These Holiday Cocktail Recipes Will Raise the Bar at Your Next Party

Below, we share the recipes for Leite’s cocktails, along with two others that will be served this holiday season.

Bartender Thiago Leite pours brown sugar in his Caipi Vodka as The Fairmont Hotel gives a demo class of how to make 3 holiday cocktails on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, at The Fairmont Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh. Justin Guido/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS

PITTSBURGH—Thiago Leite has a simple philosophy when it comes to making cocktails, and it applies whether you’re hosting a fancy dinner party for friends or simply curling up on the couch for a quiet night with your partner and Netflix.

“Make what you like,” he says.