A Final Sip of 2011

Tired of toasting the New Year with the same old glass of bubbly? Then try this delicious cocktail from Celebrate! by Sheila Lukins. It’s sure to impress your New Year’s Eve guests. Just make sure there’s some Bud heavy for your boyfriend.

Celebration Cocktail

A romantic, sweet, fragrant, bubbly, tangy–this dazzling sparkler is a holiday gift in a glass of champagne. Now that’s festive.

8 cubes Demerara (raw) sugar

(such as Sugar-in-the-Raw brand)

16 dashes Angostura bitters

8 ounces Grand Marnier

40 ounces (1 3/4 bottles) chilled champagne

8 twists of orange peel