Whether getting face masks or meeting for coffee and tea, time with our chicas is always important (and helps keep us sane, too!). We believe that toasting to all the women in our lives is uber important, so we’ve searched far and wide for some of the best and most girls' night worthy drinks for you and your friends to make at you next girl date.
Check out the eight celebratory drinks that made our list below. Cheers to our amigas!
The Bowline by The Deck at Island Gardens - Miami, FL
Yields: one serving
Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Tito's Vodka
1⁄2 oz Falernum (Note: Caribbean liqueur; almond, ginger, lemon, cloves and allspice)
1.0 oz Blackberry jalapeño syrup (Muddled jalapño and blackberry, infused syrup made in-house)
1.0 oz Lemon Juice
Preparations: Shake all ingredients together and strain over ice. Add blackberry and lemon wheel for garnish.
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Mr. C Cocktail by Mr. C Coconut Grove - Miami, FL
Yields: one serving
Ingredients:
2 ounces mandarin purée
1 1/2 ounces vodka, preferably Yacht Club
2 1/2 ounces Prosecco, preferably Cipriani
1/2 ounce lemon juice
Preparations: Stir mandarin purée, vodka and lemon juice together in a glass. Top with Prosecco.
Sieste by Le Zoo - Miami, FL
Yields: one serving
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz. Milagro Tequila
½ oz. Agave Nectar
½ oz. Grapefruit Juice
½ oz. Campari
½ oz. Lime Juice
Preparations: Build in a shaker filled with ice, shake until chilled. Strain into a coupe glass with a half black salt lava rim.
RUFFINO Prosecco Berry Punch
Yields: one serving
Ingredients:
1½ parts Ruffino Prosecco
1 part Ruby Porto 1 part white tea
¾ parts lemon juice
½ part 100% cranberry juice
½ part simple syrup Lemon twist
Fresh cranberries
Preparations:
Combine the ingredients except for the Ruffino Prosecco into a punch bowl.
Stir and then add the prosecco.
Lightly stir and garnish with a lemon twist and fresh cranberries.
Bitter Sour by Belvedere
Yields: one serving
Ingredients:
1 oz Belvedere Vodka
1 oz Aperol
0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
0.75 oz Simple Syrup
1 Egg White
Preparations:
Add all ingredients to a shaker without ice and dry shake to froth egg white.
Add ice and shake for a second time.
Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with a brandied cherry.
Don Francisco Habitat at 1 Hotel South Beach - Miami, FL
Yields: one serving
Ingredients:
1.5oz Bacardi
8 Yr 0.5oz Candela Mamajuana
0.5oz Aromatic Syrup
4 dashes of Corazon Bitters
0.5oz waters
1 orange peel
3 drops saline solution
Preparations:
To batch cocktail: Pour all ingredients into a cambro: express the orange oils before dropping into batch. stir and allow to sit for 24 hours.
Fine strain and funnel into a labeled glass swing top bottle. Store in refrigerator.
Place dry ice in base of cafetera and pour ½ oz of water over dry ice to activate and begin billowing smoke. Pour 3 oz of batch into rocks glass filled with large format ice cube and garnish with orange peel
Pisco Punch by Pisco y Nazca Ceviche Gastrobar - Miami, FL
Yields: one serving
Ingredients:
2 oz. Of Pisco Cuatro Gallos,
1 1/2 oz. pineapple papaya syrup
3/4 oz. lime juice.
A splash of Inca Kola
2 dashes of plum bitters
Ginger Beer
Cayenne pepper to sprinkle on the top
Orange wheels and mint sprigs for garnish
Preparations:
Fill a goblet with ice and add the two dashes of plumb bitters.
Add the Pisco Cuatro Gallos, pineapple papaya syrup, and lime juice.
Add a splash of Inca Kola and stir.
Top with a sprinkle of cayenne pepper and a splash of Fever Tree Ginger Beer.
Garnish with an orange wheel and a mint sprig.
RUFFINO Strawberry Sparkler
Yields: one serving
Ingredients:
½ part sugar
½ part water
1 ripe strawberries
½ part basil leaves, torn
1/8 part lime juice
1 part Ruffino Sparkling Rosé, chilled
Basil leaves and strawberries, to garnish
Preparations:
In a small saucepan bring the sugar and water to a boil, cook 2 minutes.
Crush the strawberries well with the bottom of a jar or your hands.
Add the basil and strawberries to the hot sugar syrup, cover and let cool at least 30 mins.
Strain the syrup and add the lime juice.
Add 1 ounce of strawberry syrup to a coupe or wine glass.
Top with Ruffino Sparkling Rosé.
Garnish with basil leaves and some sliced fresh strawberries if desired.
TIPS: Strain and refrigerate the covered syrup up to 1 week. Try this breezy cocktail with raspberries or other seasonal soft fruit in place of the strawberries.