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The Knockturnal’s Valentine’s Day Cocktail And Spirits Roundup

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Celebrate V-Day with your special someone cheersing with a delicious cocktail in hand

Tequila

Elote Margarita

Ingredients:  

  • 1.5 oz Lost Explorer Tequila Blanco  
  • 1 oz Nixta Liqueur  
  • 1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice  
  • .25 oz Maple Syrup  
  • Garnish with a small piece of grilled corn or a lime wheel 

 

Method:  Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake it up. Rim a coupe or martini glass with salt. Fine strain into the glass and garnish with a small piece of grilled corn or a lime wheel.  

 

 

Granada Margarita

Ingredients: 

  • 1 ½ oz The Lost Explorer Espadin Mezcal (optional: infuse with ginger) 
  • ⅔ oz Pomegranate Molasses 
  • ¾ oz Fresh Lime 
  • Garnish with Black Volcanic Salt 

Method:  Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake it up. Rim an Old Fashioned glass with black volcanic salt and fill it with ice, then strain cocktail into the glass. 

 

Shoot Your Shot

Ingredients:

  •  2 – 3 red thai chili slices
  • 1 ¾  oz fresh squeezed blood orange
  • ½ oz orange liqueur
  • 1 ½ oz Mi Campo Blanco tequila
  • ½ oz fresh squeezed lime juice
  • ¾ oz agave nectar
  • 3 dashes chili bitters
  • 1 – 2 oz red wine

Method:  Add the following to a cocktail shaker:

  •  2 – 3 red thai chili slices
  • 1 ¾  oz fresh squeezed blood orange

Muddle ingredients, then add:

  • ½ oz orange liqueur
  • 1 ½ oz Mi Campo Blanco tequila
  • ½ oz fresh squeezed lime juice
  • ¾ oz agave nectar
  • 3 dashes chili bitters

Shake well!  Strain over heart-shaped ice cubes.  Top with a red wine float using back side of a spoon to slowly pour over 1 – 2 oz red wine.  Garnish with red thai chili, dragon fruit chunks and/or blood orange slice

 

Grapefruit Rose Spritz

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 oz Dulce Vida Grapefruit Tequila 
  • 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
  • ¾ oz Orange Liqueur 
  • 1 oz Rose Liqueur
  • Soda water, top
  • Garnish: Rose petals

Method: In a cocktail shaker, combine tequila, fresh lime, orange liqueur, rose liqueur, and ice. Shake until chilled. Strain into a tall collins glass filled with ice. Top with soda water. Garnish with rose petals. Cin Cin!

 

Lovey Dovey Paloma

Ingredients: 

  • 1.5 oz Dulce Vida Grapefruit Tequila
  • 3 oz Sparkling Water
  • Splash Zero Lemon Lime Soda
  • Squeeze of Fresh Lime 
  • Garnish: Lime Wedge 

Method: Pour all ingredients over ice in a tall glass, stir and garnish with a lime. 

 

Crimson Sunset

Makes one serving

Ingredients:

  • 1.25oz Astral Tequila Reposado
  • 0.25oz Amaro
  • 0.75oz Fresh Lime Juice
  • 0.5oz Grenadine 

Glassware: Nick & Nora Glass

Garnishes: Cherry

Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and double strain into a Nick & Nora glass. Garnish with a cherry and enjoy. 

 

Tequila Martini

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 ounces Tres Agaves Tequila Blanco
  • .75 ounce vermouth
  • Half a lemon, freshly squeezed
  • 2 dashes orange bitters
  • Lemon twist for garnish

 Method:  Add tequila, vermouth, lemon juice and bitters into a shaker.  Fill shaker with ice, then shake vigorously for 30 seconds.  Double strain and pour into a martini glass.  Garnish with lemon twist

 

Passion Play

Makes one serving

Ingredients:

  • 1.5oz Tequila Don Julio Rosado
  • 0.75 oz Lime
  • 0.75 oz Passion Fruit
  • 0.5 oz Honey 

Glassware: Rocks glass

Garnishes: Grapefruit peel 

Preparation: Rim a rocks glass with chili salt and fill it with one large ice cube, combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker, add ice, shake hard for 5 seconds, strain into a glass and garnish with a grapefruit peel.

