Let us get you into the Christmas spirit early this year while we celebrate the forthcoming opening of our new Alpine Lodge. We are giving two chances to win a one night stay for two people at the Montague on the Gardens.
To be in with a chance to win, help us complete our 12 vodkas of Christmas by creating a special Christmas themed flavour you’d like to see on the menu. We have 10 delicious flavours so far including Cinnamon, Spiced Apple and Candy Cane, we simply need a further two to add to our menu.
To enter please email winterwonderland@rchmail.com, or comment below with your new idea of flavour and we’ll pick the two best flavours to win:
- A one-night stay in a luxury room for two people including breakfast
- A Festive afternoon tea for two
- A bottle of their own flavoured vodka to keep
So get creative! Points will be awarded for originality of mouth-watering flavours that will help keep us warm while we’re in our Winter Wonderland this December!
Closing date for entry is 11th November 2011. Entrants must be 18 years or older. Prize valid until end of March 2012, subject to availability and terms and conditions apply. Festive Afternoon Tea will be replaced with Traditional Afternoon Tea from January 2012.
Go Alpine in Bloomsbury with Montague Lodge!
Dirk Crokaert
A wood deck is not just for summer. Here at the Montague on the Gardens we’re turning ours into a veritable winter wonderland – perfect for the après….without the ski. General Manager Dirk Crokaert invites you to wrap up warm and get yourself down to Bloomsbury for some Yuletide fun and games!
The Wood Deck at the Montague on the Gardens is one of London’s best kept secrets – a delightful oasis of peace and tranquillity in the very heart of the city, overlooking the enclosed trees, lawns and sculptures in the gardens of the Bedford Estate.
It is already the perfect summer venue, but what do you do with it in the winter?
This year we’re embracing the winter chill by turning our Wood Deck into a ski lodge perched high up in the mountains.
A screen of pine trees suggests a secluded clearing amidst a forest while snow machines, life-sized reindeer, snowmen, racks of skis, piste maps, lanterns and fairy lights all add to the feeling of being in Lapland. To help combat the cold, and the lightly drifting snowflakes, there’s a sizzling barbecue serving grilled bratwurst, mini turkey burgers and other delicacies. Roasted chestnuts, mulled wine, mugs of steaming hot chocolate and big woolly rugs will all help to keep you lovely and snug during the long winter nights.
On the deck there’s a vodka bar serving a selection of 12 different flavoured vodkas – one for each day of Christmas. A few shots of these and you really will think you are somewhere between Val d’Isere and St Anton! (Feel a little dizzy? It’s the altitude!).
So if you’re finding it a little hard to get yourself into the Christmas spirit then the answer is simple – grab your gloves, goggles and woolly hat and head for the slopes of Bloomsbury.
What a lovely idea for a Winter Wonderland to get everyone in the festive spirit !
My idea for a flavoured vodka would be called a Festive S-nog and would be egg-nog flavoured !
This is a very nice idea (and my mouth is watering at the thought!) My idea for a flavored vodka is the minty “Christmas Ornamint” (notice the MINT instead of MENT).
Great idea. I would suggest “Christmaspies”, an intriguingly mysterious concoction with a hint of festive mince pies!
hmmm – I think a nice damson and chilli flavour or chocolate/mint or a nice marzipan flavour! Names a shot of Damson Fire, After Nine! or Marzivod! oh dear long week!…….look forward to seeing it though!
Wonderful idea to start the Chirstmas celebrations, I have 2 ideas for you
staying along the very Christmas colour and ingredients,,,Cranberry Juice and vodka, served with a lovely red carnation, and perhaps the rim of the glass could be sugar coated red or white
the other is obviously everyone loves hot chocolate, with cream bubbling over the side, choclate chips and of course the vodka. with a nice red cherry syrup , also on the cream to give it a very festive look.
Merry Christmas to you all and all the staff at the Montague.Thanks for the wonderful times I have spent there.
This is a lovely idea.
Could I please suggest a couple of flavours/ smells that always remind me of Christmas at home not sure how easily they can be transferred into Vodka flavours though!! Holly and the Ivy, Christmas Cake & Almond Paste and Brandy Butter and Christmas Pudding.
Thank you for this opportunity and Merry Christmas and a safe Apres to all!!
Great idea! How about vanilla Vodka with equal measure of amaretto, a tablespoon of white chocolate coco, with hot milk. The name of this delightful concoction? Whiteout!
Or…call it “White Christmas”, or “All white on the night” (am I allowed to submit more than one name??)
What about Chocolate&Wasabi Vodka, to warm up those winter nights!
How about gin (for those of us who don’t like vodka) with fresh black currents, and call it a Gnostic!
