Sit back, relax, and enjoy the 3 day weekend with a drink.

Vodka

The Luxury Martini

 Ingredients: 

• 2 oz Belvedere 10
• .25 oz Dry Vermouth (Preferably Cocchi Americano or Lillet Blanc)
• 1 Small Pinch of Salt

 Garnish:

• 1 Olive Oil 
• Lemon Zest (Discard)

Method: Add all ingredients to a mixing glass over cubed ice. Stir for 15-20 seconds to chill and dilute. Discard lemon zest before serving. Strain into a chilled martini glass and add an olive.

 

Haku Japanese Mule

Ingredients

• 50ml Haku Vodka
• 5ml Yuzu Juice
• Top with Ginger Beer
• Garnish with caramelized ginger

Method

• Add ice to a highball glass   
• Add Haku Vodka and Yuzu Juice 
• Top with Ginger Beer
• Garnish with caramelized ginger

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Tequila

Loco Coco Cooler

Ingredients

• 2 oz Loca Loka tequila
• 3 oz Coconut Water
• 1/2 oz lime juice
• 1/2 oz simple syrup
• Lime wheel for garnish
• Toasted coconut flakes for garnish (optional)

Instructions: Fill a glass with ice. In a shaker, combine the tequila, coconut water, lime juice, and simple syrup. Shake well and strain into the prepared glass. Garnish with a lime wheel and toasted coconut flakes (if using). Sit back, relax, and sip on this refreshing coconut concoction!

 

Loca Loka Sparkler

Ingredients:

• 1 oz tequila
• 1/2 oz Cointreau or triple sec
• 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
• 1/2 oz simple syrup
• Chilled champagne or sparkling wine
• Ice cubes
• Lime twist or mint sprig (for garnish)

Instructions: Chill a champagne flute or coupe glass in the freezer for a few minutes.

In a cocktail shaker, combine the tequila, Cointreau or triple sec, fresh lime juice, and simple syrup. Fill the shaker with ice and shake well until the mixture is thoroughly chilled. Strain the mixture into the chilled champagne flute or coupe glass. Carefully top off with chilled champagne or sparkling wine. Garnish with a lime twist or a sprig of mint. Serve immediately and enjoy your elegant Tequila Sparkler!

 

Loca Loka Sunrise Surprise

Ingredients:

• 2 oz tequila
• 1 oz grenadine
• 2 oz cranberry juice
• 1 oz fresh lime juice
• 1/2 oz simple syrup
• Ice cubes
• Lime wheel or cherry (for garnish)

Instructions:

Fill a highball or rock glass with ice cubes. In a cocktail shaker, combine the tequila, cranberry juice, fresh lime juice, and simple syrup. Fill the shaker with ice and shake well until the mixture is chilled. Strain the mixture into the prepared glass filled with ice. Slowly pour the grenadine over the back of a spoon so that it settles at the bottom, creating a beautiful red gradient effect.

Garnish with a lime wheel on the rim of the glass or a cherry. Serve immediately and enjoy your Tequila Sunrise Twist!

 

Strawberry Margarita

INGREDIENTS:  

• 2 oz Hampton Water Rosé  
• 1 oz Tequila 
• 1 ½ oz Lime Juice 
• ½ oz Strawberry Simple Syrup or Liqueur 
•  ½ oz Triple Sec 

DIRECTIONS:  Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake until chilled. Strain into a glass with fresh ice. Garnish with a lime wheel and strawberry. 

 

RoséRita 

INGREDIENTS:  

• 2 oz Hampton Water 
• 1 oz Tequila 
• ½ oz Lemon Juice 
• ½ oz Lime Juice  
• 1 oz simple syrup 
• 1 oz Blanc Vermouth 

DIRECTIONS:  Run a lime wedge over the rim of a glass then dip in sugar and set aside. Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake until chilled. Strain into a prepared glass with fresh ice. Garnish with a strawberry and lime wheel. 

