For the Christmas season in lockdown, we decided to bring back the cocktail a day from earlier in the pandemic, but this time as an Advent calendar.

We mostly made drinks from the Aviary Holiday drink book. The drinks are generally excellent but take some work and require you to have an extensive liquor selection. Among the mix, we added in some more approachable drinks as well as some classics.

The egg nog was slightly different; we tried out aging it and thought the results were great. You can follow Alton Brown or Kenji from Serious Eats if you're interested in replicating it.

The Cider Margarita, Coquito, Key Lime Mimosa, Pumpkin Royal Fizz, and Hot Buttered Rum were our favorites.

Full list below.

Cocktail Day Source Tweet
Winter Wonderland 1 Town and Country https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1333973597673517057?s=20
Polar Plunge 2 Aviary Cocktail Holiday Book https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1334340328921255936?s=20
Glogg 3 Aviary Cocktail Holiday Book https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1334701098305609730?s=20
Nacho Sandy 4 Aviary Cocktail Holiday Book https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1335066956756467713?s=20
Hot Buttered Rum 5 Smugglers Cove https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1335443260957839360?s=20
Coquito 6 Aviary Cocktail Holiday Book https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1335801148838580227?s=20
Roister Old Fashioned 7 Aviary Cocktail Holiday Book https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1336166911277629441?s=20
Key Lime Mimosa 8 Aviary Cocktail Holiday Book https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1336524745819353090?s=20
Crazy Rich Raisins 9 Aviary Cocktail Holiday Book https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1336899163133362183?s=20
Hot Toddy 10 Home Made https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1337234311179747328?s=20
Pumpkin Royal Fizz 11 Aviary Cocktail Holiday Book https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1337612963163766784?s=20
Tom & Jerry 12 Aviary Cocktail Holiday Book https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1337979954928095234?s=20
Red Ryder 13 Aviary Cocktail Holiday Book https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1338342897666596865?s=20
Cider Margarita 14 Aviary Cocktail Holiday Book https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1338708286615404544?s=20
Grasshopper 15 Aviary Cocktail Holiday Book https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1339071651917381632?s=20
Dickens Holiday Party Punch 16 Esquire https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1339422865762881537?s=20
Snowflake Sunburn 17 Aviary Cocktail Holiday Book https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1339780793187463169?s=20
Southern Limerick 18 Town and Country https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1340171925935538176?s=20
Latte Spiced Pumpkin 19 Aviary Cocktail Holiday Book https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1340524046778126337?s=20
Hot Chocolate 20 Aviary Cocktail Holiday Book https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1340881183958204418?s=20
Cinn-a-mental Accident 21 Home Made https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1341256381567930368?s=20
Beam Me Up, Toddy 22 Aviary Cocktail Holiday Book https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1341613167709880322?s=20
Home For The Holidays 23 Town and Country https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1341993443959078913?s=20
Eggnog 24 Serious Eats https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1342335485125935105?s=20
Jingle Bell 25 Home Made https://twitter.com/nomadicnerd/status/1342692381565493254?s=20