23 cocktails to celebrate Labor Day

Ingredients:

• 4-6 Basil Leaves
• 2-3 Sliced Strawberries
• 7oz The Beach Rosé
• 0.5oz Simple Syrup
• Splash of orange liqueur or grand marnier

Directions:

1. Serve over ice or blended with ice.

Ingredients:

• 3 oz Whispering Angel
• 1.5 oz Belvedere Vodka
• .5 oz Lime Juice
• .25 oz Honey Water
• 3 Blackberries Garnish with Mint Sprig

Directions:

1. Place Blackberries into shaker and muddle.
2. Add remaining ingredients into shaker except the Rosé.
3. Shake with ice and strain into rocks glass over fresh ice.
4. Top with Rosé and garnish with Mint.

Ingredients:

• ½ oz St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur
• 1 ½ oz Cazadores Blanco Tequila
• 1 oz Clarified Cucumber Juice
• ½ oz Orange Blossom Syrup (combine 1 cup of cane sugar and 1 cup water and gently heat until dissolved. Remove from the heat and add 2 tsp of orange blossom water)
• ¼ oz Citric Acid Solution (whisk 10 ml or 2 tsp of citric acid - lemon or citrus juice - with 100 ml of water)
• Spray of Lavender Bitters
• Garnish: Fennel Pollen Salt, Edible Flower Bouquet

Directions:

1. Combine ingredients in a cocktail tin
2. Shake
3. Strain over ice
4. Add floral garnish.

Ingredients:

• 1.5 parts Appleton Estate 12 Year Old Jamaica Rum
• .75 part Grand Marnier® Cordon Rouge
• .75 part Fresh Lime Juice
• 1 Bar Spoon Demerara Syrup
• 2 dashes Aromatic Bitters

Directions:

1. Build the drink in a tall glass
2. Add crushed ice and swizzle until drink is chilled
3. Top with more crushed ice and garnish with a bouquet of fresh mint.

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ oz BACARDÍ Añejo Cuatro Rum
• ¾ oz Reàl® Passion Fruit Puree-Infused Syrup
• ¾ oz Lime Juice
• 1 ½ oz Coconut Water

Directions:

1. Shake all ingredients with ice
2. Strain into a highball glass over cubed ice
3. Garnish with a pineapple leaf and/or pineapple wedge

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Ingredients:

• 2 parts Havana Club Añejo Blanco
• 1 part Guava Nectar
• 2 tsp Sugar
• 1 Lime, Juiced
• Ginger Ale
• Mint Leaves to Garnish

Directions:

1. Stir in a hurricane glass over crushed ice

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz Casamigos Blanco Tequila
• 1 oz Fresh Orange Juice
• .5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
• .5 oz Real Grenadine by Liquid Alchemist
• 1 Pinch Cinnamon

Directions:

1. Garnish Orange Wedge with Luxardo Cherry
2. Pour grenadine directly into the bottom of a collins glass, then add ice
3. Combine all other ingredients into a tin shaker
4. Add ice, shake vigorously and slowly strain into collins glass
5. Top off with more ice and garnish

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ oz GREY GOOSE Essences Watermelon and Basil
• ¼ oz Basil Syrup
• 4 oz Fever Tree Elderflower Tonic

Method:

1. Fill a chilled glass with cubed ice, add GREY GOOSE Essences Watermelon and Basil, and the Basil Syrup
2. Top with Fever Tree Elderflower Tonic
3. Then simply garnish with some rose buds

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Pomegranate Juice (If Not Pressing Fresh, Look for One with Low Sugar)
• 1-2 Grapefruits, Thinly Sliced
• 1-2 Blood Oranges, Thinly Sliced
• 1 cup Kumquats, Sliced in Half (Optional)
• 1 Bottle of Avaline Rosé
• Sparkling Water

Directions:

1. Combine pomegranate juice, grapefruit, blood oranges, kumquat slices, and Avaline Rosé in a large pitcher
2. When ready to serve, top with sparkling water (to taste), a slice of grapefruit, and a couple kumquat halves

Ingredients:

• 12 oz D’USSÉ VSOP Cognac
• 12 oz Fresh Lime Juice
• 12 oz Simple Syrup
• 750 ml MARTINI & ROSSI Asti
• 12 Lime Wheels 25 Mint Leaves

Directions:

1. Add all ingredients into a sangria pitcher
2. Slap mint between both hands to release oil, then add ice
3. Stir until well mixed
4. Pour into ice-filled stemless wine glasses
5. Garnish with mint sprig and lime wheel

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz Don Papa 7
• 2.5 oz Fresh Dragon Fruit, Puréed
• .5 oz Almond Orgeat
• .3 oz Yuzu Juice
• .3 oz Blue Curaçao

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a shaker without ice and shake vigorously to incorporate
2. Pour into a glass filled with pebble ice, adding more to create a crown over the glass
3. Garnish with a wheel of fresh dragon fruit and sprinkle with crushed, freeze-dried raspberry

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Benchmark Bourbon
• 1 oz lemon
• ¼ oz agave

Directions:

