Independence Day is sort of right here, and persons are able to have a good time the USA. A number of pink or blue cocktails are all the time welcome, together with contemporary berries, herbs and different flavors of summer time. (Convey on the Pop Rocks garnish for further sizzle!) Listed here are eight cocktails we like for this yr, and right here’s a glance again on the 2023 July 4th drinks.
Sundown Paradise
- ½ oz. Tequila blanco
- ½ oz. Butterfly pea flower tea
- ¼ oz. Triple sec
- 1 tsp. Peach brandy
- 1 ½ oz. Orange juice
- 1 oz. Cranberry juice
- ¼ oz. Lime juice
- Vodka float
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Mix peach brandy, orange juice, triple sec, lime juice and tequila and shake.
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Combine the vodka floater with the butterfly pea tea.
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In a rocks glass with ice, first layer cranberry juice, then orange-peach tequila combination.
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Prime it off with the butterfly pea tea vodka floater.
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Garnish with a dried orange slice.
Valentino Longo created this recipe for Flor de Sal at Dorado Seashore, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Puerto Rico.
Summer time Blues Spritzer
- 1 ½ oz. Bushmills Irish whiskey
- ¾ oz. Lemon juice
- ¾ oz. Easy syrup
- ½ oz. Lychee liqueur
- ½ oz. Stoli Blueberry vodka
- Blueberries
- Mint
Oscar Garcia, lead bartender at seafood grill Corvina in Boca Raton, FL, created this recipe.
Strawberry Sidecar
- 2 oz. Martell Cordon Bleu Cognac
- ¾ oz. Strawberry syrup
- ½ oz. Lemon juice
- ½ oz. Triple Sec
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Mix components and shake with ice.
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Pressure into cocktail glass.
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Garnish with a strawberry, sugar rim.
The mixologists at Martell created this recipe.
Purple, White, and Bleu
- 1 oz. Alizé Bleu Ardour vodka liqueur
- 1 oz. Vodka
- ½ oz. Coconut rum
- Splash of pineapple juice
The mixologists at Alizé created this recipe.
Rocket Pop
- 1 ½ oz. Cutwater Horchata Vodka
- ½ oz. Blue Curaçao
- ¾ oz. Orgeat
- ¾ oz. Lemon juice
- Peychaud’s bitters
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Add blue Curaçao to the underside of a tall cocktail glass.
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In a shaker tin, mix lemon juice, orgeat and vodka.
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Shake vigorously with ice till effectively chilled.
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Pressure the combination over crushed ice within the ready glass, permitting it to layer over the blue Curaçao.
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Prime with extra crushed ice and add a beneficiant float of bitters.
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Garnish with a popsicle stick.
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Rim the glass with Pop Rocks for an additional festive contact.
The mixologists at Cutwater created this recipe.
Watermelon Rosé Punch
- 1 750- ml. bottle Hampton Water Rosé
- 3 cups Watermelon juice
- ¼ cup Lemon juice
- ½ cup Easy syrup
The mixologists at Hampton Water created this recipe.
Pop Rock
- 3 oz. Bushwacker Rum Cream
- 2 oz. Raspberry liqueur
- 1 packet Blue Razz Pop Rocks
- 1 packet Strawberry Pop Rocks
- 1 Lime wedge
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Fill a shaker with ice and add rum cream and raspberry liquor; shake.
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Unfold Pop Rocks out on a plate.
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Minimize a slit throughout the lime wedge and slide it across the rim of your glass.
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Dip the rim of the glass into lime juice after which into Pop Rocks.
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Fill the glass half full with ice and pressure the Bushwacker combination into the glass.
The mixologists at Bushwacker created this recipe.
Blackberry Basil Spritzer
- 1 ½ oz. Dealer’s Gin
- ½ oz. The Excellent Purée Blackberry Puree thawed
- ½ oz. Easy syrup
- 5 Thai basil leaves
- Ginger ale
- 1 lime wedge
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Muddle blackberry puree, lime wedge, basil leaves and easy syrup.
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Add the gin and sufficient ice to fill a tall Collins glass.
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Give the combo an excellent shake, then pour it into the Collins glass.
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Prime with ginger ale and garnish with a lime wedge.
Lindsay Shea Bolster, common supervisor at Presidio in Chicago, created this recipe.
