Live it Up This Long Weekend with Labor Day Specialty Cocktails
Wait, wasn’t it just Memorial Day? Summer flew by faster than Road Runner and we can’t believe it is September already. Transition into fall than will a new favorite cocktail. Have a labor-free long weekend with these easy-to-mix drinks in honor of Labor Day Weekend!
Watermelon Mojito
Created by Havana Central in NYC
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz. Bacardi Melon rum
- 2 lime wheels
- 2 oz seedless watermelon
- 4 mint leaves
- 1/4 oz. Watermelon Pucker
- Splash of Sprite
In a cocktail shaker add limes, mint and watermelon. Muddle until the limes, watermelon and mint brake up. Add ice to the rim of the cocktail shaker. Add rum and Watermelon Pucker. Shake hard. Strain into a highball glass over ice and top with Sprite.
Season’s Delight
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Camus VS Elegance cognac
- 1/2 oz. Aperol
- 1/2 oz. St-Germain
- 3/4 oz. fresh lemon juice
- 1 dash of rhubarb bitters
- Flamed orange twist for garnish
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with a flamed orange twist.
Mercadito
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz. Milagro Silver
- 1/2 oz. Green Chartreuse
- 1 oz. lime juice
- 3/4 oz. agave nectar
- 4 cucumber slices
- Pinch of cilantro
- 1 jalapeno slice
- 2 dashes celery bitters
Muddle, shake and strain over fresh ice in rocks glass. Garnish with a cucumber wheel.
Homeward Bound
Ingredients
- 2 parts Sailor Jerry
- Fresh lemonade
Build in a highball glass over ice and garnish with lime wedge.
American Holiday
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Blue Ice American Vodka
- 3/4 oz. sweet and sour mix
- 1/2 oz. Blue Curacao
- 1/2 oz pineapple juice
Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a pineapple slice and cherry.
Summer’s Cusp
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz. TY KU Liqueur
- 1 oz. Peach Schnapps
- 4 oz. fresh squeezed orange juice
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into highball glass over ice.
Superfruit Cooler
Ingredients
- 1/2 oz. VeeV Açaí Spirit
- 1/2 oz. Absolut Berri Açaí
- 3/4 oz St-Germain
- 1 oz. lemon sour
- 1/2 oz agave nectar
- 3 cucumber wheels
- Cucumber wheel for garnish
Muddle 3 cucumber wheels in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and remaining ingredients and shake well. Pour contents into a rocks glass. Garnish with cucumber wheel.
Camarena Red Splash
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz. Familia Camarena Silver Tequila
- 3 oz. lemon lime soda
- Splash of cranberry juice
Combine Familia Camarena Silver Tequila with lemon lime soda in a rocks glass filled with ice. Add a splash of cranberry juice. Garnish with a lemon peel.
Backyard Tea
Ingredients
- 2 parts Sailor Jerry
- 1 part iced tea
- 2 parts lemonade
Add ingredients to a highball glass with ice and garnish with a lemon wedge.
Soju September
Ingredients
- 2 oz. TY KU Soju
- 1 1/2 oz. white grape juice
- 1 1/2 oz. club soda
Add soju and grape juice to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a lowball glass over ice. Top with club soda.
Berry Explosive Raspado
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Milagro Silver
- 1 oz. lime juice
- 3/4 oz. agave nectar
- 4 raspberries
- 6 blueberries
- 2 mint leaves
- 3 dashes peach bitters
Blend all ingredients in blender until smooth. Pour over crushed or shaved ice. Top with raspberries and blueberries.
Spider
Ingredients
- 2 parts Sailor Jerry
- 1 scoop vanilla ice cream
- Cola
Add Sailor Jerry to a highball glass full of ice, drop in scoop of ice cream and top with cola. Beat drink with a straw.
Lazy Labor Day
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz. TY KU Soju
- 2 oz. cranberry juice
- 1 oz. orange juice
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a lowball glass over ice.
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