 

Spicy Suavecito Pineapple Paloma

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Suavecito Blanco tequila
• ½ oz. grapefruit juice
• ½ oz. lime juice
• ¾ oz. agave syrup
• ½ sliced Serrano pepper 
• Pineapple soda (to top)

 

Suavecito Blueberry Smash

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Suavecito Reposado tequila
• 1 ½ oz. muddled blueberries
• ½ oz. simple syrup
• ½ of a lime 
• 9 mint leaves (torn)

 

Cristalita

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 oz Tequila CAZADORES Añejo Cristalino
• 1/2 oz PATRÓN Citronge
• 1/2 oz agave nectar
• 2 slices of lime
• 2 slices of lemon
• 2 slices of orange
• 2 cilantro sprigs
• 1 slice serrano chile

Method: In a cocktail shaker muddle citrus slices, serrano, and cilantro. Add the rest of the ingredients with ice, shake vigorously, double strain, and serve on the rocks. Garnish with lime, orange peel, and serrano chile.

 

Mexican Fire Squad

Ingredients​:

• 2 oz Bribón Tequila Reposado​
• 5 dashes of Angostura bitters​
• ¾ oz Raspberry Grenadine​
• ¾ oz Fresh lime juice​
• Mint & blueberry to garnish​

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Method:  Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with a mint sprig and a couple of blueberries and enjoy! 

 

Cierto Reposado Paloma

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Cierto Tequila Private Collection Reposado
• 1 oz Fresh grapefruit juice
• 1/2 oz Fresh lime juice
• 1/4 oz Mayan honey syrup 
• 1 oz sparkling water

Method: Add all ingredients (minus sparkling water) and shake with ice until chilled. Strain into a highball glass with ice. Top with sparkling water and garnish with a grapefruit slice. 

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Another premium tequila we wanted to feature comes from Tres Tribus. Debuting in 2023 with four celebrated expressions that helped the brand win the IWSC Agave Producer of the Year as well as the organization’s most prestigious prize, Spirits Producer of the Year, Tres Tribus’s Espadín captures the cornucopia of flavors from the maguey and complements them with a delicate smokiness. Featuring rich herbaceous notes along with lemon and orange, hibiscus, peppermint, and chocolate, the flavors are slowly developed during fermentation in unique underground amphoras designed to regulate the fluctuating mountain temperatures. 

Using pristine water from the nearby Tidaá volcano aquifer and a hand-built still that incorporates local elements from the region, Tres Tribus’ Espadín presents clean, complex aromas and flavors. 

El Tequileño has also released its limited-edition Añejo Gran Reserva iteration.  Under the guidance of third-generation Master Distiller, Tony Salles, this new batch is skillfully blended with a one-year-old Añejo, and two and four-year-old Extra Añejos, which are aged in American and French Oak barrels. 

This combination explores an entirely new flavor profile and pushes the boundaries of its existing tasting notes with elegant and complex flavors and aromas, making a perfect balance of sweet and smooth. El Tequileño Añejo Gran Reserva will be available for a limited time in select markets starting today, August 8th with a suggested retail price of $99.99 (750ml).   

 

Gin

Strawberry Fields

Ingredients:

• 1 oz Watershed Distillery Four Peel Strawberry Gin
• 1/2 oz Becherovka
• 1/4 oz Ouzo
• 1/2 oz Sauviognon Blanc
• 3/4 oz ginger syrup
• 1/2 oz lemon juice
• 4 dashes Peychaud’s bitters

Method: Add all ingredients and ice into a shaking tin and shake. Double strain into a coupe glass, garnish with a cherry, and enjoy!