 

DELEÓN 75

Makes one serving

Ingredients:

  • 1oz DELEÓN Reposado Tequila
  •  0.5oz Agave Syrup (1:1)
  • 0.5oz Fresh Lemon Juice
  • .5oz Sparkling
  • Lemon, Mint, and Green Grape Garnish

Glass: Wine

Garnish: Lemon, Mint, and Green Grape Garnish

Pour: Shake and Strain, Top with Sparkling

Method: Add DELEÓN Reposado, agave syrup, and lemon juice into a shaker. Shake and pour into the wine glass using a strainer. Add sparkling and top with garnishes.

 

Tequila Herradura

Ingredients

  • Before the tequila category was formally recognized, Herradura Blanco (first bottled in 1870) set the standard for what tequila would become
  • It is crafted at 46% ABV – higher than the rest of the Herradura lineup – and made with 100% agave, slowly baked in clay ovens and naturally fermented with spontaneous yeast.
  • Herradura Blanco joins the US portfolio of tequilas including Herradura Silver (which sees 45 days in oak) 
  • The bottle remains true to its original packaging with a round body and vintage design, symbolizing the brand’s craftsmanship and heritage
  • Available for an of SRP: $44.99 

 

Margarita Azul

Ingredients

 

Mandarin Margarita

Ingredients

Method: Add all of your ingredients to a mixing glass. Give it a quick shake. Give a double rocks glass a half salt rim and fine strain the cocktail into it. Add some ice and garnish with the leaves left over from your mandarins. Cheers!

 

Mango Margarita

Ingredients

Method: Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake and strain over fresh ice into a double rocks glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.

 

La Margarita

Ingredients

Method: Shake over ice. Strain into rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with lime wheel.

 

Disaronno Disarita

Ingredients

Method: Pour the ingredients into a shaker and double strain into a margarita glass. Garnish with lime wedge.

 

Gin

Coming Up Roses

Description: Delicate, juicy, and bright, Coming Up Roses offers a playful, yet classy flavor experience that celebrates the best of florals and fruit!

Ingredients: 

  • 2 oz Empress 1908 Elderflower Rose Gin
  • ¾ oz Fresh Lemon Juice
  • .5 oz Lillet Rosé
  • .5 oz Raspberry Syrup
  • Egg White
  • Garnish: Fresh Raspberries

Method: Add ingredients to cocktail shaker and shake without ice to emulsify egg white. Add ice to tin then shake again. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with fresh raspberries.

 

Strawberries N Cream

Description: What’s more romantic than strawberries and cream? @tarynstastingtable creates the perfect adaptation into a sippable delight, featuring soothing florals, coconut, and vanilla to pair with the fruity burst from a strawberry syrup!

Ingredients: 

  • 1.5 oz Empress 1908 Elderflower Rose Gin
  • 1 oz Licor 43
  • .5 oz Strawberry Simple Syrup*
  • 1 oz Coconut Cream
  • Garnishes: Strawberry Rose and Mint Sprig

Method: Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker. Muddle strawberries, add ice, and shake well. Double strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish and enjoy.

*To make strawberry simple syrup, add 1 cup each of sugar and water plus 8 oz chopped strawberries to a pot over medium heat and bring to a boil. Lower heat and let simmer for 20-30 minutes. Let cool, strain into a container, and keep sealed in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.

 

French 75 Kiss

Makes one serving

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
  • 1 oz Lemon Juice 
  • 0.5 oz Sugar Syrup  
  • 1.5 oz Champagne  

Glassware: Champagne flute 

Garnishes: Lemon Twist 

Preparation: In a shaker build 1 oz. Tanqueray London Dry Gin, 1 oz lemon juice, and 0.5 oz sugar syrup. Fill the shaker with cubed ice and give a quick shake. Double strain into a champagne flute. Top with champagne and garnish with a lemon twist.  

 


Artisanal Gimlet 

Ingredients: 

  • 2 oz Coppercraft Gin 
  • 75 oz lime juice  
  • .5 oz simple syrup  
  • 1 lime wheel, garnish  

Method: Combine the Coppercraft Gin, lime juice, and simple syrup in a shaker with ice.   Shake well and strain into a chilled coupe glass.  Garnish with a lime wheel. 

