Two Holiday Cocktail Recipes from Wild Son

Thanksgiving has passed us by; December is closing in; gift guides are swarming our inboxes (call us hypocrites, but check back for ours next week!). Our holiday dial should officially be on high. If you’re like us, though, it’s more hovering around medium-low: all the turkey and stuffing (and leftovers) we’ve consumed over the past week seems to have migrated to our love handles, and our

election hangovers

have officially become apocalyptic. So what do we propose to get us in the holiday spirit? Why, alcohol, of course!

Kidding. Kind of—at least, we do not condone the consumption of booze for mental health purposes (there are much healthier ways to quell the holiday blues,

to be found here

). That said, a festive beverage never hurt anyone. And we swear to a Louboutin-gifting Santa, these drinks, dreamed up and made into a reality by

Wild Son

owner Jason Mendenhall, might as well come with a sprig of mistletoe and a warm holiday hug (there are even some health benefits!). Lacking that *twinkle* your mom is so dying to see upon your arrival home for the holidays? Mix up one of these, and embrace it.

GOLDEN SHRUB

Ingredients:

2 oz mango and turmeric shrub
1 oz Cocchi Americano
1 oz Cappelletti
0.5 oz fresh lemon juice
0.5 oz agave nectar

To make shrub:

This will make 1 quart of shrub, which will last in the refrigerator for a month and has the added benefit of being an anti-inflammatory.

Ingredients:

4 oz turmeric
4 oz mango pulp
8 oz Bragg apple cider vinegar
8 oz simple syrup
8 oz filtered water

*For the health nut that likes to get a buzz on, you can spike the alcohol content in this cocktail by adding London dry gin.