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9 Austin Bars With Winter Drinks to Try This Year

January 10, 2018 by Danielle Fritz 2 Comments

Geraldine's Winter Drinks in Austin

Imagine your ideal winter wonderland with a hot winter drink in hand (Credit: Sarah Jacober Spitzer for Geraldine’s)

Winter weather in Texas is consistent in one aspect: its inconsistency. Regardless of the weather outdoors, here are 9 Austin bars offering winter drinks for any type of weather.

Thank you to backYARD at Waller Creek, Boiler Nine Bar + Grill, Celis Brewery, and Uncle Billy’s for inviting me to try complimentary winter drinks. All opinions are my own.

1/ backYARD at Waller Creek

backYARD Waller Creek Whisky Sour Russian Gingerbread

Introduced during the holiday season, the Cranberry Whiskey Sour and Russian Gingerbread are still available this winter

backYARD at Waller Creek boasts a bar, restaurant, and 11,500-square-feet of outdoor space. It’s located within the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol and well-suited for parties of any size.

backYARD’s Russian Gingerbread is a twist on the classic White Russian. It features Tito’s Handmade Vodka, cafecito, and egg nog. For a fruitier drink, try the Cranberry Whiskey Sour. The cranberry-cinnamon simple syrup and housemade sours create a refreshing cocktail that tastes festive without being heavy.

The bar has a new daily happy hour from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Live music performances have also been announced for every Wednesday, and Friday through Sunday, during the month of January.

701 E. 11th St. – Website

2/ Boiler Nine Bar + Grill

Boiler Nine Bar Grill Secret Menu Winter Drinks

Boiler Nine Bar + Grill has a couple of secret menu winter drinks available with your choice of spirit

Boiler Nine Bar + Grill has a couple of secret winter drinks that aren’t listed on the menu. The Chai Masala Hot Toddy can be suited to your taste, made with bourbon, aged rum, or cupreata mezcal.

For dessert, ask for the hot chocolate and add a spirit of your choice. My bartender recommended adding Amarula Cream. Result: a warm, boozy hot chocolate that tasted like those large candy chocolate-covered oranges. Delish!

800 W. Cesar Chavez St. – Website

3/ Celis Brewery

Celis Dubbel Coffee Porter Winter Drink

Celis Dubbel Coffee Porter is infused with coffee from Summer Moon Coffee Bar (Credit: Celis Brewery)

Known for its Belgium witbeer, Celis Brewery’s Coffee Porter Dubbel diversifies the draft lineup. The winter brew is a dark caramel malt made with Belgian dubbel yeast, resulting in a robust, yet smooth, porter with a subtle chocolate flavor.

10001 Metric Blvd. – Website

4/ Freedmen’s

Freedmen's Bar Dessert Cocktails

Freedmen’s offers several seasonal cocktails that are perfect for dessert

In my mind, winter = whiskey, so Freedmen’s seems like a natural place to go. On my latest visit, I ventured beyond my typical whiskey on the rocks. Try the Pie in the Sky (my friend’s favorite) or the Bourbon Milk Punch (my dessert cocktail preference). Both are sweet without being overly syrupy or heavy.

2402 San Gabriel St. – Website

5/ Geraldine’s

Geraldines Hot Toddy Special Presentation

By request only, Geraldine’s makes a hot toddy fancy with a special presentation

A few weeks ago, I did a birthday staycation at Hotel Van Zandt and met some friends at Geraldine’s for dessert. The Brown Sugar tastes similar to bread pudding and features a brown butter-washed Plantation Pineapple Rum, perfect for sipping when you’re too full to eat.

If Asher is working at the bar and it’s not terribly busy, ask him for a Hot Toddy with special presentation (pro tip: add a cinnamon stick). He’ll bring out an individual make-your-own Hot Toddy bar.

605 Davis St., 4th Fl. – Website

6/ Prohibition Creamery

Prohibition Creamery Winter Cocktails and Ice Cream

Prohibition Creamery offers a variety of yummy, boozy cocktails and ice creams

Another great place for boozy dessert cocktails and ice cream is Prohibition Creamery. The Diablo Hot Chocolate is incredible. It’s made with Patron Incendio and a chocolate blend, topped with homemade whipped cream and honey marshmallows. The Spiced Chocolate Old Fashioned is a twist on a classic with chocolate bitters and habanero shrub.

