Celebrate July 4 and the long weekend with these holiday inspired cocktails:

Fire In The Sky

Fire In The Sky

1 ½ oz. Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire whiskey
1 oz. Apple juice
Ginger beer

Apple slices for garnish

Shake whiskey with apple juice and ice. Strain over fresh ice into a Collins glass. Top with a mild ginger beer. Garnish with apple slices and fun 4th of July decor.

The Patriot

(Pictured above)

1 ½ oz. American Harvest Vodka
¾ oz. Lemon juice
¾ oz. Simple syrup
½ oz. Blue Curaçao
½ Egg white
Combine ingredients except blue Curaçao and dry shake. Add ice and re-shake. Strain into cocktail glass and sink blue Curaçao. Spray Angostura bitters onto top through stencil creating a star design.

The mixologists at Rhumbar at The Mirage Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas created this recipe.

Star-Spangled Spritzer

1 part Grenadine
1 part Dekuyper Blue Curacao
1 part Pinnacle Whipped vodka
Splash of soda water

Layer ingredients together in glass and top with soda.

The mixologists at Pinnacle created this recipe.

Pirate Paradise

Pirate Paradise

1 oz. Captain Morgan Grapefruit rum
½ oz. Elderflower liqueur
¾ oz. Lime juice
½ oz. Honey syrup
2 oz. Coconut water

Combine ingredients in a mixing tin. Shake and strain over ice into a Collins glass. Garnish with ¼ of a grapefruit wheel.

The mixologists at Captain Morgan created this recipe.

The Cur Non

2 oz. Hennessy V.S.O.P Privilège Cognac
1 oz. Apricot brandy
1 oz. Dry vermouth
¼ oz. Fresh-squeezed lemon juice

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake until chilled. Strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with orange twist. 

Jordan Bushell, Hennessy’s head of mixology and brand education, created this recipe inspired by the historic voyage of American Revolutionary hero, Marquis de Lafayette.

Betsy’s Berry Cobbler

Makes 8 or more servings

8 oz. Azzurre Vodka
8 oz. Fresh sour mix
4 oz. Cranberry raspberry juice
1 cup Fresh raspberries
1 cup Fresh blueberries, divided
Soda water

Garnish: fresh raspberries, mint

In a shaker, muddle raspberries, half of the berries, half of the vodka, and half of the sour mix. Add half of the cranberry juice and ice, shake. Add berries to a punch bowl, strain in cocktail. Top with soda, stir.

Mixologist Cassandra Rosen created this recipe 

Freedom Rings

Freedom Rings

1 part Sauza Blue Silver 100% agave tequila
½ part DeKuyper Blue Curacao
2 parts Frozen lemonade
1 ²̷₃ parts Light beer

Cherries (for garnish)
Lime wedge (for garnish)

Combine all ingredients in a glass filled with ice. Garnish with cherries and a lime wedge.

The mixologists at Pinnacle created this recipe.