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4 Champagne Cocktails to Help Ring in the New Year

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New Year's Eve usually features plenty of champagne. If you're looking to ring in the New Year with a little extra kick, consider upping your drink game with one of these four champagne cocktails.

French 75

Remarkably smooth, the French 75 features a mixture of champagne, gin, lemon juice and simple syrup. Drink this one slowly. While delicious, it'll definitely sneak up on you.

Champagne Margarita

It's like a mini-margarita topped with champagne. What's not to love?!

Black Velvet

A Black Velvet is a mix of Irish Stout beer and a brut champagne. Definitely a great champagne cocktail for beer lovers!

Barbotage

A Barbotage is a mixture of cognac and orange liqueur topped with a brut champagne. Garnished with a lemon peal, it's a perfect mixture of fizzy citrus goodness.

Erica Banas is a news blogger who's been covering the rock/classic rock world since 2014. The coolest event she's ever covered in person was the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Sir Paul McCartney inducting Foo Fighters? C'mon now!) She's also well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights