As we head in to the holiday weekend, we figured why not share some delicious drink recipes for you to try to celebrate life and outside kinda, sorta, almost, kinda being open?
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With summer officially upon us and outside being almost open, this Memorial Day Weekend is gonna feel a little different. It’s the first time many are seeing family and friends since COVID-19 put our lives in a blender. But even if you aren’t seeing any friends or family, you deserve a drink for making it this far, and that’s why we are here to help.
Let us share some great cocktail recipes with you to help relax this weekend. Please drink responsibly, wear your mask when needed, and sanitize every chance you get.
This is for the lazy drinker, but still delicious. Some of us just do not have everything for the more advanced cocktails, but we do have some D’ussé and we can always Instacart some Lemonade.
Ingredients
1 1/2 Parts D’USSÉ VSOP Cognac
4 Parts Lemonade
Add D’USSÉ and lemonade into an ice-filled highball glass.
Add D’USSÉ, simple syrup and lemon juice into a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Top with club soda.
Ingredients
2 Parts D’USSÉ VSOP Cognac
3/4 Parts Simple Syrup
1 Part Fresh Lemon Juice
Top Club Soda
Add all ingredients to an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake and strain into a rocks glass with a large ice cube. Garnish with pineapple and a lime wedge.
Ingredients
45 ml GREY GOOSE® Vodka
30 ml Pineapple Juice
15 ml Aperol
15 ml Fresh Lime Juice
15 ml Simple Syrup
7.5 ml Passion Fruit Syrup
Build in shaker with ice. Gently shake, strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with pineapple chunck and rosemary sprig.
Ingredients
1.5 parts GREY GOOSE® Vodka
1.5 parts Coconut Water
0.5 part Simple Syrup
2.0 parts Pineapple Juice
+ Pineapple Slice
+ Rosemary Sprig
ROCA PATRÓN REPOSADO – Tommy’s Margarita
Combine liquid ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously with ice to chill. Strain onto fresh ice in a salt-rimmed rocks glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.
Ingredients
2 oz Roca Patrón Reposado or Patrón Silver
1 oz Fresh lime juice
.5 oz Agave nectar, to taste
+ Kosher salt rim
+ Lime wedge for garnish
Add all ingredients to an ice-filled highball glass and stir. Garnish with a grapefruit slice.
Ingredients
2 oz Patrón Silver
3 oz Grapefruit soda
.5 oz Fresh lime juice
+ Pinch of salt
+ Grapefruit slice for garnish
+ Salt rim (optional)
DeLeón Blanco Peach Mango Margarita
Source: DeLeon Tequila / Deleon Tequila
Featuring two of the top summer fruits, Mango and Peach, this updated margarita combines a fruit-forward flavor with DeLeón Blanco for a refreshing and eye-catching in-season cocktail. Rim rocks glass and fill with ice. Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into ice filled rimmed glass. Garnish with lime wheel and fresh peach slice.
Ingredients
1 ½ oz – DeLeón Blanco Tequila
1 oz – Peach Puree
½ oz – Mango Puree
½ oz – Fresh Lime Juice
½ oz – Fresh Lemon Juice
¾ oz – Agave Nectar Syrup
DeLeón Reposado Blood Orange Paloma
Source: Deleon tequila / Deleon Tequila
A flavorful take on a traditional Paloma, the bold and full-flavored notes of blood orange accents the thirst-quenching taste of grapefruit in this refreshing DeLeón Reposado cocktail. Rim glass with Pink Himalayan Salt and fill with ice. Add DeLeón Reposado, agave nectar syrup, blood orange, grapefruit and lime juices into a shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into glass. Top with a splash of Topo Chico. Garnish with a dried blood orange and lime wheel.
Ingredients
1 ½ oz – DeLeón Reposado Tequila
¾ oz – Agave Nectar Syrup
1 oz – Fresh Squeezed Blood Orange Juice
1 oz – Fresh Squeezed Grapefruit Juice
½ oz – Fresh Lime Juice
Splash: Topo Chico Sparkling Water
818 Margarita
Source: LaFORCE
Run a lime wedge around the rim of your glass and dip and turn it in the salt. Add tequila, agave syrup, lime juice, Grand Marnier and a few cubes of ice to cocktail shaker. Shake for about 10 seconds until combined and pour into your glass.
Ingredients
1.5 oz. 818 Tequila Blanco
1 oz. Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge
.75 oz. fresh lime juice
Agave Syrup
Lime Wedge & Salt for the rim
These are just a few of our favorites for Memorial Day Weekend, stay tuned as we will be bringing even more Drink Guides for Father’s Day next month.
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