It’s summer, and the 4th of July is just around the corner. So what you need is a Watermelon Mojito!
Try one, and I guarantee you’ll still be drinking them after Independence Day is over. It’s a flexible drink so make it as sweet or as strong as you like by adjusting the amount of simple syrup or rum.… Read more
Ingredients:
½ oz Herradura Silver
½ oz lime juice
½ oz agave syrup
4 strawberries
Ingredients:
1 oz Herradura Silver
½ oz lime juice
½ oz agave syrup
Ingredients:
½ oz Herradura Silver
½ oz lime juice
½ oz agave syrup
12 Blueberries
½ Strawberry
3 Blueberries
Directions:
Combine each set of ingredients in advance as you’ll want to blend these quickly one after another. Blend the ingredients … Read more
Served at Woodward at Ames in Boston, MA
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Tequila Don Julio Blanco
1 oz agave nectar
2 fresh cranberries
1 thin slice jalapeño pepper
1/2 oz lime juice
1 jalapeño, garnish
Directions:
Muddle jalapeño and cranberries in a highball glass. Combine Tequila Don Julio Blanco, agave nectar, and lime juice into a cocktail shaker with ice.
Shake well and strain into rocks glass over ice, muddled jalapeño and cranberries. Garnish with … Read more
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Zacapa 23 Rum
1/2 oz ginger liqueur
4 dashes orange bitters
2 oz orange-guava juice
Directions:
Combine Zacapa 23 Rum, ginger liqueur, orange bitters, and orange-guava juice into a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Cover and shake until thoroughly chilled. Strain into a rocks glass.
Courtesy of Zacapa Rum.… Read more
It’s Mixology Monday time again, and this month we are hosted by Adventures In Cocktails with the theme – “Niche Spirits”. So that means no basics: no vodka, tequila, gin, rum, brandy or whiskey.
We said, “Hey, how about a nice Genever Cocktail from our new book – DIY Cocktails?”
Genever, AKA “Holland Gin”, is the Dutch predecessor from which the more ubiquitous “London Dry” gin evolved.
Ingredients:
2 parts Bols Genever
1 part Creme … Read more
Ingredients:
1 ½ parts Effen Vodka
¾ parts lime juice
¾ parts fresh ginger syrup
1 dash bitters
Fever-Tree Ginger Beer
5 Mint leaves
Directions:
Muddle mint in lime and syrup, add to a cocktail shaker with the vodka over ice and shake. Strain and pour into a tall glass with ice and ginger beer. Garnish with mint sprig.
Created by David Nepove. Courtesy of Effen Vodka.… Read more
This is the time of year before summer gives us the kind of good weather that makes for lazy afternoons on the deck or at a backyard barbecue. For laid-back sipping, I like this refreshing and light cocktail that’s like margarita’s mellow cousin.
I used the beautiful Rio Star red grapefruits that are available right now, along with fresh lime, mint, tequila and triple sec. Estrella means star in Spanish, so I gave the drink … Read more
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz brandy
½ oz Sambuca
½ oz lemon juice
1 ½ teaspoon sugar syrup
Directions:
Combine ingredients in a shaker filled with ice, shake, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Courtesy of Moon Mountain Organic Vodka.… Read more
Sake cocktails are delightful! This one uses fresh pear juice and dry vermouth for a late-winter twist on the Martini.
Sake has a lower alcohol than spirits, so we mixed up a huge batch without fear of overdoing it. It was a blast, so I highly recommend you get going on this tonight!
I have a juicer, so I juice some Bosc pears for this. However, you can also blend them and then strain through … Read more