Boiling or near-boiling water used as a mixer in warm cocktails to dilute spirits and dissolve sugar. It is used in toddies, punches, and other hot drinks.

Bourbon's vanilla and caramel notes make for a sweeter, warmer Hot Toddy -- honey, lemon, and hot water complete this winter staple.

Bourbon Hot Toddy

A Japanese-inspired hot cocktail blending gin's botanicals with green tea, honey, and lemon for a delicate, warming herbal sip.

Green Tea Cocktail

The original British naval cocktail, dating to 1740 when Admiral Vernon ordered sailors' rum ration diluted with water and lime juice. Warming, tangy, and historically significant as a precursor to countless rum drinks.

Grog

A colonial New England cold-weather warmer in which dark rum is stirred with butter, brown sugar, and hot water, then dusted with cinnamon and nutmeg for a rich, toddy-like indulgence.

Hot Buttered Rum

The ur-cold remedy, warming bourbon with honey, lemon, and hot water for a soothing, lightly medicinal mug that tames a winter chill or a sore throat.

Hot Toddy

A centuries-old European winter warmer of red wine gently simmered with cinnamon, cloves, and citrus, served steaming for a cozy, spice-draped hug on a cold night.

Mulled Wine

Dark rum's molasses and spice swap in for whiskey in the Hot Toddy -- especially comforting on a cold night with its tropical backbone.

Rum Hot Toddy

Scotland's cold-weather remedy -- smoky Scotch with honey, lemon, and hot water with a cinnamon stick for warming aromatic spice.

Scotch Hot Toddy

A 19th-century Christmas punch where dark rum and bourbon meet a whipped egg-and-sugar batter thinned with hot water, dusted with nutmeg for a frothy, custardy holiday cup.

Hot Water