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Lady in Red
Combine 1 part Sipsmith London Dry Gin, 1 part Sipsmith Sloe Gin, ½ part lemon juice, 1 egg white, and 1 barspoon of raspberry syrup in a cocktail shaker and dry shake. Add ice and shake again. Double strain into a chilled glass and garnish with a raspberry.
Recipe by Sipsmith
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Hearts on Fire
Pour 1 part raspberry rose water syrup into the bottom of your glass. Fill the glass with large chunks of crushed clear ice. Separately, combine 1½ parts pink gin and 1½ parts pink grapefruit juice in a mixing glass with ice. Stir to chill, then add 1½ parts pre-chilled raspberry (or plain) seltzer. Gently pour into your glass so that it layers on top of the syrup. Top off with 2½ parts Mumm Napa Brut Rosé. Garnish with grapefruit slice, fresh raspberries, and some blossoms.
Recipe by Jes Gutierrez-Switaj/@the.sauceress
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Sober Sour (A Mocktail!)
Combine 2 oz. Monday Non-Alcoholic Gin, 1 oz. lemon juice, ½ oz. strawberry syrup, and ½ oz. egg white (optional) in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until chilled, then strain into a glass without ice.
Recipe from The Cocktail Snob
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Sparkling Strawberry
In a cocktail shaker with ice, add 1½ oz. YaVe Tequila Reposado, ½ oz. lemon juice, and ½ oz. strawberry syrup. Shake and strain into a champagne flute and add 2½ oz. champagne. Garnish with a fresh strawberry.
Recipe by YaVe Tequila/Sarah Gualtieri
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Angels and Herbs
Shake together 1½ parts Gran Centenario Plata Tequila, 1 part sage simple syrup, 1 part cranberry juice, 1 part grapefruit juice, and ½ part lime juice, then strain. Top with 1½ parts grapefruit soda. Garnish with grapefruit slice and sage leaf.
Recipe by Gran Centenario
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Sweet as Honey
First, make a honey simple syrup by combining ½ cup honey and ½ cup water in a small pot. Bring to a simmer and stir until honey is dissolved. Cool and pour into a resealable glass container. Refrigerate any unused syrup.
Then, in a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine 2 oz. gin, ¾ oz. honey simple syrup, and ¾ oz. lemon juice (plus lemon peel). Shake until chilled. Strain into a coupe glass and serve with a lemon twist.
Recipe by HelloFresh
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Glendalough Rose Spritz
In a glass filled with ice, pour 2 oz. Glendalough Rose Gin. Add 1 oz. fresh lime juice, and top with grapefruit soda. Garnish with a grapefruit wheel and fresh sprig of mint.
Recipe by Glendalough
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Old-Fashioned Love Song
In a rocks glass, add ice, 2 oz. Bourbon or rye whiskey, ¾ oz. crème de cacao, ½ oz. simple syrup, and some chocolate bitters. Stir with a bar spoon, until drink is chilled (about 20 times). Garnish with an orange twist and a cocktail cherry, and serve!
Recipe by HelloFresh
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Passionate Souls Paloma
In a cocktail shaker, combine 1½ oz. Corralejo Reposado tequila, ¼ oz. simple syrup, ¾ oz. lemon juice, 1 oz. passion fruit purée, 5 dashes cayenne, and 3 drops Angostura bitters, and shake thoroughly. Rim a Collins glass with Tajín, then add ice. Strain the cocktail over ice in a glass, then top off the cocktail with grapefruit soda or grapefruit beer. Garnish with a dried blood orange wheel.
Recipe by Corralejo
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Electric Cosmopolitan (A Mocktail!)
In an ice-filled cocktail shaker, add 2 oz. Three Spirit Livener, 2 oz. cranberry juice, 2 bar spoons of lime juice, and half a bar spoon of Seville orange marmalade, and shake. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with candied cranberries and an orange wheel. If you want it boozy, drizzle in half an ounce of citrus vodka before you shake!
