Memorial Day Recipes
Tasty Summer Drinks & Snacks To Bring To The Cookout
1. Sip Back & Relax!
2. Angry ElderBerry Mojito
Ingredients: 1 oz white rum 4 slices strawberry 4 blueberries 4 mint leaves 6 oz (1/2 bottle) Elderflower Cider
Directions: Muddle berries & mint in Angry Orchard Pint. Fill glass with ice. Add rum & cider. Pour into mixing cup & stir. Pour back into Angry Orchard Pint & garnish w/ strawberry.
3. Summer Spice
1.5 oz Ciroc Red Berry .75 oz lime juice .5 oz simple syrup 5 leaves basil 1 piece of jalapeno 3 dashes celery bitters
Directions: Muddle basil, jalapeno and celery bitters. Add simple syrup, lime juice and Ciroc Red Berry. Pack with ice and give a long, hard shake. Double strain into old fashioned glass with ice. Garnish with basil leaf.4. Red Berry Sangria
1 oz Ciroc Red Berry 1 oz Rose Wine .5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice .5 oz Simple Syrup 2 oz Berry Tea Stir over ice in Wine glass
5. Patron Jalapeno Margarita
16 oz Patrón Silver 8 oz Patrón Citrónge 1 Jalapeño, sliced 8 oz Fresh Lime Juice 1 tbsp Sugar Kosher Salt, Lime Wedges Jalapeño Slices and Ice
Directions: Muddle jalapeño slices with lime juice. Mix lime juice with sugar, Patrón Silver, and Patrón Citrónge in a pitcher. Chill in refrigerator. Serve in salt-rimmed glasses with lime wedges and sliced jalapeños. Serves 8.
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11. Cruzan High Tai’d
Ingredients: 1 part Cruzan Peach Rum 1 part Cruzan Estate Diamond Dark Rum 1/2 part DeKuyper Triple Sec Liqueur 3/4 part Fresh Lime Juice 3/4 part Orgeat Syrup
Directions: Combine all ingredients over ice in a shaker. Shake vigorously and pour into a double old fashioned glass over ice. Garnish with a sprig of Fresh Mint.12. Cruzan Life’s A Peach
Ingredients: 3/4 part Cruzan Peach Rum 1 1/4 parts Cruzan Aged Light Rum 1/2 part Fresh Lime juice 8 Mint Leaves 1/2 of one Pineapple Ring 1 Mint Sprig for Garnish
Directions: Add all ingredients to a blender with two ice cubes and blend for 20 seconds. Let it settle for another 20 seconds, then pour into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a lightly slapped mint sprig.13. Basil Daiquiri On The Rocks
24 oz. Brugal Extra Dry Rum 12 oz. Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice 9 oz. Demerara Syrup 8-10 Bunches of Basil 12 Dashes Orange Bitters
Directions: Combine all ingredients in a punch bowl or pitcher, shake each serving and double strain over ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with afresh cracked black pepper and a basil leaf14. Cruzan Weekender’s Punch
Ingredients: 8 parts Cruzan Aged Light Rum 4 parts Cruzan Passion Fruit Rum 12 parts Riesling 3 parts Lemonade 4/5 part Lemon Simple Syrup*
Directions: Combine all but Riesling in a punch bowl & refrigerate. Add Riesling at service. (Serves 8)Lemon Simple Syrup Ingredients: 8 parts Water 8 parts Sugar 2 Lemon Peels
Directions: Combine 8 parts Sugar with 8 parts Water & dissolve over heat with 2 Lemon Peels.
15. Watermelon Margarita
Ingredients: 4 parts Sauza® Blue Silver 100% Agave Tequila 2 parts JDK & Sons™ O3 Premium Orange Liqueur 3 cups seedless watermelon, chilled & cut into pieces ½ cup lime juice 1 cup ice
Directions: Freeze cubed watermelon in a plastic bag for a minimum of 2 hrs. Blend all ingredients until smooth. Serve in glasses rimmed with salt & garnish with a lime or watermelon wedge.
16. 2 GINGERS® Charger
Ingredients: 4 parts 2 GINGERS® Irish Whiskey 2 parts Lemon Juice 1 part Simple Syrup 1 dash Rhubarb Bitters Top off with Ginger Beer
Directions: Build non-carbonated ingredients over ice in a tall glass, and top with ginger beer. To make simple syrup: Dissolve 2 parts cane sugar into 1 part hot water.17. Spring Lemonaide
*Created by Bobby “G” Gleason, Beam’s Master Mixologist Ingredients: 1 part Jim Beam(r) Honey 2 fresh lemon sour 4-6 fresh blueberries club soda simple syrup Lemon wheel for garnish
Directions: In a mixing glass, muddle the blueberries with a splash of simple syrup. Add the Jim Beam(r) Honey, lemon sour and shake with ice then fine strain over fresh ice. Top w/club soda. Garnish w/fresh blueberries & a lemon.18. Honey White & Blue
Ingredients: 2 parts Jim Beam(r) Honey 1 part Blue Curacao 2 parts White Cranberry Juice Juice of one half Lime
Directions: Shake all but the Curacao and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Slowly pour the Curacao against the inside of the glass so that it sinks to the bottom. Garnish with a lemon wheel.19. Voga Star Spangled Spritzer
1.5 oz Peach Schnapps 1 oz. Agave nectar 3 oz VOGA Sparkling Fresh berries and Peach Slices (for garnish) Ice
Directions: Combine Peach Schnapps and Agave Nectar in a shake and shake vigorously. Pour into a chilled glass and top with VOGA Sparkling. Garnish with fresh peaches and raspberries.
21. American Dream
3 oz. RealBeanz Mocha 2 oz. raspberry liqueur 1 oz. vodka Frozen Raspberries
Directions: Add RealBeanz Mocha, Raspberry liqueur, vodka, and crushed iced to a shaker and shake vigorously. Pour into martini glass and garnish with frozen raspberries.
22. ICE Pop Sparklers
Ingredients: Ice Cube Tray Toothpicks/popsicle sticks 1 bottle Black Raspberry Sparkling ICE 1 container of fresh raspberries, chopped Directions: Fill trays or molds with Sparkling ICE, top each with a scoop of chopped raspberries. Cover tray tightly with tin foil. Poke a popsicle stick through the foil into each cube. Place in freezer for 2 hours until frozen.
23. AmericaThe Blue-tiful
Ingredients: 1.5 oz White rum 1 oz Blue curacao 3 oz Lemonade Sparkling ICE Fresh berries (for garnish) Ice
Directions: Combine all ingredients into a blender and blend on high until it becomes slushy. Pour into a chilled glass and garnish with a fresh berries.
24. BIG GINGER®
Ingredients: 2 parts 2 GINGERS® Irish Whiskey Ginger Ale Lemon Wedge Lime Wedge
Directions: Pour the 2 GINGERS® Irish Whiskey into a pint glass with ice. Top with ginger ale, followed by a wedge of a lemon and lime.Tasty Summer Drinks & Snacks To Bring To The Cookout was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
