10 New Year's Eve Cocktails

Not sure what to sip while humming Auld Lang Syne tomorrow night? Here are ten ideas; many of them involve bubbles.

• Champagne Cocktail: Simple to prepare and damn tasty to boot.
• Black Velvet: Some people might recoil at the idea of mixing Guinness with Champagne—ignore them.
• Champagne Julep: Cognac plus Champagne. Warning: this one has some crazy firepower.
• A Minnesota Good-Bye: A holiday riff on French 75 made with simmered tart cranberries, toasty spices, some piney gin, and a topper of bubbly.
• Reveillon: Apple and pear brandies with allspice and cinnamon-tinged bitters.
• The Mary Pickford: Rum, pineapple juice and grenadine, with a bit of mystery added through the inclusion of maraschino liqueur
• Fernet Old Fashioned: Mint and eucalyptus-laced Italian digestivo (after all those party snacks).
• Toasted Almond Cocktail: A mixture of marzipan-sweet Amaretto and icy Champagne, crowned by a rim of toasted almond sugar
• Champs Elysees The ne plus ultra of elegant cocktails.
• Zombie Punch: A powerful yet balanced amalgam of rum, juice and sweeteners. And c'mon, it has "punch" in the title.

Get The Recipes:

• Black Velvet
• Fernet Old Fashioned
• Champagne Julep
• Zombie Punch
• Champagne Cocktail
• Reveillon Cocktail
• New Year's Champagne Cocktail: The Toasted Almond Cocktail
• A Minnesota Good-Bye
• Champs Elysees
• The Mary Pickford