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Champagne: A New Year’s Classic - Posted: December 31, 2008

By BoozeMonger

The sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France has traditionally been the bottle popped for festive celebrations. For many, culminating a New Year countdown is seldom complete without uncorking one of these chilled bubblies.

Champagne is characterized by varying sweetness levels, from the very dry Brut to the extremely sweet Doux. When choosing a champagne for your New Year’s party, you should opt for one of the sweeter bottles if you’re not planning to use it as a cocktail mix. For use with other spirits and liqueur in cocktail recipes, however, it’s always best to go with a Simple Brut (dry and no sweetness) or a Brut (very dry).
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Selected Champagne Drinks: TROPICAL BELLINI - FRENCH 75 #2 - BOWEN SPECIAL - More Champagne Drinks

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26. ZIZI COIN-COIN (366 views)
Excerpt: Pour 5cl of Cointreau on ice, add 2cl of fresh lemon (or lime) juice, stir gently, and finally add slices of lemon/lime in glass.

27. ZINGER (316 views)
Excerpt: Get a shot glass and pour in three shots of the schnapps. Do the same with the Surge Cola. Then down it like Scheetz would.

28. ZENMEISTER (246 views) ***
Excerpt: Mix together and enjoy

29. ZORRO (344 views)
Excerpt: add all and pour black coffee and add whipped cream on top.

30. ZIMADORI ZINGER (288 views)
Excerpt: Pour Zima in a collins glass over ice and then pour the shot of Midori ~don't stir. Garnish with a cherry.

31. ZOMBIE #2 (306 views)
Excerpt: Shake over ice in a shaker, and strain into a large highball glass over crushed ice.

32. ZOMBIE #3 (347 views)
Excerpt: Shake all ingedients over ice, except the high-proof rum, the pineapple stick and the sugar. Strain and add ice. Garnish with pineapple and a cherry. ...

33. ZAMBEER (255 views)
Excerpt: Mix sambuca with rootbeer and stir. Add ice

34. ZIPPERHEAD (462 views) *****
Excerpt: Fill glass with rocks, add straw before putting in liquor. Then add the ingredients in order, trying to keep layered as much as possible (i.e. Chambo...

35. ZORBATINI (290 views)
Excerpt: Prepare like a Martini. Garnish with a green olive.

36. ZIMA BLASTER (426 views)
Excerpt: Fill glass with ice. Pour in Chambord, then fill with Zima. Mix and enjoy.

37. ZOMBIE #4 (356 views)
Excerpt: Strain ingredients into collins glass filled with ice. Top with 151-proof Rum.

38. ZOOT (294 views)
Excerpt: Prepare a regular Gin and 7-Up with ice cubes, and the add the Jack Daniels gently on top of the ice. Then a lemmon wedge for garnish.

39. ZOO STATION (270 views)
Excerpt: Shake ingredients over ice. Strain into shot glass.

40. ZOMBIE #5 (335 views) **
Excerpt: Mixed in a shaker on ice. Serve in a Tumbler on crushed ice

41. ZIPPERHEADS (385 views) ***
Excerpt: In a small glass with ice, add the Vodka and Raspberry liqueur. Float the 7up or Sprite on top. Serve with a straw. To drink it make sure that you do ...

42. ZANZIBAR (283 views)
Excerpt: Add ingredients to a mixing glass filled with ice. Shake and strain into chilled glass. Add ice, if desired.

43. ZIMAPPLE (299 views)
Excerpt: Take a tall glass and fill with ice. Pour in a couple of shots of spiced rum and fill nearly to the top with Zima(r). Finish off the rest with pineapp...

44. ZUNSET (241 views)
Excerpt: Take a tall glass and fill with ice. Add rum, zima and orange juice. Add a splash of grenadine. Stir lightly.

45. ZOO HARBOR (285 views)
Excerpt: Take a tall glass and fill with ice. Pour in about a shot and a half of melon liqueur and a couple of shots of pineapple juice. Top off the rest with ...

46. ZOWIE (319 views)
Excerpt: Layer in order.

47. ZORONISH (254 views)
Excerpt: Mix the tequila with the cognac.Pour the mixture on the ice cube.Add the beer.Shake hard.Pour the pina colada on top of the foam.

48. ZIGGY'S ROOTBEER (358 views)
Excerpt: To a glass, add ice (to one's desired amount). Then just add in the southern comfort, rootbeer schnapps and cola. Add more or less cola if desired. ...

49. ZOME ZUNZET (302 views)
Excerpt: In a tall glass filled with ice, add grenadine, rum, orange juice, and Zima. Stir or shake as desired.

50. ZA ZA (259 views)
Excerpt: Pour a dash of angostura bitters into the bottom of the glass. Add gin and Dubonnet. Stir.

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