This is a fun idea. There is one thing that tells me that Christmas is here, is the smell of roasted chestnuts in the streets of Paris or in a chimney. Here is what I would suggest roasted chesnut flavored vodka with a bit of cinnamon and a drop of milk accompanied by powdered dark chocolate on top as a decoration. The name would be a Christmas in Paris.
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Mull wine flavor with the traditional spices of clove, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Call it Gløgg-ka!
spiced apple and raisin
the best flavour would be cranberry and apple . mmmmmmmm
Snowqueen vodka mixed with a hint of peach and call it……
The Queen’s Peach
for a traditional christmas connection.
What could be better for making a toast?
I would mix cherry with cranberry and call it a Merry Berry Christmas!
I’ve got a couple of flavour ideas, hope that’s okay!
The first one is an Orange and Clove vodka (with a slight hint of cinnamon) – a delicious & traditional Christmas taste! I’d name it “Scent from Santa”
The second idea is a vodka which is white and has a fruity, berry flavour , which I would call a “Mistletoe Berry”
christmas colours ,,
santas suit he`s round and red,elves resplendent in green
festive flavours depicting this scene
my choice is a kiwi and pomegranate theme
Roasted coffee bean & cream – making it your Christmas dream
Ginger & Fig – a Christmas swig
Cranberry flavour vodka would warm me up on a Wintry day in readiness for the Christmas festivities to commence.
Cherry on the Christmas cake – Amaretto flavour vodka (this is the marzipan), cherry syrup at the bottom of the glass and topped with orange juice for the fruitiness
I think a good Christmas vodka would be sloe flavour
What about Turkish Delight flavour vodka? Yum, yum!
I think perhaps candied orange & almond flavour
I think a lovely chocolate orange flavour would be nice and Christmassy!!
Gingerbread flavoured vodka sounds just right!!
How about a chocolate log flavour, lovely chocolate and cream. I think ‘yule’ love it.
Mmmm Christmas – My Vodka would be ‘Figgy Pudding’ – it gives you a warm kick with a sweet taste.
Tangerine with a hint of cinnemon
Eggnog- delicious!
Apple and cinnamon vodka
Caramelized apple – yum!
‘Mule Log’ Made with Polish Bison Vodka with a chocolate and Hazelnut taste, a fun play on Yule log
66 Sleeps to go!
Sherry Trifle Flavour
My ideas are both fruity ones – That’s just peachie – because peach and vodka taste fab together or how about – Cherry Pie – a sweet blend of cherry, syrup and vodka. mmmm
A wonderful international touch for the hotel would be Mandarin Orange with Turkish Cloves, served on a tray with Red Carnations, of course!
Sloes to give colour,
Cloves to give spice
A ‘Christmas Clove Warmer’
To be naughty but nice.
Cranberry, Clove & Ginger flavour vodka would be my choice.
Brilliant idea, Montague folks! All of the above mentioned drinks sound delicious….
My only suggestion might be providing the option of making any of your 12 drinks a special “K.C.C.O” version—as in “Keep Calm & Carry On” by making it double-strength. During the hectic holiday season, sometimes you just need to keep calm and carry on!
Good luck and best wishes for the holidays from your friends in Austin, Texas.
Christmas isn’t Christmas without Orange & Lemon jelly slices under the tree so it is only right to have ORANGE & LEMON JELLY VODKA.
DATE & WALNUT VODKA is also another one I would love to try over the festive period in the comfort of the Montague ‘Winter Wonderland’.
Gingerbread boy vodka or spruce vodka
My flavours would be Creme brulee, Cranberry and orange and sweet ginger.
Mulled wine and gingerbread would be my choice of flavours. Or something that smelled of Christmas trees.
Turkish Delight Vodka… afterall it usually finds it’s way into most stocking fillers
mine would be a bramble vodka
pineapple and coconut
Iced tea vodka, mixed with cola and ice
I think Spiced Orange would fit the bill – using Cointrau or Mandarin Napoleon (not sure if spelt correctly) with hints of spice i.e. clove /nutmeg / cinnamon
Tangerine & Champagne. (12 vodkas of Christmas).
A tantalising warming mix of ginseng and redcurrant to get the blood flowing!
My Grandma used to make a Christmas Pudding flavour Vodka mix each year for Christmas Cocktail hour and when i was a student i got my Gran to show me how to make it – It was a HIT with my Flat-Mates as they all said it reminded them of home. To make it properly you have to prepare it a few weeks before Christmas to give the flavours a chance to ‘mingle’. It didn’t have a name when my Gran made it but my friends and I named it NAUGHTY AND NICE (from the song ‘Santa Claus is coming to town’)
Ingredients:
Vodka (lots)
Cinammon
Clove(s)
Orange, Lemon and Lime Peel
Sultanas/raisons (plus any other dried fruit left over from making Xmas Cake!)
