

A housemade quince cider is mixed with a blend of sherries, cultured butter, and burnt orange peel, then topped with a blend of dulce de leche and heavy cream. (1331 SW Broadway 50)Ī fantastic Basque restaurant, Urdaneta offers its own take on eggnog with the Sidra Begonia. A returning one is the Ballycotton Toddy ($11), a unique drink that exemplifies the restaurant’s British and Irish roots, a toddy made with Irish whiskey, blackcurrant, honey, lemon, allspice dram, and Irish Moss, an algae that lends it a silky mouthful and vegetal notes. Raven and Rose has a seasonal focused cocktail menu, including a range of excellent hot drinks for the season. It’s perfect for the season, like drinking a chocolate, boozy candy cane. Southern-inspired Rambler Bar has a few hot drinks, a standout of which is the aptly named Boozy Hot Chocolate ($10), with Rumple Minze (a peppermint schnapp), Sailor Jerry’s, and hot-chocolate, topped with crushed candy peppermints and whipped cream. It’s the perfect way to finish off a meal, or just to warm up from the cold. This extends to the drink menu, and includes the Xico Hot Chocolate Con Mezcal ($12), a sweet, spicy, smoky, rich drink with a three chocolate blend, caramel, habanero chile, and mezcal topped with whipped cream. Mexican Restaurant Xico focuses on the finer-dining side of Oaxacan cuisine, with elegant, locally sourced dishes and rare spirits and wines from Mexico. This winter they have the option for a hot buttered anything, when guests can pick any spirit and add the house-made hot buttered mix to it. 97)Ī great and oft overlooked cocktail bar, The Vintage, unsurprisingly, serves a variety of classic cocktails. In the summer you can find it here as a slushy, but in the colder months it’s served hot, like a smokey, gingery hot toddy. A large reason for this is their popular take on the Penicillin Cocktail ($14), a scotch, ginger, honey, and lemon drink. Legendary speakeasy The Bible Club is a major purveyor of Ardbeg, a single malt scotch from Islay. Let us know your favorite warming drinks at our Facebook or Twitter. We rounded up nine of our favorite hot cocktails for 2017.

In any case, it’s cold, and the best solution for that is to try out some hot cocktails. While we haven’t received the same torrent of snowfall as we had in 2016, it’s always a possibility in the New Year. By all predictions, it’s looking to be another frigid Portland winter this year.
