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Some Red, Some White, Some Blue Cocktails

05/26/2021

by: Melissa Dowling

Cherry Smash cocktail

Memorial Day Weekend is finally here and we can officially dive into summer. While it’s a great holiday for beer, chilled wines, hard seltzer and other ready-to-drink concoctions, it’s hard to resist an array of patriotic red, white or blue cocktails. Here are a few that appeal to the eye and the palate.

Panama Dreaming cocktail
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Panama Dreaming

Course Drinks
Keyword raspberries, rum, taramind

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Ron Abuelo 7 años rum or other aged rum
  • 6 Fresh raspberries
  • ¾ oz. Honey syrup
  • ¾ oz. Tamarind concentrate
  • 1 oz. Fresh lime juice

Instructions

  • Muddle the raspberries inside the shaker.
  • Add the rest of the ingredients and shake.
  • Strain into a rocks glass over ice.
  • Garnish with a cinnamon stick, mint spring and fresh raspberries.

Notes

Cristóbal Srokowski, Ron Abuelo Global Brand Ambassador, created this recipe.
Palm Mojito
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Palm Mojito

Course Drinks
Keyword coconut rum, mint, white rum

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Bacardi white rum or other white rum
  • ¾ oz. Malibu or other coconut rum
  • 1 ½ oz. Coconut cream
  • ½ oz. Simple syrup
  • ⅓ oz. Lime juice
  • 10 Mint leaves

Instructions

  • Muddle mint, lime juices and simple syrup in a highball glass.
  • Add in crushed ice, rums and coconut cream and shake until mixed.
  • Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint.

Notes

The mixologists at the Baros Maldives resort in the Republic of the Maldives, created this recipe.
Aquadisiac cocktail
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Aquadisiac

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Patrón Silver tequila or other silver tequila
  • 1 oz. Blue Curaçao
  • ¾ oz. Lime juice
  • 3 oz. Tropical Red Bull yellow
  • 2 cups of ice

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients into a blender with ice.
  • Blend until smooth.
  • Garnish with pineapple wedge

Notes

The mixologists at Patrón created this recipe.
Pom Apple Mule
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Pom Apple Mule

Course Drinks
Keyword apple, Cognac, ginger beer, pommegranate

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ parts D’Ussé VSOP Cognac or other Cognac
  • 1 part Apple juice
  • ½ part Pom Wonderful pomegranate juice
  • ½ part Lime juice
  • 1 part Fever-Tree ginger beer

Instructions

  • Add Cognac, apple, pomegranate and lime juices into a shaker with ice.
  • Shake and strain into an ice-filled highball glass.
  • Top with ginger beer and garnish with a lime wedge and pomegranate seeds

Notes

The mixologists at D’Ussé created this recipe.
Birthday Suit cocktail
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Birthday Suit

Course Drinks
Keyword Champagne, lemon sorbet, sparkling wine, tequila

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Teremana Blanco tequila
  • Large scoop of lemon sorbet
  • Top with Champagne or sparkling wine

Instructions

  • Build in coupe or parfait glass.
  • Garnish with cracked pink peppercorn or sprinkles and a bi

Notes

The mixologists at Teremana created this recipe.
Emily's Garden cocktail
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Emily’s Garden

Course Drinks
Keyword Bombay Sapphire gin, Creme de Violette liqueur, gin, ginger beer

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Bombay Sapphire gin or other premium gin
  • 1 oz. Creme de Violette liqueur
  • ½ oz. Lemon juice
  • ½ oz. Ginger syrup

Instructions

  • Combine ingredients in a shaker.
  • Shake well with ice and strain over fresh ice.
  • Garnish with 2 drops of rose water and 3 dried rosebuds.

Notes

The mixologists at Fork & Barrel restaurant in Louisville, KY, created this recipe.
Cherry Smash cocktail
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Cherry Smash

Course Drinks
Keyword cherries, coconut water, gin, lime

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Nolet’s Silver gin
  • 5-6 Muddled cherries plus more for garnish
  • ½ oz. Lime juice
  • 2 oz. Coconut water
  • ¼ oz. Simple syrup optional
  • Jalapeno slices and a dash of salt for garnish

Instructions

  • Muddle cherries with lime juice in a cocktail shaker.
  • Add coconut water and simple syrup if using and shake with ice.
  • Pour over ice in a highball glass.
  • Garnish with a cherry, jalapeno and a dash of salt.

Notes

The mixologists at Nolet’s created this recipe.

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