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Ready to sip your way through Durham Region? The Durham Cocktail Trail is a self-guided journey celebrating local flavour, craft and community. Discover some of the best restaurants and taste one-of-a-kind cocktails crafted just outside Toronto.
From now until January 12, explore local favourites, collect stamps, and earn rewards, all while supporting small businesses across the region. It’s free and easy to join—visit a participating location, enjoy the featured cocktail made with Durham Distillery spirits and scan the QR code on-site to collect a stamp on your trail card. Once you’ve completed six stamps, you’ll earn a $25 gift card to Durham Distillery and entry into a $400 Distiller’s Experience draw. Plus, $1 from every cocktail supports Feed the Need in Durham.
Once you've collected your stamps, use our guide below to recreate some of the region’s most creative cocktails at home! Bonus: These recipes can also be tailored to create holiday mocktails for your next festive feast.
Enjoy memories of Christmas past with the smell of clove and hints of winter at each sip. This twist on the classic gin sour—made with Durham Distillery’s London Calling Gin—is lovingly sourced from the Springwood owner’s favorite television show, The Simpsons. Named for their family dog who is the family's Christmas gift in the very first episode of the long running series—“Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire”. Order your very own Santa's Little Helper cocktail at The Springwood in Whitby and use the recipe below to recreate this drink at home.
Ingredients:
1.5oz Durham Distillery London Calling Gin
0.5oz Boulard Calvados
1oz cranberry juice
1oz rosemary syrup
0.75oz lemon juice
Dry shake for 20 seconds. Shake with ice for another 20 seconds. Garnish with 3 skewered cranberries and apple slices held together with a clove.
This delicious cocktail is a one-of-a-kind drink you won’t find anywhere else—made with Durham Distillery’s Apple Pie Moonshine, topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, and garnished with a slice of dehydrated apple and a sprinkle of cinnamon. Try the Apple Pie A Lá Mode Martini at The Port Social (Marwan’s Global Bistro) in Port Perry to earn a badge on the Durham Holiday Cocktail Trail and save this recipe to recreate it at home.
2oz Durham Distillery Firehouse Spirits Apple Pie Moonshine
1/4 vanilla syrup
1oz milk
1 scoop of vanilla ice cream
1 dehydrated apple
Sprinkle of cinnamon
Add apple pie moonshine, vanilla syrup, milk and ice into a shaker. Shake for 15 to 20 seconds. Add 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream into a coupe glass. Strain over ice cream. Garnish with dehydrated apple slice and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
Indulgence with a playful twist—this bold espresso and silky cream martini is shaken with Durham Distillery Patio Lantern Vodka, lifted by the Distillery’s rich Coffee Liqueur and Treblecock’s Cold Brew, and topped with a tasty doughnut sugar rim! Order the Doughnut Sugar Espresso Martini when you visit Nest in Uxbridge and save this recipe to recreate it at home.
Ingredients:
1 oz Durham Distillery Patio Lantern Vodka
1 oz Durham Distillery Firehouse Spirits Coffee Liqueur
1 oz Treblecock Cold Brew
0.5oz Forty Creek original cream
Level tablespoon of donut sugar for rim. In a shaker combine all ingredients with ice. Vigorously shake. Rim coupe glass with doughnut sugar. Double strain into coupe glass. Garnish with one mini doughnut.
Try the ‘Gin-Gle All The Way’ cocktail at OneTen Kitchen + Bar in Whitby to earn a badge on the Durham Holiday Cocktail Trail and save this recipe to recreate it at home. This bright, festive blend of botanical gin, fresh pomegranate juice, and a squeeze of lemon is lightly tart, subtly sweet, and sparkling with holiday cheer! Perfect for toasting this season.
Ingredients:
2 oz Durham Distillery London Calling Gin
1.5 oz pomegranate juice
1/2 oz rosemary simple syrup
1/2 oz lemon juice
Soda water
Fresh or frozen cranberries
Fresh mint
Add pomegranate juice, gin, simple syrup, and lemon juice to shaker with ice. Shake until chilled. Strain over fresh ice in a Collins glass. Top with soda water. Garnish with fresh cranberries and mint sprig.
Made with Durham Distillery Purple Rain Gin and topped with a skewer of sugar-coated cranberries and a dried orange slice, this delicious cocktail is sure to get you in the holiday spirit. Add the Frosted Cranberry Gin Sour to your next date night at Three Six Kitchen in Bowmanville and save this recipe to recreate it at home.
