Is it August already? Must be time to break out the peach vodka!
Created by The Cocktail Guru, Jonathan Pogash
1 1/2 oz. Van Gogh Cool Peach Vodka
1 oz. Pomegranate juice
2 oz. Ginger Ale or Ginger Beer
Pour all ingredients over ice into a rocks glass.
Garnish: Lime wedge
When the weather gets hot, the cocktails get…hot. Love how you can see the flecks of chili peppers dancing around in this one, warning you it ain’t no regular summer cocktail.
2 oz Camarena Reposado Tequila
1 oz Pineapple Juice
1/2 oz Orange Liqueur
Pinch Chipotle Chili Pepper Spice
2 oz Lemonade
Lemon Wheel Garnish
Combine liquids and spice in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend. Strain into highball glass over fresh ice. Garnish with lemon wheel.
This new drink from Tony Abou-Ganim, The Modern Mixologist takes one of our favorite cocktails, the mojito, and amps it up with one of our favorite cocktail add-ons: ginger. Why didn’t we think of that before?
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Shellback Spiced rum
1 oz Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice
12-14 Fresh Mint Leaves
1 oz Ginger Syrup
4 slices of Mandarin or Clementine
2 oz Chilled Soda Water
Directions:
In a highball glass, lightly muddle lime juice, ginger syrup, sliced mandarin and mint leaves.
Add crushed ice and rum.
Stir until outside of glass begins to frost.
Top with chilled soda water.
Garnish with mint sprig.
April: it’s not just for rainy days and ramps—it’s also National Poetry Month! And how do we celebrate such an occasion What do you think? We drink!
In honor of National Poetry Month, The Betsy South Beach in Miami debuted the Mot Juste, a literary-minded cocktail that they promise will inspire creativity. Not sure how all that is supposed to work, but it sure looks refreshing.
Mot Juste
1 ¼ ounces Russels Reserve Rye
¾ ounce Artemisia Absinthe
¼ ounce yellow chartreuse
½ ounce fresh lemon juice
½ ounce simple syrup
St. Patrick’s Day is no reason to get silly. Leave the green beer and jungle juice to the kids, and mix up our favorite Irish-inspired cocktail we’ve seen this year.
1 ounce Irish whiskey
1 ounce Shellback Spiced Rum
1/4 ounce vanilla liqueur
1/4 ounce lemon juice
Bar spoon of brown sugar
2 ounces Brut Champagne
Directions: Combine brown sugar and liquids except champagne in cocktail shaker, no ice. Stir to dissolve brown sugar. Add ice. Shake to blend. Strain into highball glass over fresh ice. Top with brut champagne.
Something funny is happening with vodka. In recent years, more and more small producers have made vodkas that are actually drinkable. Since the clear stuff no longer needs to be dulled over with cranberry juice or Kool-Aid, it’s time to start mixing some vodka cocktails that actually let the booze shine through. Enter: the old fashioned, with vodka subbed in to replace whiskey.
3 oz Broken Shed vodka
3 dash bitters
1 sugar cube
Zest of lemon/orange/grapefruit
In glass, add sugar cube with bitters and few slices of zest, add 3 oz. vodka and 4 cubes ice. Stir for 10-15 seconds.
Just when I thought margaritas could not get any better, BOOM this appeared and it’s here to stay. If you haven’t had a strawberry-jalapeño margarita yet you must do so immediately. Let me tell you, as far as cocktails go, this one—named La Bamba—is a top-shelf MUST.
So refreshing, so dangerously delectable, AY AY AY! It makes me want to dance. Perfect drink for spring and the key behind getting business drunk. In fact, I love it so much I want it twenty four SEVEN and you will too!! Here’s the solution to all your problems:
To start: If one has jalapeño-infused tequila, do yourself a favor and muddle a fresh strawberry in Agave nectar.
* If one does not have jalapeño-infused tequila—NBD! Muddle a jalapeño slice (or more if you wish) with the strawberry in Agave nectar.
*Ice ice baby.
*Add 2 oz. of tequila (infused or not). Feel free to add more, nobody is judging you.
* Squeeze a lime-and-a-half worth of lime juice.
* Top off with lemon-lime soda (Sprite works)
* Shake shake shake.
* Pour into a cold pint glass prepped with a lime, sugar and salt rim.
* If you want to get fancy, garnish with a lime wheel and a strawberry.
* Cheers mate!
Find more creative cocktail ideas in Endless Cocktails.