It’s almost July 4 and I will be sharing lots of cocktail recipes with you all weekend long. Here is the first batch of my July 4 cocktails!
Cutwater Hibiscus Vodka Hibiscus and Roses
Ingredients:
2 oz Cutwater Hibiscus Vodka
.75 oz fresh lime juice
.75 oz simple syrup
1 oz fresh grapefruit juice
Sparkling rose
Method:
Combine all ingredients (except sparkling rose) into a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake until cold. Strain over fresh ice in a Collins glass. Top with sparkling rose and garnish with grapefruit zest and flower.
Cutwater Hibiscus Vodka Black is the New Berry
Ingredients:
2 oz Cutwater Hibiscus Vodka
1 oz fresh pineapple juice
.75 oz orgeat almond syrup
.75 oz fresh lemon juice
Method:
Muddle 1 strawberry and 2 blackberries in a cocktail shaker.
Add all ingredients and shake until cold.
Strain over fresh ice in a pint glass and top with soda water.
Garnish with a blackberry and a strawberry.
Larry Limeade
(created by Kyle Nelson, Beverage Director, Middle West Spirits/Service Bar)
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. OYO American Character Vodka
0.5 oz. Cherry Heering
0.5 oz. fresh lime juice
0.5 oz. tart cherry juice
0.5 oz. simple syrup
0.25 oz. Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
Method:
Combine all ingredients in a shaker tin.
Fill the remainder of the tin with ice.
Shake vigorously for fifteen seconds or until the outside of the shaker is chilled.
Double strain into a large snifter filled with cobbled ice.
Garnish with a fresh lime wheel and a Luxardo cherry.
WINE
Is it even Summer if you don’t pull out the margarita maker you bought off Amazon and make frosé with BABE Wine, vodka, and fresh strawberries. The answer is obviously no.
BABE FROSE
Ingredients:
4 Cans of BABE Rosé or BABE 100 Rosé
1/4 cup Vodka
4 tbsp. Strawberry Simple Syrup:
1/2 Cup Water
1/2 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Finely Chopped Strawberries
Method:
Pour the BABE Rosé into a gallon ziplock bag set inside a dish then freeze overnight (don’t be concerned if it’s a little slushy.)
To make the strawberry simple syrup:
Combine water and sugar in a bowl and microwave until boiling, about 1 ½ minutes.
Stir until sugar dissolves.
Add the chopped strawberries and chill in the refrigerator overnight.
Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into another bowl then discard strawberry pieces.
Add the frozen BABE Rosé, vodka, and strawberry simple syrup to a blender then blend until smooth.
Serve immediately.
MAKES 4 – 6 SERVINGS
BABE 100 Rosé (SRP: $9.99/4 pack)
Meet BABE 100, the newest edition of BABE Wine’s lineup of canned wines. This rosé is light and refreshing like a seltzer (with only 100 calories and zero grams of sugar), but it’s actually wine! With the crisp and delicious taste of wine, 100 calories, and 6.9% ABV, what’s not to love? Each can of BABE 100 is equal to one full glass of wine and is perfect to grab and go for any occasion, and its lavender can is easy on the eyes. BABE 100 Rosé is available in stores now, learn more about BABE 100 and find it near you here!
BABE Tie Dye Cans
BABE is the Wine For The Summer We Deserve, and everyone’s favorite bubbly, portable and inclusive canned wine BABE has dropped limited-edition tie-dye cans in support of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation. Through this partnership, a dollar from each case of these Insta-worthy Rosé cans sold up to $50,000 will support the ACLU Foundation’s efforts in pursuit of liberty and justice for all.
Each tie-dye can is filled with BABE’s classic Rosé and at 12% ABV, one can is equal to two glasses of wine. Cheers to summer!
Cutwater Spirits Piña Colada
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Cutwater White Rum
1 oz float Bali Hai Tiki Dark Rum
1.5 oz Fresh Pineapple Juice
1.5 oz Coconut Syrup
.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice
Method:
Add all ingredients except Bali Hai Tiki Dark Rum to a cocktail shaker.
Add crushed ice,
Give the tin a quick shake,
Pour into a rocks glass.
Add more crushed ice,
float Bali Hai Tiki Dark Rum.
Garnish with 3 pineapple fronds and a flower.
The Bali Hai
Ingredients:
2 oz Bali Hai Tiki Gold Rum
3/4 oz Fresh Lime Juice
1/2 oz Ginger Syrup
2 oz Fresh Orange Juice
Angostura Bitters
Method:
Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker.
Strain over ice in a tall glass,
Garnish with a lime wheel.
Add a straw,
Finish with 6 dashes of Angostura Bitters.
Pineapple Twist
Ingredients:
2 ounces Seagram’s Pineapple Vodka
4 ounces Soda Water
Lemon/lime wedge for garnish
Method:
Pour Seagram’s Pineapple Vodka into glass over ice
Add soda water to top
Garnish & Enjoy!
Peach-Cranberry Cooler
Ingredients:
2 ounces Seagram’s Peach Vodka
4 ounces Cranberry juice
Method:
Pour Seagram’s Peach Vodka into glass over ice
Add Cranberry juice to top
Garnish & Enjoy!
Stevie Wilson
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