Mother’s Day is May 12, this year, so be ready for the brunch and dinner crowd with some festive, Mom-approved cocktails. Here are five recipes that are fairly simple to execute but will make a big impact. For more, check out the Mother’s Day drinks roundup from 2023.
Pampl’ Up
Ingredients
- ½ oz. Citrus syrup
- ¾ oz. Cointreau
- ½ oz. Lemon juice
- 1 ¼ oz. Three Cents grapefruit soda
Instructions
- Combine ingredients except soda in shaker.
- Add ice and shake until well chilled.
- Strain into a cocktail glass.
- Top with grapefruit soda.
- Garnish with lemon peel twist.
Notes
The mixologists at Cointreau created this recipe.
Tough as a Mother
Ingredients
- 1 oz. Rose petal-infused gin*
- ¾ oz. The Perfect Purée El Corazon blend thawed
- ¼ oz. Lime juice
- 4 drops Orange blossom water
- Champagne
Instructions
- Add all ingredients except Champagne to a shaker.
- Shake with ice and strain into a flute.
- Top with Champagne.
- Garnish with a twisted lime peel.
Notes
*For Rose petal-infused gin
Infuse one bottle of gin with 3 tablespoons of food grade dried rose petals overnight. Strain the next day. Theo Lentz, beverage director at Hummingbird in Raleigh, NC, created this recipe.
Infuse one bottle of gin with 3 tablespoons of food grade dried rose petals overnight. Strain the next day. Theo Lentz, beverage director at Hummingbird in Raleigh, NC, created this recipe.
Theodora
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Empress 1908 Indigo gin
- ¾ oz. Fresh lemon juice
- ¾ oz. Lavender honey syrup
- ¼ oz. Rose water
Instructions
- Rinse a chilled coupe glass with rose water.
- Add the gin, lemon and syrup in a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Shake vigorously and strain into the coupe.
- Garnish with a sprig of lavender or edible flower.
Notes
The mixologists at Victoria Distillers created this recipe.
Hot Mama Jamma
Ingredients
- 2 oz. New Riff Kentucky Wild Gin
- ¾ oz. Lime juice
- 1 heaping tbsp. Strawberry jalapeno jam or regular strawberry jam
- 4 oz. Q hibiscus ginger beer
Instructions
- Add ingredients except ginger beer to a shaker.
- Shake well and strain into a Collins glass.
- Top with ginger beer.
- Garnish with a lime wheel.
Notes
The Aquifer team at New Riff Distilling in Newport, KY, created this recipe.