If you didn’t get your eggnog fix during the holidays, fill it with Prohibition’s Eggnog Ice Cream (alcoholic). The Mezcal Vanilla Ice Cream is a standout, as well.

My friend’s Casino Nights cocktail was a refreshing drink unlike anything else I’ve tasted. With activated charcoal, its ingredients aren’t commonly seen. It’s a drink that’s more crisp than sweet. Just make sure to stir it, so the charcoal isn’t all at the bottom.

1407 E. 7th St. – Website

7/ Swift’s Attic

Swift's Attic Creative Cocktails

Swift’s Attic serves cocktails as creative as its small plates (Credit: Brittany Highland)

With an eclectic menu, it’s no surprise the cocktail menu at Swift’s Attic is just as creative. Winter cocktails include Fuzzy Boots, combining Old Forrester Bourbon, pumpkin pie simple, cream, and nutmeg.

The Fig Pucker is a tarter drink with Buffalo Trace Bourbon, pecan vinegar, fig jam, and cinnamon simple. Swift’s Attic has a convenient location on Congress Avenue, making it a great winter hideout downtown.

315 Congress Ave. – Website

8/ Treaty Oak

A post shared by Treaty Oak Distilling Co. (@treatyoaktx) on Jan 8, 2018 at 10:20am PST

Treaty Oak has a couple of new drinks to try this winter. The Pomme Cidre can be served hot or cold, and features Waterloo Antique Gin and fresh apple juice with a winter spiced syrup.

The Orxata has a housemade jasmine rice milk, warm spices with vanilla, and is served over your choice of bourbon or rum. With Treaty Oak’s Ghost Hill Restaurant providing more indoor space, enjoy these drinks during any type of winter weather.

16604 Fitzhugh Road, Dripping Springs – Website

9/ Uncle Billy’s Brewery

Uncle Billy's Shokolad Belsnickel Limited Quantities

Shokolad Russian Imperial Stout and Belsnickel Holiday Ale are available in limited quantities this winter (Credit: Uncle Billy’s)

Austin’s craft beer scene has several standout brews this year and Uncle Billy’s is on the list. Its Shokolad Chocolate Russian Imperial Stout returns for a second season, with cocoa nips from SRSLY Chocolate added to the brew.

For a spiced Belgian amber, try the Belsnickel Holiday Ale. With several different spices, it’s a well-balanced and highly drinkable winter brew that’s only available for a limited time.

1530 Barton Springs Road – Website

 

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What are your favorite winter drinks in Austin?

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TimtheRockstar
TimtheRockstar
8 years ago

It would be nice if you spend half a minute to actually know about the Bar’s in which you speak. Lala’s has not had Christmas decorations up “since 1972” when it opened. You should do a little research and find out why….it’s articles like these that cause Austin to lose it’s rich history and makes it a simple suburb of LA. Take pride in what you write, why you write it and be factual….it is not that hard….unless you are just banging out an article to increase your clicks…
Not to mention your site is riddled with around 40 calls to other sites for all the tracking and content delivery….one reason I don’t consider your site a go-to for good information, and then this nonsense even drives that point home.

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Brittany Highland
Brittany Highland
8 years ago
Reply to  TimtheRockstar

Hi Rockstar, thanks for your comment.

I’m not sure which piece of Lala’s history you’re thinking of, but I’d love for you to share it so our readers can learn more. Austin’s history is important to us, which is why we have a category of our blog dedicated to it. This article is not meant to address the history of any business, but is meant to direct Austin residents and visitors to local businesses, so they can stay in business.

Having said that, I know Lala’s history is rich with a certain amount of mystery surrounding it, and I’ve considered a piece dedicated solely to it. If you think any fact is incorrect, you can be sure the error was unintentional. Feel free to set the record straight. But I’d appreciate you refraining from insulting my writers, who work hard and are dedicated to Austin’s community.

As for the calls from our website, your IT knowledge is obviously more indepth than mine. We’re all volunteers, Rockstar. We don’t get paid – have never been paid for the nearly 800 articles about this city. We give our time because we believe in Austin past and present and want to support all things local. We’ve been offered money and perks from major businesses and corporations because of our reach, but we’ve turned them all down because they’re not local.

If that’s all nonsense to you, then the Austinot is not your kind of place.

-Brittany Highland, Editor, info@austinotstagi.wpengine.com

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