5 Awesome Cocktails for Your Housewarming Party by Kenny

Your housewarming party can be the make-or-break moment when your new residence starts to feel like a home. You’re finally all moved in and it’s time to throw your first party. Not only do you want to show off your new place to your friends and family, but you also need to make a good impression with your new neighbors. If you’re nervous about having people over to your new home for the first time, remember that nothing breaks the ice like a great cocktail.  Here are 5 amazing cocktail recipes that will really get your housewarming party going.

Dawa Cocktail

Unless you’re moving to eastern Africa it is guaranteed that a Dawa Cocktail will be a brand new drink experience for your party guests. Dawa is Swahili for “medicine” and the locals in Nairobi believe that the drink has some serious healing powers.

Ingredients (Serves 1)

·   1 ¾ oz vodka

·   1 lime

·   2 bar spoons of brown sugar

·   Stir stick coated with honey

How to Prepare a Dawa Cocktail

1. Place the lime and brown sugar in an old fashioned glass
2. Crush the lime
3. Add crushed ice
4. Add vodka
5. Add honey stick as garnish and serve

Bronx Martini

A classic cocktail that will give your housewarming party the feeling of class and sophistication.

Ingredients (Serves 1)

·   1 oz dry vermouth

·   1 oz gin

·   Juice from ¼ an orange

·   1 orange slice

How to Prepare a Bronx Martini

1. Place all ingredients except the orange slice in a cocktail shaker and shake
2. Strain mixture into a martini glass
3. Place orange on glass as garnish and serve
   
   

Caipirinha

Nothing will get your backyard barbeque going like the Caipirinha, the national drink of Brazil. Known for being one of the sweetest and most refreshing drinks on earth, the mix of cachaca, a very sweet Brazilian rum, sugar and lime is sure to be a crowd pleaser on a warm spring or summer day.   

Ingredients (Serves 1)

·   2 tbsp. sugar

·   2 to 2 ½ oz cachaca

·   1 lime

How to Prepare a Caipirinha

1. Place the sugar in an old-fashioned glass
2. Mix sugar with sliced lime wedges
3. Fill the glass with ice and cachaca
4. Stir 

Blackberry Mint Julep

A new twist on a classic southern cocktail. The blackberry adds a slight tart flavor to the sweetness of the traditional Mint Julep. It’s essential if you’re a northerner moving down south (or vice versa).

Ingredients (Serves 4)

·   ½ cup fresh mint leaves

·   Mint for garnishing

·   1 pint blackberries

·   6 tbsp. sugar

·   ½ cup bourbon

How to Prepare a Blackberry Mint Julep

1. Chop and puree the mint leaves
2. Add mint to a pitcher along with the sugar, blackberries, ice and bourbon
3. Garnish each drink with a mint leaf

Frozen Frangelico Coffee with Cream

A Frozen Frangelico Coffee with Cream is the perfect frozen refreshment for a mid-summer barbeque housewarming party.

Ingredients: (Serves 4)

·   1 cup Frangelico

·   4 cups cold coffee

·   2/3 cup heavy cream

·   4 to 6 tbsp. maple syrup

How to Prepare a Frozen Frangelico Coffee with Cream

1. Mix cold coffee with Frangelico in a bowl and let it sit in the freezer until almost frozen
2. Mix maple syrup and heavy cream
3. Fill glasses with the coffee mixture
4. Add dollops of heavy cream on top