Vodka

‘French Passion’

Makes one serving

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 oz. CÎROC Passion
  • 1 oz. Pineapple juice
  • 0.75 oz Hibiscus syrup
  • 0.75 oz Lemon juice
  • Top off with Champagne/sparkling wine

Glassware: Coupe glass

Garnish: Edible flowers

Preparation: Add all ingredients except the Champagne/sparkling wine into a shaker. Add ice and shake for about 8 to 10 seconds. Double strain into a coupe glass, top off with Champagne/sparkling and garnish.

 

Whiskey

For The Girls

Makes one serving

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 oz Buchanan’s 18-Year-Old Special Reserve Blended Scotch Whisky
  • 0.75 oz Fresh Orange Juice
  • 0.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 0.5 oz Grenadine

Glassware: Coupe glass

Garnishes: Fresh mint sprig

Preparation: Combine Buchanan’s 18-Year-Old Special Reserve Whisky, fresh orange juice, fresh lemon juice and grenadine into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain contents into a coupe glass. Garnish with fresh mint sprig.

 

Floral Fresh Johnnie & Elderflower

Makes one serving

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 oz Johnnie Walker Black Label  
  •  1 oz Elderflower Cordial 
  •  3.5 oz Club Soda 

Glassware: Highball Glass 

Garnishes: Lemon Peel and lemon thyme or a sprig of mint 

Preparation: Add 1.5 oz of Johnnie Walker Black Label into an iced-filled highball glass. Add 1 oz of elderflower cordial and 3.5 oz of soda water, stir with a bar spoon. Add lemon peel and lemon thyme or a mint sprig and serve. 

 

Oban Paper Plane, For Two <3

Makes two servings, split into lovers’ coupes

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Oban 14
  • 1 oz Aperol
  • 1.5 oz Amaro Nonino
  • 1.5 oz lemon
  • 0.5 oz ginger syrup

Glassware: Coupe or martini glass

Garnish: Lemon peel and paper airplane cocktail pick

Preparation: Combine all ingredients with ice into a boston shaker, shake, and strain into a coupe or martini glass. Garnish with lemon peel and a Paper Plane Origami Garnish.

 

Old Parr: CARIBBEAN POWER

Makes one serving

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 oz Old Parr 12YO
  • 0.5 oz Passion Fruit Syrup
  • 0.5 oz Cinnamon Syrup
  • 0.25 oz Lime Juice

Garnish: Fresh mint leaves, Ground cinnamon, An orchid

Glassware: Rocks Glass

Preparation: Add Old Parr 12YO, passion fruit syrup, cinnamon syrup, and lime juice to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake for 8-10 seconds. Strain into an empty rocks glass. Add crushed ice, then garnish with grated cinnamon, fresh mint and an orchid.

 

Angel’s Envy

For a unique gift that not only doubles but triples as an edible, no-waste floral experience, greeting card, and romantic date night activity, Angel’s Envy is partnering with women-led floral innovators East Olivia to offer a limited-edition Valentine’s Day Floral Gift Set ($55). Available for purchase now through February 4th on the Angel’s Envy website. 

What’s included in the ANGEL’S ENVY Valentine’s Day Floral Gift Set: 

  • A first-of-its-kind, hand-crafted greeting card that doubles as a handmade floral garnish to perfectly finish the featured ANGEL’S ENVY Valentine’s Day cocktail: Amore Manhattan. Each bundle is handcrafted by East Olivia.
  • A 750ml bottle of the award-winning ANGEL’S ENVY Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Port Wine Barrels, accompanied by a custom-fit ruby red gift bag.
  • A recipe card for the Amore Manhattan cocktail, offering a romantic twist on the classic recipe and instructions for how best to use your bouquet to garnish the cocktail for Valentine’s Day.

 

WhistlePig Whiskey

And for the whiskey lover, a perfect gift for this Valentine’s Day is WhistlePig Whiskey, the leading independent craft whiskey maker, is taking on big bourbon in its own backyard. Ten years after sparking the Rye revolution with its launch of WhistlePig Small Batch Rye – Aged 10 Years, WhistlePig is now the fastest-growing super-premium Bourbon and will go whole hog on Bourbon this year with the introduction of WhistlePig Snout-to-Tail Bourbon – Aged 10 Years. The ‘perfect 10’ partner to Small Batch Rye, WhistlePig’s Snout-to-Tail Bourbon turns tradition upside down with a boldly innovative craft process.