 

Team USA Power Punch

*Makes 10-12 cocktails

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups NOLET’S Silver Gin
• 0.5 cup Chambord Liqueur
• 0.5 cup Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
• 2.5 cups Lemonade
• 0.25-0.5 cup Simple Syrup
• 1 cup Blackberries or Blueberries
• 1 cup Strawberries
• 1 cup Raspberries

Method: 

• Puree fruit in a blender and strain out solids or juice fresh berries in a juicer. 
• Mix berry juice with NOLET’S Silver Gin, Chambord, and Maraschino Liqueur with lemonade in a large pitcher or punch bowl. 
• Taste for sweetness and adjust with simple syrup as needed. 
• Add ice to the mixture, and serve over ice with fruit or floral garnish in a rock glass

 

Sardinian Lemonade

Ingredients: 

• 2 Parts Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin with Sardinian Citrus
• 1 Part Lemon Juice
• Top with Ginger Beer

 

Whiskey/Bourbon

Bourbon Spritz

Ingredients: 

• 1 part Maker’s  Mark Bourbon 
• 1 part Aperol aperitif 
• ¾ part of freshly squeezed lemon juice 
• Splash of simple Syrup 
• Prosecco 
• Orange Peel 

Directions:  Fill a wine glass with ice and layer in Maker’s Mark, Aperol, lemon juice, and syrup.  Top with Prosecco and garnish with an orange peel. 

 

Cherry Whiskey Sour

Ingredients: 

• 2.5 oz Fox & Oden Straight Bourbon Whiskey 
• .75 oz lemon juice 
• .5 oz simple syrup 
• 1 tsp cherry juice or jam 
• 1 egg white 

Directions: Combine Fox & Oden bourbon, lemon juice, simple syrup, and cherry juice in a cocktail shaker with 5-6 cubes of ice.  Shake well until combined.  Strain out the ice and return the cocktail to the cocktail shaker without ice. Add egg white and shake as vigorously as possible for an entire minute to build foam. Pour slowly into a coupe glass. 

 

Honey Bourbon Gold Rush

Ingredients: 

• 1.5 oz Joseph Magnus Straight Bourbon Whiskey 
• 1 tsp honey 
• 1 tsp water 
• 1 tbsp lemon juice 

 

F&Tea

Ingredients:

• 1.5 parts Fraser & Thompson
• 4 parts iced tea
• .5 parts citrus juice

Method: Combine all ingredients in a tall glass over ice. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

 

Skye Raspberry Collins

Ingredients:

• 50ml Isle of Skye 8yr
• 15ml raspberry syrup
• 25ml fresh lemon juice
• Soda

 

Method:‘Garnish with 2 raspberries & a lemon twist.  Served: on the rocks, highball glass

 

Jeptha Creed Bourbon Sour

Ingredients:

• 1/2 oz Jeptha Creed 4-Grain Straight Bourbon
• 1 oz Lemon Juice
• 2 Dash Bitters
• 3/4 oz Simple Syrup
• Orange & Cherry

Directions: Add ingredients and ice to the shaker. Shake and strain over ice. Garnish with Orange peel and Cherry.

 

Bushmills Original High Ball

Ingredients:

• 50ml Bushmills Original
• 150ml soda water
• 50ml lemon juice
• Lots of ice
• Garnish with a slice of lime

Method:

Fill a glass with ice. 

Add 50ml Bushmills Original, 50ml lemon juice, and top with 150ml soda water. 

Garnish with a lime slice and serve.

 

Russel’s Reserve Lemon Rye Rickey

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 parts Russell’s Reserve 6-Year-Old Rye Whiskey
• 0.75 parts Lemon juice
• 1 part Lime Cordial
• top w/ club soda

METHOD:

1. Combine all ingredients, except club soda, in a mixing tin and shake with fresh ice.
2. Strain into a highball or Collins glass over fresh ice and top with club soda.
3. Garnish with Lemon & Lime ribbon.

 

Basil 75

Ingredients

• 1.5 parts Basil Hayden
• 3/4 parts fresh lemon juice
• 3/4 parts simple syrup

Method: Shake all ingredients and strain over a large cube, top with prosecco or sparkling wine

 

WhistlePig FarmStock Beyond Bonded Rye Whiskey

Released ahead of the annual harvest each year, WhistlePig FarmStock Beyond Bonded Rye Whiskey is a Straight Rye 100% Farm Whiskey that is bottled-in-bond and beyond. Each barrel is harvested and distilled at the WhistlePig Farm & Distillery in one season and bottled as a Single Barrel at 100 proof, with 30 unique points per barrel showcasing every step of the whiskey’s farm-to-bottle journey. 