Vanilla essence
Almond essence (just a drop)
and a little bit of mixed spice.
I think last time i made it i used nutmeg and maybe star anise instead of mixed spice…
Anyways Christmas Pudding Vodka “Naughty AND Nice” is my idea (or my Grans to be precise!)
Blackberry and Apple Strudel with custard flavour for me, it would be called Blappletard
Orange and cranberry would be a fantastic fruity festive flavour!
Chrismas Pudding and Rum Sauce flavour – wow that would be something. How about calling is ‘Santapplause’
Cinnamon swirl, a mix of Cinnamon / apple/ mixed spice and a tiny amount of Vanilla.
After eight mint flavour as christmas is the only time anyone eats these!
Or Oreo cookie flavour. Because my husband to be loves them. And vodka.
Roast Dinner! Gravy, turkey and potatoe flavour
Chocolate flavour vodka as we always eat too many at christmas so why not drink it too!!
with the theme being a drink to warm you up in a winter wonderland, how about a sloe-gin and vodka cocktail – a ‘sloe-burner’
Haven’t been to London in ages, but would always choose the Montague on the Garden. Great location, great welcome and great service!
Roasted chestnut it would remind me of my late grandad who always had chestnuts roasting on his open fire. Sadly he died 6 years ago but I have never forgotten the smell and one swig of the vodka would warm my heart with memories.
Christmas themed vodka…..my first one would be plum pudding…with the vodka being flavoured with juicy plums and orange.
The second one would have to be the After dinner mint vodka – with a flavour of either dark or milk chocolate and peppermint essense!!!
Gingerbread – Vodka, ginger, butterscotch liqueur, hazelnut liqueur, dash of Irish cream, milk, gingerbread cookie to garnish.
My suggestion would be :-
Minced pie flavour or
satsuma and cranberry flavour
What fun. I love all the ideas I’ve seen (we also love the Montague). Being from Colorado and having enjoyed a lot of apres skiing, I would suggest a hot spiced wine (with vodka of course). Call it Wine in the Pines since you will have pine trees on the patio. Thanks
A couple of classic Christmas flavours which blend perfectly with a good vodka – Sloe and Cinnamon
I would suggest warming Spiced Cherry Vodka
Great Christmas flavour for me would be “vodka trifle” with sherry, strawberry. Also for a second one “jewelled vodka” which is pomegranate flavour with the seeds as decoration in the glass. Merry Christmas.
“Vodka chocolate orange”. It had to include chocolate. Or as an alternative “Vodka in a pear tree”. Which is obviously with a hint of pear flavouring. Seasons greetings to you all. X
“vodka trifle” which would have a taste of sherry and strawberry or as a different option “jewelled vodka” with the taste of pomegranate and the seeds as decoration. Merry Christmas to one and all.
Santa’s coming to town
…… sure to put a smile on even the grinch’s face – wise men would travel from afar – to sample my drink, its a RISING STAR
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vodka
champagne
strawberry syrup
crushed ice
I would love to try a warm cinnamon sugar vodka served with a sugar-rimmed class….
…or, a peppermint snowflake (peppermint with powdered sugar on the rim?)
…or, a spicy clove ginger-infused vodka called “The Fireplace” –warm and cozy.
Thanks!
Let’s go for a ‘traditional’ Christmas cocktail.
A little less brandy on the pudding means that it can me combined with vodka, plums and cream to make a “Santa Surprise”!
Try coming down the chimney after having a couple of those…..!
In the spirit of the global city that London has become I’d like to make those a long way from home feel a little more at home this christmas, and also open everyone’s else’s minds to the way others eat and drink their way through the season
. So for me, it is the “strewth mate!” (pavlova) vodka for our Antipodean friends, if this is at all possible.
Nothing smells like Christmas like all spice & clementines.
But for something a little more exotic a delicately balanced blend of cranberry, sage, bay, mace, cloves & a little wood smoke. Traditional dinner in a glass – the red sauce’s fruity tang, the stuffing’s resinous herb, bread sauce’s mellow spicing & finally the rich smoky aroma of the pigs in blankets.
It really could work!
Cold i please make a suggestion of clementines, cranberrys and cinnamon flavor vodka.
It would be delightful to drink in such wonderful Christmas surroundings.
I have emailed you my ideas – thanks !
Hi,
Great idea.
I would love to try HORSE CHESTNUT flavoured vodka.
Warm you up on a cold winters evening (or afternoon)
Xmas cracker with chilli and red berries and
Xmas present with cinnamon and clove,
all warm and wrapped………
Hmmmm how about……..
Orange and apricot, with a hint of brandy…….. And if not a hint of brandy, then a brandy chaser!!
clementine or tangerine juice, white lemonade, ice, and vodka. Called a tangy christmas.