 

Aperitifs and Liqueurs

Chinola Mango Margarita

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz Chinola Mango Liqueur 
  • 2 oz Tequila or Mezcal 
  • 1 oz Lime Juice 
  • 0.5 oz Agave 
  • 2 Dashes of Spicy Bitters (To Make it Spicy) 

Glassware: Rocks

Garnish: Lime wheel 

Method: Rim glass with salt (optional). Shake ingredients with ice. Strain over fresh ice. Garnish with lime wheel. 

 

Bouquet of Flowers

 

Ingredients:

Method: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.  Add Thatcher’s Organic Hibiscus Liqueur, Thatcher’s Organic Elderflower Liqueur, Licor 43, cranberry juice, and freshly squeezed lemon juice.  Shake the ingredients well for about 10-15 seconds to chill.  Strain into a chilled champagne flute or coupe glass.  Top with champagne. 

 

Baileys Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Martini

Makes one serving

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Baileys Chocolate Liqueur
  • 1 oz Don Julio Blanco
  • 0.5oz Simple Syrup 
  • 3 Fresh Strawberries Sliced
  • 2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters

Glassware: Coupe glass

Garnishes: Garnish with a strawberry (slice, full, or chocolate dipped)

Preparation: Add 3-5 strawberries to cocktail tin, add remaining ingredients to tin, shake and fine strain into coupe glass, Garnish with a strawberry

 

Love Potion 42

Makes one serving

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Seedlip Grove 42
  • 1 oz Organic Cranberry Juice 
  • 0.5 oz  Lime Juice 
  • 0.5 oz *Simple Syrup 

Glassware: Coupe glass 

Garnishes: Orange peel 

Preparation: Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake & strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with an orange peel. 

 

*Simple syrup: Combine equal parts warm water & sugar. Stir to dissolve. Let cool. 

 

Wines

Champagne Lallier Rose

A sumptuous, bold twist on classic rosé Champagne, rounded with vivid freshness and a delicate but intense taste. It’s a classic addition to any celebration

 

Oliver Winery

Oliver Winery is serving up the perfect pairing for love and laughter with their fruit-forward wines at an affordable price point of $15 SRP: Dreamberry, Cosmoberry, and Sweet Red. Whether you’re curating a thoughtful gift guide or offering readers tips for hosting the ultimate celebration, these versatile wines are here to elevate every occasion.

Here’s how these wines can shine:  

Dreamberry:

  •  A luscious strawberry wine that’s perfect as a gift or paired with chocolate-covered strawberries for an indulgent treat.

Cosmoberry:

  •  With vibrant berry and citrus notes, it’s a ready-to-pour twist on a Cosmopolitan, perfect for Galentine’s night toasts or wine cocktail recipes.

Sweet Red:

  •  Oliver Winery’s best-seller and versatile crowd-pleaser that’s perfect for a cozy Valentine’s dinner or pairing with truffles.

 

For the Wine Aficionado:

  • Collection Impériale Création No. 1: This isn’t just champagne—it’s a masterpiece. Crafted to celebrate Moët & Chandon’s 280th anniversary, Collection Impériale Création No. 1 is the ultimate expression of the House’s art of Haute Oenologie. A rare blend of seven vintages, it’s a tribute to the legacy of Moët’s founder, Claude Moët. The perfect choice for any wine lover who appreciates history, craftsmanship, and indulgence.

 

For the Valentine’s Day Host:

  • Nectar Impérial Rosé: Moët & Chandon’s NIRO is a bright coral color with intense rose golf reflections. On the nose, the intense fruitiness of mature red fruits, strawberry soup, raspberry and pomegranate balance notes of sweet spices (vanilla, brown sugar) and hints of fresh mint. 

 

For the Rosé Lover

  • Moët & Chandon Rosé Impérial: Moët & Chandon’s Rosé Imperial is a spontaneous and romantic expression of the brand’s style, distinguished by bright fruitiness, floral nuances of rose and a slight hint of pepper. 

 

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