Brother’s Bond Regenerative Grain Straight Bourbon

This new four-grain straight bourbon whiskey—made with regenerative grain grown in North Carolina, distilled and aged at Southern Distilling Company’s Statesville distillery, and hand-selected by co-founders Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley— is the culmination of Brother’s Bond commitment to sustainability, with a portion of proceeds from every bottle sold being donated to Kiss the Ground. This new release is a blend of nuanced three-year-old bourbon and a distinct six-year-old wheated bourbon, meticulously aged and crafted using custom toast and char methods.

 

And for the whiskey and art lovers, Great Jones® Distilling Co., Manhattan’s first and only whiskey distillery since Prohibition, is bringing Basquiat’s iconic artwork back to Great Jones Street. Just down the block from the site of his apartment and famous art studio in Noho, the distillery is unveiling a brand-new special edition bourbon bottle featuring Basquiat’s celebrated art. The Great Jones x Jean-Michel Basquiat: Empire Edition bottle showcases Basquiat’s “Mecca” (1982) artwork, known for helping establish Basquiat as an artist in Downtown Manhattan, featuring the New York City skyline and Basquiat’s trademark crown.  

This special edition bottle celebrates New York City – its history, its agriculture, its culture, and now, its whiskey. Great Jones is 100% New York Bourbon, made of ingredients grown in the Hudson Valley, distilled at the Great Jones Distillery in Manhattan, aged in New American Oak barrels, and finally cut to proof with Catskill Mountain water – the best of Great Jones street, inside and out. 

And for those who have an appreciation for premium whiskey, Ardbeg has recently released a premium expression that tastes amazing.  The ultra-rare Ardbeg Vintage Y2K is an intensely sweet and classically peaty 23-year-old whisky which is the first edition in a highly limited series created during a milestone year at Ardbeg. As 2000s nostalgia grips the world, the Islay Distillery invites smoky malt lovers to step back in time and recall a pivotal moment in its past.  The result is a single malt jampacked with bright zesty notes and intensely sweet, sooty flavors – a smoky anomaly never to be repeated. Aromas of lemon balsam reminisce with linseed oil and heather honey, while soot and peppermint stir up memories of ground coffee and aniseed on the palate.

 

Rum

Blackberry Mint Splash

•  2 oz Club Kokomo Artisanal White Rum
• 1.5 oz Lemon Juice
• .75 oz Simple Syrup
• 5 Blackberries
• 3-5 Mint Leaves

 

Steps: 

Add blackberries, mint, and simple syrup to a cocktail shaker. Carefully muddle all of the ingredients together. Add remaining ingredients. Add ice and shake for 15 seconds. Dump the entire contents into the glass of your choice (or strain it into the glass over fresh crushed ice to avoid seeds/pulp). Can be served with soda water in a Collins glass

Garnish: Fresh Mint

Glass: Old Fashioned, Collins (if adding soda water)

 

Spirits/Aperitifs

Jalisco Swizzle

Ingredients:

• 2oz Viamundi Raicilla
• 0.5oz Giffard Passionfruit Liqueur
• 0.5oz Orgeat Liqueur
• 1oz Fresh Lime Juice
• 2 dashes of Scrappy’s Grapefruit Bitters
• 6 mint leaves
• Garnish: 4 dashes of Angostura and mint bouquet
• Glass: Collins

Method: Add mint, grapefruit bitters, lime juice, and orgeat to your glass and lightly muddle.  Fill half of the glass with pebbled ice and add Passionfruit Liqueur and Raicilla, then swizzle.  Fill the glass to the top with more pebbled ice, dash Angostura bitters over the ice, and garnish with a mint bouquet.

 

Disaronno Fizz: (Low ABV Cocktail)

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz Disaronno Originale
• 1/2 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
• Top with Club Soda
• Garnish: lemon Peel

Steps: Add Disaronno Originale and Fresh Lemon Juice to a white wine glass/spritz glass filled with ice. Top with Club Soda and garnish with a Lemon Peel.