Beer in the Evening

Start your Christmas festivities off with a few Snowballs! This sweet, bitter, fluffy drink has been a tradition in our house for years, marking the start of Christmas partying – as soon as you get a glass of snowball in your hands it’s time to kick back, relax and let the merriment begin.

Snowballs are a simple cocktail made from two standard ingredients, Advocaat and lemonade.  Advocaat is a bright yellow Dutch liqueur made from aromatic spirits, egg yolks, vanilla and brandy. There are many variations of this recipe some we have listed below for you to try;

 

The Classic Snowball
70ml Advocaat egg liqueur (2 shot)
Lemonade (top up half pint glass)
Squeeze of fresh lemon juice

Add the Advocaat to your glass, top up with lemonade, be careful as the two liquids mixed have a very reactive ‘expanding’ effect, add a few drops of fresh lemon juice, stir.
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The Russkie Snowballov
35ml Vodka (1 shot)
35ml Advocaat (1 shot)
Lemonade (top up)
Ice

If you attempt this one, trust us, build it the way we recommend, alternatives can be messy! Start with the vodka, top up to half way with lemonade, add the ice, then the Advocaat, finally topping up with more lemonade if required. This one has some kick.
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The Snow-lazy-ball
35ml Advocaat (1 shot)
1 can of sprite

Start with the Advocaat, gently add the sprite, and stir, 5 seconds and it’s done.
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Fireside-ball
35ml Advocaat (1 shot)
15ml brandy (dash or ½ a shot)
Lemonade (top up)

Start with the Advocaat, add the brandy and give it a quick stir, slowly add the lemonade top up. That’ll warm the barnacles off a north sea trawler.
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Citrus-twist-balls
35ml Advocaat (1 shot)
15ml fresh lime juice
Lemonade (top up)

Start with the Advocaat, top up to almost the top of the glass with lemonade, then add the lime juice, give it a good stir. Ouch – that’s zesty!
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Catballs
70ml Advocaat (2 shots)
Sprite
1 tblspn vanilla ice cream

Add the Advocaat and ice cream, top up gently with Sprite, the cat that got the cream.
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The Kings Snowball
Vanilla sugar
35ml Advocaat (1 shot)
15ml Brandy
1 tblspn vanilla ice cream
2 Slices of fresh lemon
1 tspn fresh lemon juice
Lemonade (top up)

Put a sprinkling of vanilla sugar on a plate and with one of the slices of lemon run it around the lip of the glass making it slightly wet with lemon juice, turn the glass upside down and place onto the plate of sugar allowing the lemon juice to attract some of the sugar grains. Turn the glass up the other way and into it add the Advocaat, dash of brandy, fresh lemon juice, and stir. Then add the tablespoon of vanilla ice cream. Slowly top up the glass with lemonade, finally decorate with the other slice of lemon. A lot of preparation involved, but the result is a drink fit for a king.