

  3. Creamer? Nah. How about Bailey's Irish Creamer

  4. Jumpstart your day with a warm caffeinated cocktail 😏








Mint Chocolate Madness

Chocolittle? No way... ChocoLOT!

  1. Make Hot Chocolate how you would normally make hot chocolate

  2. Spike it with Hiram Walker Peppermint Schnapps

  3. For the adventurously creamy folks out there, add a dribble of Bailey's Irish Cream

  4. Make another one.


Great Jumping Juniper, Batman!

Like a hot toddy, but with Gin.

  1. Pour an ounce or two of Breckenridge Gin into a mug

  2. Fill the void with Hot Water

  3. Squeeze in half of a lemon

  4. Stir in some sugar


🔥 It’s getting hot in here… so take off all your bottle caps? That might have been a try-hard joke, but you won’t have to try that hard to discover your favorite hot cocktail. Just pop into the Handoff app, place an order, and you’ll be steamin’ up the windows in no time 😉