Recipe by Three Spirit Livener
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Spicy Marg
In a cocktail shaker, combine 1 oz. lime juice, 1 or 2 slices jalapeño, and 1 tsp. agave syrup. Muddle a few times. Fill shaker with ice and pour in 2 oz. grapefruit juice and 2 oz. silver tequila. Shake until chilled. Rim a highball glass with pink Himalayan salt, then fill with ice. Strain chilled contents from shaker into the glass. Top with club soda. Garnish with another slice of jalapeño and a small wedge of grapefruit.
Recipe by HelloFresh
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Be Mine Basil Smash
Add 50 mL Renegade gin to a tall glass, and then add 25 mL fresh lemon juice, and 20 mL simple syrup. Next, add 4 blackberries and a couple of basil leaves and muddle. Fill with ice and stir. Top with soda or prosecco…whatever you’re feeling!
Recipe by Doghouse Distillery
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Cocoatini
Rim a martini glass with chocolate syrup. Combine 1½ oz. chocolate liqueur, 1½ oz. Kahlua, 1½ oz. Baileys Irish cream, 2 oz. brewed espresso, 2 oz. half-and-half, and ¼ cup crushed ice in a cocktail shaker. Cover and shake well. Strain into prepared glass. If desired, garnish with fresh raspberries.
Recipe by Hy-Vee
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Cherry Nojito (A Mocktail!)
Place 5 cherries (roughly chopped) and 1 lime (quartered) in a glass. Add a little sweetener, if desired. Muddle together for about 1 minute. If you don’t have a muddler, use the back end of a wooden spoon. The idea is to get things small enough to fit through a straw. Clap 6-8 mint leaves together in your hand to release the scent, then add to the glass. Press gently with a muddler a few times. Add ice and top with your choice of sparkling drink. Garnish with lime wheels, mint, and/or extra cherries.
Recipe from The Mindful Mocktail
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The Cointreau Cosmo
In a cocktail shaker, combine 1 oz. Cointreau, 2 oz. vodka, 1 oz. cranberry juice, and 1 oz. fresh lime juice. Add ice and shake until well chilled. Strain into a coupe or cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange twist.
Recipe by Cointreau
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Rosé Aperol Spritz
Fill a wine glass with ice, then add 1 oz. Aperol, 2 oz. simple syrup, 2 oz. sparkling rosé, and 1 oz. grapefruit juice. Feel free to garnish with a grapefruit peel “rose.”
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Blackberry Hot Toddy
Run a lemon wedge along the rim of a mug or cocktail tumbler. Rim the glass in a bowl of 1 tbsp. brown sugar. Mash 3 oz. blackberries (half a package) in a colander over a bowl to capture juice. Add 2 oz. bourbon whiskey, ½ tsp. vanilla extract, remaining juice from the lemon wedge, and ½ cup hot water or tea to blackberry juice. Pour in the leftover brown sugar and stir until sugar dissolves. Pour mixture into the sugar-rimmed glass and garnish with a blackberry and vanilla stick.
Recipe by Driscoll’s
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Raspberry Paloma
Muddle 5 raspberries in a cup. Once muddled, add ½ oz. lime juice, 2 oz. grapefruit juice, and 3 oz. YaVe Blanco tequila. Shake for 10 seconds, then add ice. Strain the cocktail into a separate glass and top with 2 oz. club soda.
Recipe from YaVe Blanco Tequila and @CocktailsWithMeNYC
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Bubble Bouquet
In a shaker filled with ice, add 1½ oz. Absolut Original, ½ oz. simple syrup, and 1 or 2 drops rose water. Shake and strain into a flute and top with champagne. Garnish with rose petals.
Recipe from Absolut
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Pomegranate Martini
Muddle 1 tsp. pomegranate arils with 2½ oz. The Botanist Islay Dry Gin and allow to steep for 1 to 2 hours. Add the infused gin and ½ oz. vermouth to a mixing glass with ice and stir to chill. Fine strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a sprig of fresh thyme.
Recipe by The Botanist
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