Vodka for Christmas would be rich and divine , flavoured with Cherries , and berries and champagne….mmmm sublime
after- eight mint flavour
How about Mulled Vodka with Cranberry
A lovely spiced vodka with a hint of Cranberry
Ohhhh I can taste it now!
The traditional ballet of the season is the Nutcracker, hence the birth of the “Nutcracker” vodka, containing a flavouring of hazelnut, almond and vanilla – a magical, festive, elegant and cultured flavour, designed to get you dancing.
So many great suggestions here, but for me there is one Christmas aroma that trumps all others: Christmas trees.
Pine is only rarely used as a flavour in food, except for some syrups and lozenges aimed at curing coughs. The pine buds have healing properties.
Some surprising flavours work well in vodka. Pepper vodka is very popular, and one of my own favourites is dill and garlic.
Pine would not be as savoury as those, but funnily enough, some vodkas already have a slight pine-y taste anyway. You can build on those flavours by infusing a sprig of spiky green pine needles (from a new tree, before the needles start dropping!). It will also give a festive green tinge to the vodka.
For me, that aroma of pine trees would bellow Christmas. For extra festivity, and for sweetness, it could be made into cocktails with a pine-needle syrup.
Dark chocolate & cranberry flavour mmmm!
Vodka with cranberry juice and a splash of lime, served over ice. I would call ‘Rudolph’s nose’ because it’s red and cold
How about cinder toffee – a real fireside treat – but remember not to light the fire until Santa has made it down the chimney!
If it’s Christmas, there must be chestnuts and, of course, an open fire on which to roast them…! Think Nat ‘King’ Cole and The Christmas Song (as well as Christina Aguilera!).
The perfect vodka therefore would be Roasted Chestnut Vodka (simply peeled and roasted chestnuts with nutmeg).
It guarantees a very Merry Christmas!
Merry Cinnapplis !! (cinnamon & apple)
Mine is vodka with a touch of cinnamon and apple… nice and homely and festive. It would be called the above.
“VOLOTOV”
vodka flavoured with cloves and orange brandy (such as Grand Marnier)
chocovodcorange- MMMmmmmm obviously a lovely chocolate orange flavoured vodka! chocolate oranges always remind me of x-mas xx
I think you should have ginger biscuit vodka and dark chocolate and hazelnut vodka.
advocaat and cinnamon
Christmas Pudding Flavour
Christmas Eve – getting together around the fire: Crushed toffee apple vodka, a couple of log-shaped biscotti (not sweet ones) served next to the glass.
A walnut and honey martini made with walnut liqueur, honey syrup and gin or vodka, glass decorated with walnut crumbles and sugar or something the “panettone” (that’s an italian xmas cake): martini with orange liqueur, vodka, vanilla syrup with glass decorated with lemon zest and sugar
snowball vodka – so it would be vodka advocaat and lime
In honour of my favourite soft-centre from the big box of Christmas chocoates, I’ll suggest a Coffee Cream flavoured vodka!
Cranberry and clove
Without using the brand name, there is a particular chocolate which is round and orange flavoured and splits into segments (know the one I mean?). That always reminds me of Christmas, so hopefully a choloate orange vodka would be as yummy!
marzipan & clementine
Cherry & chocolate…
Cranberry and orange
Gluvine
CHERRY RED NOSE REINDEER VODKA – By Caroline J.A. Glass
THIS WILL WARM YOU UP IN THE COLD WINTER OF DECEMBER
2 oz Smirnoff® Black Cherry Twist vodka
5 oz orange juice or Cranberry
1 splash sweet and sour mix
1 dash grenadine syrup
Pour the Smirnoff Black Cherry vodka into a collins glass filled with ice cubes. Almost fill with orange juice, adding a splash of sour mix and touch of grenadine before serving. Delicious!
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kiwi and grape
cherry brandy
didnt read properly about xmas theme brandy butter and almond flavour
Red wine vodka with a hint of cinamon – delish, believe me, I know!
My shot would be called “Fallen Angel”. The glass would be dipped in a william pear liquer and then coated in sugar to give the shot glass a “HALO” effect. Then cinnamon goldschlager would be shaken and added to the glass. The gold flakes settle to the bottom, these are the angels falling! ENJOY!!
kim again, I forgot to add to the “Fallen Angel” shot above a dash of red bull if required, because it gives you wings!!
Cider, Gluvine & barley wine – wow!!
Marzipan – I think the flavours of the almonds mixed with vodka would work a treat
marzipan & clementine ,
vodka
champagne
strawberry syrup
crushed ice
I think the flavours of the almonds mixed with vodka with Roast Dinner! Gravy turkey