Labor Day Weekend is upon us, and you can savor your day off from work with these 11 seasonal cocktails.
Orange Daiquiri
2 oz. Caliche rum
¾ oz. Fresh lime juice
½ oz. Fresh orange juice
½ oz. Honey syrup
1 dash Grand Marnier
Combine all ingredients in a shaker and shake until well chilled. Serve straight up in a chilled cocktail cup. Garnish with a lemon wheel.
Recipe created by the mixologists at Caliche Rum.
Heavy Punch Rum
Heavy Punch Rum
1½ parts Sailor Jerry spiced rum
1 part Fresh pineapple juice
½ part Port
½ part Sugar syrup
½ part Fresh lime juice
4 dashes Aromatic bitters
This cocktail was created by the mixologists at Sailor Jerry.
Mr. Pepe
40 ml. Tio Pepe sherry
25 ml. Simple syrup
25 ml. Lemon juice
40 ml. Soda water
6 slices of Lime
12 Mint sprigs
Crush the six lime slices and mint in a rocks glass and add all of the liquid ingredients. Fill the glass with crushed ice and decorate with a mint leaf.
This cocktail was created at Yamasaki Tsuyoshi Star Bar, Tokyo.
Classic Aperol Spritz
4 oz. Dry Rose
¾ Fresh lemon juice
1 oz. Simple syrup
1 oz. Aperol
Ice
Add all ingredients except for Aperol into a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a 12 oz glass and drizzle Aperol on top. Add mint spring for garnish.
Recipe created by the mixologists at Extra Fancy, NYC.
Whip-Crack Lemonade
Whip-crack Lemonade
½ cup Raw honey
½ cup Water
2 sprigs Rosemary, plus 1 sprig for garnish
¼ cup Lemonade
1 ounce Highspire whiskey
¼ cup Club soda
Fresh lemon slices to garnish
In a small saucepan set over medium heat, bring water and honey to a boil.
Reduce heat, add the rosemary, and simmer for 15 minutes or until reduced by half. Let cool. Fill a short glass with ice and the whiskey. Top it with lemonade, soda water and one teaspoon of honey-rosemary simple syrup. Garnish with rosemary sprig and lemon slice.
Cocktail created by Paso Robles, California-based mixologist Austin Hope.
Workin’ Hard
2 parts Hornitos Plata tequila
½ part Agave nectar
1 part Lime juice
2 parts Coconut water
3 dashes Angostura bitters
Lime peel
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice, shake vigorously and strain over fresh ice. Garnish with a lime peel.
Cocktail created by the mixologists at Hornitos.
Indian Summer
Indian Summer
½ oz. Blue Chair Bay white rum
¾ oz. Apple cider
¼ oz. Fresh lime juice
1 tsp. Agave nectar
Apple slice for garnish
Shake ingredients very well with ice and strain into a chilled Martini glass. Garnish with apple slice.
Recipe created by the mixologists at Blue Chair Bay.
Celeste & Barlett
2 oz. Hangar 1 Straight Vodka
Muddled pear
¾ Lemon
½ oz. Fig shrub
½ oz. Black tea syrup
Shake all ingredients over ice. Strain into a rocks glass. Garnish with a slice of fresh pear.
The mixologists at Hangar Vodka created this recipe.
Flora Dora
Flora Dora
2 parts Hendrick’s gin
1 part Fresh lime juice
½ part Raspberry syrup
Topped with ginger beer
Build all ingredients in highball glass over cubed ice. Churn and serve.
The mixologists at Hendrick’s Gin created this recipe.
Red Belly Margarita
(Pictured atop)
2 parts Milagro silver tequila
1 part Fresh lime juice
¾ part Agave nectar
¼ Red bell pepper
2 Slices of Serrano pepper
Black pepper and sea salt
Muddle peppers in a Boston shaker. Add remaining ingredients, and add ice and shake vigorously. Strain over fresh ice into a rocks glass rimmed with a cracked black pepper and sea salt mix. Garnish with a crack of black pepper and sea salt.
The mixologists at Milagro created this recipe.
Nolet’s Strawberry Milkshake
1¼ Nolet’s Silver dry gin
4 scoops of Vanilla ice cream
¼ cup of Strawberries
4 leafs of Fresh basil (chopped)
Add all ingredients in a blender and mix until smooth. Garnish with whipped cream, a strawberry and basil leaf.
The mixologists at Nolet created this recipe.
