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12 Sherry Cocktail Recipes for Toasting

Sweet, salty, savory Sherry is a wonderful way to balance cocktails, but it can also be the star of the show in it's own right. These 12 drinks show off all of the fortified wine's many facets.

ByThe Epicurious Editors

December 19, 2017

Photo by Michael Graydon & Nikole Herriott

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Under-the-Mistletoe Punch

This punch recipe easily scales down by half, or even all the way to festive drinks for two.

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Photo by Dan Monick

2/12

Sherry Pimm's Cup

This is definitely the look for bingeing your favorite period drama. Whether you're still working throughDownton Abbeyor you've moved on toThe Crown, stay glued to the TV, with a Sherry-doused version of the classic British cocktail.

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Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott

3/12

Hey Hey, My My

Italian bitter liqueur Aperol adds a coral hue and boost of citrus flavor to this refreshing Sherry and grapefruit juice cocktail.

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Levi Brown

4/12

Rye Witch

This Sherry, whiskey, and orange concoction is a great sipper.

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Photo by Jason Varney

5/12

Claret Cup

The precursor to the Pimm’s Cup, the old Claret Cup employs a wine base to make a drink that is light and redolent of additions such as borage, cucumber, or strawberries. Don’t overthink it—use whatever fruit you’ve got in the fridge and see what you prefer.

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Richard Pierce

6/12

Smoke Signals

Smoked ice chards, pecan syrup, whiskey, and toasty Amontillado Sherry make a drink well suited for retiring to the library with a cigar.

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Sara Bonisteel

7/12

Modern Lemonade

这低度饮者依赖于雪莉的盐水nature to round out the sweetness of an adult lemonade. Sloe gin adds a berry-like fruitiness.

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Ed Anderson

8/12

Pale Rider Cocktail

Sip on this jalapeño-infused tequila cocktail, shot through with floral Manzanilla Sherry and mellowed with a few slices of cucumber.

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Photo by Levi Brown

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Cranberry Cobbler

The quintessential Sherry cocktail—cobbler—is a fruity, but not too sweet, drink filled with crushed ice. This version combines cranberries, oranges, and a shot of gin for good measure.

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Sara Bonisteel at Fort Defiance

10/12

Pineapple Cocktail

Sweet pineapple juice is tempered by the natural salinity of Sherry in this punch. White wine rounds out the flavors—a clean-tasting dry Riesling would be a good choice.

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Christopher Griffith

11/12

Catch-22 Cocktail

This chocolate–orange catch-22 is bolstered by Batavia Arrack, a sugarcane spirit that has lately been making a comeback.

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Cookbook cover image courtesy of Random House

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Book-Club Buck

Amontillado Sherry adds richness and body to this variation on a dark & stormy, infused with ginger–lime syrup and finished with club soda.

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