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Winter drinks in Louisville
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Ten20’s Cold Fashioned will warm you right up. | Photo by @ten20beer
The weather outside is... well, you know how it goes.

Make time this winter to stare (dramatically) out of a frosty window and sip on one of these seasonal drinks.

🥃 Holiday Road Christmas Lager | Gravely Brewing, 514 Baxter Ave. | Notes of pear and ginger spice define this Weihnachtsbier-inspired, slow-and-cold fermented lager.

☕️ Peppermint White Mocha | The Breeze, 1247 Shelby St. | Available only at The Breeze’s new coffee bar and wine shop, this one is perfect for anyone cultivating the whipped-cream-on-your-nose look.

☕️ Sleigh All Day | Online, or any Heine Brothers location | Sip at home with a nostalgic blend of sweet-and-spicy fair trade coffee.

🥃 Cold Fashioned | Ten20 Douglass Loop, 2200 Bardstown Rd. | Try this classic with Old Forester, brown sugar simple syrup, and cold brew — or anything off Ten20’s winter café and cocktail menu, like the spiced London fog or Winona’s Apple Pie.

☕️ Rosemary Gingersnap Capp | Any Quills Coffee location | Warm up with a woodsy caffeine kick, or cool off with Quills’ “Billywix” butterscotch coffee mocktail.

☕️ Winterberry Mocha | Pregame Coffee, 1737 Frankfort Ave. | This cardamom-spiced white mocha is made in collaboration with Waterfront Gardens’ ”Gardens Aglimmer” show.
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Wednesday, Dec. 7
  • Gardens Aglimmer | Wednesday, Dec. 7-Friday, Dec. 30 | 6-9 p.m. | Waterfront Botanical Gardens, 1435 Frankfort Ave., Louisville | $0-$10 | Walk through a twinkling winter wonderland of oversized flowers, animals, light tunnels, icicle arches, and sip hot drinks from the Jingle All the Way Cafe.

Thursday, Dec. 8
  • The Big Winter Book Sale | Thursday, Dec. 8-Sunday, Dec. 11 | 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Locust Grove, 561 Blankenbaker Ln., Louisville | Free | Shop new and used book during this annual sale at this National Historic Landmark.
  • The Soul of Christmas | Thursday, Dec. 8, Friday, Dec. 9, Sunday, Dec. 11 | 7:30 p.m. | Kentucky Center for the Arts, 501 W. Main St., Louisville | $43.88-$67.28 | Capture your holiday spirit with renditions of holiday songs you know and love.
Friday, Dec. 9
  • Christmas Gift and Decor Show | Friday, Dec. 9-Sunday, Dec. 11 | 11 a.m.-7 p.m. | Kentucky Expo Center, 937 Phillips Ln., Louisville | Free | Shop 650+ vendor booths and snap a photo with Santa.
  • Dispositional Granularity by Uhma Janus | Friday, Dec. 9-Sunday, Dec. 11 | 5-8 p.m. | Capacity Contemporary Exchange, 641 W. Main St., Louisville | Free | Catch the opening night of Louisville artist Uhma Janus’ show “Dispositional Granularity.”
  • MOVIE: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation | Friday, Dec. 9 | 7-8:30 p.m. | Kentucky Science Center, 727 W Main St., Louisville | $5 | See this classic holiday comedy on Kentucky’s only 20-story-tall screen.
Saturday, Dec. 10
  • Paws in Nature | Saturday, Dec. 10 | 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, 2075 Clermont Rd., Clermont | Free | Take your furry friend out for a day in nature with activities for dogs, an ugly sweater contest, holiday photos, vendor booths, and Coffee and Cream food truck.
  • Mariah Carey Christmas Drag Brunch | Saturday, Dec. 10 | 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | Le Moo, 2300 Lexington Rd., Louisville | $40 | All you want for Christmas is Le Moo.
  • $20 Art Show | Saturday, Dec. 10 | 6 p.m. | Headliners Music Hall, 1386 Lexington Rd., Louisville | Free | Shop local artists’ work — all priced at $20.
Sunday, Dec. 11
  • 502 Film End of the Year Wrap Party | Sunday, Dec. 11 | 6-9 p.m. | 21c Museum Hotel, 700 W. Main St., Louisville | Free | Sip Rabbit Hole cocktails, snack on light bites, and a Best of Below the Line Short Film Review + tunes from Magic Domdi.
Tuesday, Dec. 13
  • The Moth StorySLAM: ANNIVERSARY | Tuesday, Dec. 13 | 8 p.m. | Headliners Music Hall, 1386 Lexington Rd., Louisville | $15 | Hear audience members tell five-minute stories around the themes of anniversaries.
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