Pegu Club's Sleeping Monk
Pegu Club’s Kenta Goto calls this boozy but balanced concoction of chamomile-infused Scotch, lemon, honey, yellow Chartreuse, and Benedictine a Sleeping Monk, and after three or so cups, you may very well need to take a nap. It’s best sipped when the the temperature drops below 30, during a blizzard or hail storm, but even slightly nasty weather provides a good excuse.
$13; 77 W. Houston St., nr. W. Broadway; 212-473-7348

Fort Defiance’s Hot Apple Toddy
Back in the day (the day being ca. 1792), the apple toddy was huge, according to cocktail maven David Wondrich’s Imbibe!. Then it all but disappeared. At Fort Defiance, St. John Frizell has revived an amaretto-spiked version that we hope will be around for a long time.
$8; 365 Van Brunt St., at Dikeman St., Red Hook; 347-453-6672

Pegu Club’s Hot Port Sangaree
Audrey Saunders’s take on the nearly forgotten sangaree category employs pomegranate molasses, lemon, Cointreau, and orange bitters to tart, tangy effect.
$13; 77 W. Houston St., nr. W. Broadway; 212-473-7348

PDT’s Hot Buttered Pisco
Irish coffee meets hot buttered rum with several quirky twists, chief among them the use of Peruvian pisco and a compound butter somehow made with vanilla Häagen-Dazs.
$14; 113 St. Marks Pl., nr. First Ave.; 212-614-0386

Rye’s Hot Butternut Rum
Aged rum, Earl Grey tea, housemade Falernum, and a pat of butternut-squash butter discreetly served in a teacup.
$10; 247 S. 1st St., nr. Havemeyer St., Williamsburg; 718-218-8047

Dutch Kills’s Bear Trap
Bourbon-spiked spiced apple cider, sweetened with honey syrup, enriched with butter, and flecked with cinnamon.
$10; 27-24 Jackson Ave., nr. Dutch Kills St., Long Island City; 718-383-2724

Fort Defiance’s Kentucky Nightcap
A classic bourbon milk punch turned cockle warmer with the aid of an espresso-machine wand.
$9; 365 Van Brunt St., at Dikeman St., Red Hook; 347-453-6672

Clover Club’s Glögg
The ever-crowd-pleasing spiced-wine punch, powered with aquavit and port and steeped with cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, and nutmeg overnight.
$12; 210 Smith St., nr. Butler St., Cobble Hill; 718-855-7939

Pegu Club's Sleeping Monk
Pegu Club’s Kenta Goto calls this boozy but balanced concoction of chamomile-infused Scotch, lemon, honey, yellow Chartreuse, and Benedictine a Sleeping Monk, and after three or so cups, you may very well need to take a nap. It’s best sipped when the the temperature drops below 30, during a blizzard or hail storm, but even slightly nasty weather provides a good excuse.
$13; 77 W. Houston St., nr. W. Broadway; 212-473-7348

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Big, fake, and fully able to outshine its surroundings.Big, fake, and fully able to outshine its surroundings.

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