1. Combine ingredients
2. Add a dash of Kashmiri Chili

Ingredients:

• 2 oz 1800 Silver
• ½ oz Fresh Lemon Juice
• ¾ oz Peach Nectar
• 3 oz Ginger Beer

Directions:

1. Combine tequila, lemon juice and peach nectar in a cocktail shaker and shake with ice
2. Strain over fresh ice in a Collins glass and top with ginger beer
3. Garnish with a peach slice

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 parts Hendrick’s Gin
• 1/2 part Lemon Juice
• 1/2 part Simple Syrup
• Top with Soda Water
• 3 rounds of Cucumber
• 1 wheel of Lemon

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a highball glass filled with cubed ice and lightly stir
2. Garnish with 3 thinly sliced rounds of cucumber and 1 lemon wheel and serve.

Ingredients:

• 1½ oz Belvedere Pear & Ginger
• ½ oz Honey Water (1:1)
• ½ oz Fresh Lemon Juice
• 3 oz Soda Water
• 1 Dash Orange Bitters
• Cucumber Ribbon for Garnish (In Glass)
• Sprig of Rosemary for Garnish

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients except soda to a cocktail shaker and shake over cubed ice
2. Strain into a highball over cubed ice and top with soda
3. Garnish with the cucumber ribbon and a sprig of fresh rosemary

Ingredients:

• 1 oz Martini & Rossi Bianco
• 1 oz. Martini & Rossi Prosecco
• .5 oz Lime Juice
• .25 oz Simple Syrup

Directions

1. Pour ingredients directly on the rocks
2. Garnish with a mint and lime wheel

Ingredients:

• 1 oz Broken Shed
• 1 oz Aperol
• 1 oz Luna Argents Prosecco
• Soda Water (Perrier)
• Garnish: Orange Wheel

Directions:

1. Add ingredients to a large wine glass over ice and stir
2. Top with Perrier/soda
3. Garnish with an orange wheel

Ingredients:

• 3 cups Ice Cubes
• 1/2 cup Coconut milk
• 1/2 cup Cream of Coconut*
• 2 tbsp Nescafé Taster’s Choice House Blend 100% Pure Instant Coffee Granules, Dissolved in 1 tbsp Hot Water, Plus More Granules for Sprinkling
• 1/4 cup Rum, Ideally Dark, or 2 tsp Rum Extract
• 2 tsp Coconut Flakes

Directions:

1. Place ice, coconut milk, cream of coconut, dissolved coffee, and rum, if using, in blender; blend until smooth
2. Pour into glasses.
3. Garnish with coconut flakes and more coffee granules.

*Note: Cream of coconut is a sweetened mixture ideal for cocktails, and not the same as coconut cream. Look for it with other cocktail ingredients

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Lillet Blanc
• 1 oz Vera Wang X Chopin Vodka
• ½ oz Fresh Lemon Juice
• ½ oz Agave

Directions:

1. Shake and pour into a chilled cocktail glass, royale with Vera Wang PARTY
2. Garnish with lemon twist

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Volcan Blanco Tequila
• ¾ oz Fresh Lime Juice
• 1.5 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice
• ¾ Oz Agave Syrup a pinch of salt

Directions:

1. Combine Volcan Blanco, fresh lime and grapefruit juice, salt and agave syrup in a shaker filled with ice
2. Shake vigorously and strain over ice in a highball glass
3. Top with soda water and garnish with a grapefruit wedge

Ingredients:

• 1 part Malibu Strawberry
• ⅔ part Fresh Lime Juice
• ⅓ part Simple Syrup
• ⅓ part Strawberry Puree

Directions:

1. Mix everything in a blender with a scoop of crushed ice
2. Pour into a glass and enjoy!

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Tequila
• .75 Essentia Sage Syrup*
• .75 oz Lime Juice
• 1 oz Pineapple Juice

Directions:

1. Build cocktail in a Collins glass
2. Add Essentia ice cubes
3. Garnish with a sage bouquet.

*Essentia Sage Syrup Recipe:

1. In a small pot combine: 2 cups of chopped sage and 16 oz of Essentia Water Cook until water boils
2. Strain immediately
3. Add 16 oz sugar and mix until sugar is completely dissolved

Ingredients:

• 1 oz Plantation Pineapple
• 1 oz Plantation 3 Star
• .75 oz Coconut Milk
• .5 oz Sage Syrup
• .25 oz Ginger Syrup

Directions:

1. Mix all ingredients, ice, shake, pour
2. Add Sidecar shot* after the drink is made

*Sidecar Shot

• 1 oz Plantation Overproof
• 1 oz Plantation Dark

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Coconut Water
• 2 tsp of Honey and 1 tsp Water, in a Small Microwave Oven Safe Cup, Warmed 10 – 12 seconds, stir
• ½ oz Lime Juice, Fresh Squeezed
• 6 oz Yuzu MAD TASTY

Directions:

1. Pour above into a cup of ice, and then pour into another cup or shaker back and forth until ingredients are well combined
2. Stir in 5 oz Yuzu MAD TASTY to top off
3. Decorate with lemon or Yuzu lemon (if available) twist