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9 Cocktails For Memorial Day 2022

05/25/2022

by: Melissa Dowling

Berry Independent Punch

Memorial Day Weekend is finally here, and time to gather together to honor those that gave their lives for our country via parades, picnics and other celebrations. It’s also the start of the summer season and calls for the perfect cocktail. Here are nine we like for this year.

Fleur de Rosé
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Fleur de Rosé

Course Drinks
Keyword Champagne, Hibiscus

Ingredients

  • 4 oz. G.H. Mumm Grand Cordon Rosé Champagne
  • ¾ oz. Chilled hibiscus syrup
  • 1 oz. Soda

Instructions

  • Strain chilled syrup into Champagne flute.
  • Top with Champagne.
  • Garnish with an edible hibiscus flower.

Notes

The mixologists at Mumm created this recipe.
Summer Whisky Buck
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Summer Whisky Buck

Course Drinks
Keyword lemon, peach, Scotch, Triple sec

Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ oz. Buchanan’s DeLuxe Scotch whisky
  • 1 oz. Lemon juice
  • ½ oz. Triple Sec
  • ½ oz. Peach jam or favorite flavor of jam; 1:1 ratio of jam to hot water, mixed and cooled
  • Top with ginger ale

Instructions

  • Fill a 14-oz. highball glass with ice.
  • Pour in first four ingredients.
  • Top with ginger ale and stir.
  • Garnish with fresh peach slices and a bar spoonful of peach jam.
  • Serve with a straw.

Notes

The mixologists at Buchanan’s created this recipe.
Blackberry Mojito
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Blackberry Mojito

Course Drinks
Keyword blackberry, lemon, mint, rum

Ingredients

  • 3 parts Flor de Caña 12 rum
  • 1 part Lemon juice
  • 2 tbsps. Sugar
  • 4 Blackberries
  • 2 parts Club soda or carbonated water
  • Fresh peppermint leaves

Instructions

  • Add peppermint, berries, sugar and lemon to glass.
  • Gently mash with a mortar.
  • Add ice, followed by rum.
  • Fill with club soda.
  • Garnish with a sprig of peppermint

Notes

The mixologists at Flor de Caña created this recipe.
White Sbagliato
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White Sbagliato

Course Drinks
Keyword elderflower liqueur, Italicus, prosecco

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Italicus Rosolio di Bergamotto
  • ¾ oz. Saint Germain elderflower liqueur
  • 4 oz. Fiol prosecco

Instructions

  • Fill a wine glass with ice.
  • Add ingredients one at a time.
  • Top with prosecco and give it a quick stir.
  • Garnish with a thyme bouquet.

Notes

Simon Sebbah, beverage director at Saint Theo’s in New York, created this recipe.
Berry Independent Punch
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Berry Independent Punch

Course Drinks
Keyword blackberry, blueberry, Chambord, gin, lemonade, Maraschino liqueur, raspberries, strawberry

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups Nolet’s Silver gin
  • ½ cup Chambord liqueur
  • ½ cup Maraschino cherry liqueur
  • 2 ½ cups Lemonade
  • ¼-½ cup Simple syrup
  • 1 cup Blackberries or blueberries
  • 1 cup Strawberries
  • 1 cup Raspberries

Instructions

  • Puree fruit in a blender and strain out solids or juice fresh berries in a juicer.
  • Mix berry juice with gin, Chambord and maraschino liqueur with lemonade in a large pitcher or punchbowl.
  • Taste for sweetness and adjust with simple syrup as needed.
  • Add ice to the mixture.
  • Serve over ice with fruit or floral garnish in a rocks glass.

Notes

The mixologists at Nolet’s created this recipe.
Sour Creamsicle
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Sour Creamsicle

Course Drinks
Keyword Jameson Orange whiskey, Licor 43, lime, tangerine

Ingredients

  • 2 parts Jameson Orange Irish whiskey
  • 1 part Tangerine juice
  • ½ parts Lime juice
  • ¾ parts Licor 43

Instructions

  • Shake ingredients.
  • Serve in a cocktail glass with ice.
  • Garnish with an orange half moon.

Notes

The mixologists at Jameson created this recipe.
Summer Cooler
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Summer Cooler

Course Drinks
Keyword cucumber, lime, matcha, shochu, yuzu

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. Iichiko Saiten shochu
  • ¾ oz. Matcha syrup
  • ½ oz. Lime juice
  • ½ oz. Cucumber juice
  • ¼ oz. Yuzu juice
  • Cucumber slices for garnish

Instructions

  • Mix all ingredients into cocktail shaker with ice.
  • Shake, then strain into rocks glass with ice.
  • Garnish with cucumber slices.

Notes

The mixologists at Iichiko created this recipe.
High Desert Swizzle
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High Desert Swizzle

Course Drinks
Keyword Demerara syrup, lime, mezcal, strawberry shrub

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ parts Del Maguey Vida Single Village mezcal
  • ¾ parts Freshly squeezed lime juice
  • ¾ parts Strawberry shrub
  • ¼ parts Demerara syrup

Instructions

  • Combine the mezcal, lime juice, strawberry shrub and Demerara syrup in a highball glass.
  • Fill it two-thirds of the way with crushed ice.
  • Swizzle like you mean it so the glass frosts up.
  • Add more crushed ice, rounding out the top.
  • Garnish with a lime wheel.

Notes

The mixologists at Del Maguey created this recipe.
La Sandia
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La Sandia

Course Drinks
Keyword agave, lime, Orange Curaçao, tequila, watermelon

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. G4 Reposado tequila
  • ¼ oz. Dry orange Curaçao
  • ¼ oz. Agave nectar/agave syrup
  • ¾ oz. Fresh lime juice
  • 3 oz. Watermelon soda Jarritos
  • Pinch sea salt
  • Tajin

Instructions

  • Rim half of one side of a 12-oz. rocks glass with tajin and set aside.
  • In a cocktail shaker, add tequila, dry curaçao, agave nectar, lime juice, a pinch of sea salt, and ice.
  • Shake vigorously for 20 seconds, and strain into a rimmed rocks glass.
  • Carefully top with fresh ice without disturbing the tajin.
  • Fill with Jarritos watermelon soda.
  • Garnish with a lime wheel.

Notes

The mixologists at G4 created this recipe.

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