The Fourth of July is almost upon us, and we are here to celebrate our independence with a cocktail or two. There’s nothing like a red, white or blue beverage to kick off patriotic festivities; here are eight drink recipes that we like for 2022. And if you need more ideas, here’s our cocktail roundup from 2021.

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Rocket Pop Cocktail

Course Drinks

Keyword Blue Curaçao, coconut water, Grenadine, lime, peanut butter whiskey

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz. Skrewball peanut butter whiskey
• ½ oz. Lime juice
• 1 oz. Coconut water
• ½ oz. Blue Curaçao
• ½ Grenadine

Instructions

• Shake whiskey, lime juice and coconut water with ice.
• Pour Blue Curaçao into a Collins glass, then add crushed ice to shaken cocktail .
• Top with grenadine.
• Garnish with a popsicle stick.

Notes

The mixologists at Skrewball created this recipe.

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Hibiscus Collins

Course Drinks

Keyword gin, hibiscus syrup

Ingredients

• 2 parts Hendrick’s Gin
• ¾ parts Hibiscus syrup
• 3/4 parts Lemon juice
• Top with soda water

Instructions

• Combine ingredients in a highball glass filled with cubed ice.
• Top with soda water and lightly stir.
• Garnish with a mint sprig and lemon twist.

Notes

Erik Andersson, Hendrick’s Gin East Coast Ambassador, created this recipe.

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The Blue Wave

Course Drinks

Keyword blanco tequila, Blue Curaçao, Champagne, coconut cream

Ingredients

• 2 oz. El Bandido Yankee Blanco tequila
• ¼ oz. Real coconut cream Coco Lopez or otherwise
• ¼ oz. Blue Curaçao
• Top with Champagne

Instructions

• Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice.
• Shake and strain into Martini glass.
• Top with Champagne.

Notes

The mixologists at El Bandido created this recipe.

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Coconut Compote Cocktail

Course Drinks

Keyword blackberry, blanco tequila, Coco Lopez coconut cream, lemon

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz. Santo Blanco tequila
• ¾ oz. Fresh lemon juice
• ½ oz. Coco Lopez
• ¼ oz. Blackberry compote

Instructions

• Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake.
• Strain into a rocks glass.
• Garnish with a blackberry.

Notes

The mixologists at Santo created this recipe.

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Ruby Red

Course Drinks

Keyword 1800 Añjeo tequila, Hibiscus tea syrup, lime

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz. 1800 Cristalino tequila
• ¾ oz. Triple Sec
• ¾ oz. Lime juice
• 2 oz. Hibiscus tea
• Club soda to top

Instructions

• Combine ingredients except the club soda to a cocktail shaker with ice.
• Shake vigorously.
• Strain into a highball glass with a salted sugar rim and ice.
• Top with club soda.
• Garnish with a lime wedge.

Notes

The mixologists at 1800 created this recipe.

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Oaxacan Fireworks

Course Drinks

Keyword Blue Curaçao, lime, mezcal

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz. Recuerdo Mezcal Joven
• 1 oz. Blue Curaçao
• ½ oz. Lime juice
• ¼ oz. Simple syrup
• 1 Maraschino cherry

Instructions

• Mix all ingredients in a shaker filled with ice.
• Shake and our into Martini glass.
• Garnish with the maraschino cherry.

Notes

The mixologists at Recuerdo created this recipe.

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Northern Lights

Course Drinks

Keyword butterfly pea syrup, lemon, vodka

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz. Vodka
• 1 oz. Butterfly pea syrup
• ½ oz. Lemon juice
• ¼ oz. Simple syrup

Instructions

• Fill a Collins glass with ice and butterfly pea syrup.
• Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice.
• Shake and strain into glass.
• Garnish with colored sugar and straw.

Notes

Emily Heyde, managing director at Fork & Barrel, Louisville, KY, created this recipe.

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American Salute Martini

Course Drinks

Keyword Blue Curaçao, Grenadine, lemonade, vodka

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz. American Harvest organic vodka
• 4 oz. Lemonade
• 1 oz. Blue Curaçao
• 1 oz. Grenadine

Instructions

• Rim a Martini glass with red, white and blue sugar.
• Pour grenadine in the bottom of a Martini glass.
• Combine lemonade and vodka in a shaker.
• Shake then gently strain over the grenadine
• Float the Blue Curaçao on top.

Notes

The mixologists at American Harvest created this recipe.