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Durham Distillery Purple Rain Gin
1/2 oz Cointreau
1oz lemon juice
1.5oz spiced cranberry simple syrup
1 fresh egg white
Add gin, cointreau, lemon juice, spiced cranberry simple syrup and egg white to a shaker without ice. Dry shake for 30 seconds. Add ice to the shaker and shake again for 30 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass partially filled with ice. Top with a skewer of sugar-coated cranberries and a dried orange slice.
This very merry cocktail is a play on a classic mojito—altered to add a little Christmas spirit! Made with Durham Distillery’s Cherry White Blackstrap, the use of clarified lime and peppermint oil allows the glitter to shine brightly just like a snow globe. Order the Merry Mojito at Chuuk in Pickering to earn a badge on the Durham Holiday Cocktail Trail and save this recipe to recreate it at home.
Ingredients:
1 oz clarified lime
1 oz simple syrup
12 drops of peppermint oil
1 pinch of edible glitter
Combine all ingredients and shake. Strain into Collins glass with frozen blue spruce.
Head to The Brewer’s Pantry in downtown Bowmanville and order the Nogtini to earn a badge on the Durham Holiday Cocktail Trail. This rich, holiday treat tastes like Christmas in a glass, where Durham Distillery’s Apple Pie Moonshine meets creamy eggnog, topped with whipped cream, nutmeg, and a candy cane. Use this recipe to recreate it at home.
Ingredients:
2oz Durham Distillery Firehouse Spirits Apple Pie Moonshine
2oz eggnog
Whipped cream
1 dash of nutmeg
1 mini candy cane
Add equal parts Apple Pie Moonshine and eggnog and ice into a shaker, shake for 15 to 20 seconds, strain into a martini glass, top with whipped cream, nutmeg and a candy cane.
Legend has it that Santa never skips this cocktail at The Torchbearer Taproom in Oshawa! This apple crumble inspired holiday martini features Durham Distillery's Apple Pie Moonshine. You will find notes of butterscotch, spiced apple, vanilla, and subtle nuttiness. Served with a cinnamon-sugar rim, and a lit cinnamon stick for added aroma. Use the recipe below to recreate this drink at home.
Ingredients:
2.25oz of Durham Distillery Firehouse Spirits Apple Pie Moonshine
2.25oz of Butterscotch Schnapps
Simple syrup, bitters, apple Juice, lemon Juice
Combine all ingredients and shake. Garnish with a cinnamon stick and sugar cinnamon rim.
Inspired by Japanese culture, Lost Our Way to the Izakaya, blends elements from Japanese cuisine, utilizing lemongrass, nori and Japanese chilies, sweetened by passionfruit with a hint of umami, and softened all around with creamy egg white. Order the the “Lost Our Way to the Izakaya” cocktail and enjoy refined dining at The Yardbird in Bowmanville to earn a badge on the Durham Holiday Cocktail Trail and save this recipe to recreate it at home.
Ingredients:
1 oz Miso-infused Patio Lanterns
0.5 oz Lemongrass Chili Gin
0.5 oz Amaro Nonino
1 1/2 oz passionfruit syrup
1 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
Egg white
Nori garnish
Blend lemongrass, nori and Japanese chilies, sweeten with passionfruit, a hint of umami, and soften with creamy egg white.
While in Port Perry, don’t miss this delicious cocktail at Jester’s Court! This sparkling pear and ginger cocktail tastes like the holidays in a glass—bright, fruity, and lightly spiced. Perfect for festive sipping, order the ‘Partridge in a Pear Tree’ to earn a badge on the Durham Holiday Cocktail Trail and save this recipe to recreate it at home.
Ingredients:
Shake with ice, pour over ice and top with club soda, garnish with candied ginger slice.
Durham Distillery: Nestled in the heart of Ajax, the Durham Distillery is a family-owned craft distillery dedicated to producing small-batch vodka, gin, liqueurs, and moonshine. As Durham Region's first craft distillery, Durham Distillery is committed to using all-natural ingredients and traditional distilling methods to ensure that every bottle delivers pure, authentic Canadian flavour. Shop their online store.
While you’re enjoying a festive holiday celebration and collecting your Durham Cocktail Trail stamps, we’d love to share in the fun! Tag @DurhamTourism and @DurhamCocktailTrail on social media in all your adventures. Please enjoy responsibly.
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