Celebrate this July 4 Weekend with Your Choice of these Great Cocktails Recipes!!
Fun Cocktails that are Super Tasty!
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CAZADORES Tequila, Patrón Reposado, Frangelico, SKYY Vodka, Ginger Beer,
Argonaut Saloon Strength Brandy, NOLET’S Silver Gin, Chambord Liqueur, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
If you are looking for easy-to-mix cocktails but ones that have great flavor, here are some great cocktail recipes that you should test drive.
You don’t have to buy anything too exotic .. other than a couple of juices.
CAZADORES Tequila,
Blood Orange Margarita – IMAGE
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz. Tequila CAZADORES Blanco or Reposado
- 1 oz. agave nectar or simple syrup
- ¾ oz. Fresh lime juice
- ¾ oz. Perfect Puree Blood Orange concentrate
- Manny’s Salt rim.
Method:
In a blender, combine all the ingredients with a full scoop of ice.
Blend well
Take the glass and dip it in water, then dip it into Manny’s Salt,
Pour the cocktail into a 12 oz. glass.
Garnish with a slice of orange,
*Manny’s Salt: Salt flavored with guajillo and pasilla chili peppers, hibiscus, sugar and lime.
Mangoneada Cocktails
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ oz. CAZADORES Tequila Blanco
- 1 oz. Mango Juice or Puree
- 1 oz. Lime Juice
- ½ oz. Agave Nectar
Method:
Mix the juices and nectar together and pour them over ice,
Add CAZADORES Tequila Blanco
Stir well with the juices and tequila
Add a lime slice as a garnish
PATRÓN Perfect Paloma
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz. Patrón Reposado
- 3 oz. Fresh grapefruit juice
- .5 oz. Agave syrup (1:1)
- .5 oz. Fresh-squeezed lime juice
- 1 oz. Sparkling water
- Sugar and salt for rimming
- Grapefruit wedge for garnish
Method:
Combine all ingredients except sparkling water in a shaker tin and shake with ice to chill.
Strain onto fresh ice in a sugar and salt-rimmed collins glass
. Top with sparkling water and garnish with a grapefruit wedge.
PATRÓN Reposado and Soda
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Patrón Reposado
- 3 oz. Soda
- Lime wedge for garnish
Method:
Combine ingredients in an ice-filled highball glass and stir.
Garnish with a lime wedge.
FRANGELICO:
Hazelnut Espresso Martini
This is a really tasty cocktail. If you want to have a coffee-based cocktail, this is it!
Ingredients:
- 0.5 parts Frangelico
- 1.5 part SKYY Vodka
- 1.5 parts Cold Brew Concentrate or Espresso*
- 0.25 parts Simple Syrup (1:1)
Method:
Combine all ingredients in a shaker tin with fresh ice,
Shake vigorously until chilled.
Strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass,
Garnish with (3) whole coffee beans.
EVOLUTION FRESH:
Zest for Life (A Citrus Twist on a classic Moscow Mule)
This cocktail will be so easy since most of the flavor is from the Citrus Ginger Zest juice!
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Vodka
- 1 oz Ginger Beer
- 3 oz Citrus Ginger Zest –Purchase Link
- Candied Ginger for Garnish
Method:
Combine vodka and Citrus Ginger Zest in a rocks glass filled with crushed ice.
Top with Ginger beer and stir.
Garnish with candied ginger.
Want to find Evolution Fresh? Visit https://www.evolutionfresh.com/where-to-buy/
Tropical Sunrise –
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Tequila
- 2 oz Evolution Fresh Tropical Passion— PURCHASE LINK
- .5 oz Lemon Juice
- 2 dashes of Orange bitters
- Orange slice and pineapple leaf for garnish
Method:
Pour tequila, Evolution Fresh Tropical Passion, and Lemon Juice into a shaker.
Fill with ice and shake well to incorporate.
Strain over crushed ice into a double Old Fashioned glass.
Add dashes of bitters on top.
Garnish with an orange slice and a pineapple leaf.
Gold Rush Cocktail!
This is a great cocktail because the main spirit is a great brandy!
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Argonaut Saloon Strength Brandy
- ¾ oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
- ¾ oz. Honey Simple Syrup
- Garnish: Expressed Lemon Peel w/ a brandied cherry
- Glassware: Rocks glass
Method:
Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice,
Shake together to combine, then chill.
Double strain into an ice-filled rocks glass.
Garnish with an expressed lemon peel and brandied cherry.
NOLET’S:
NOLET’S Berry Independent Punch
This cocktail recipe is really great. It tastes wonderful and it’s full of berries too!!
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups NOLET’S Silver Gin
- 1/2 cup Chambord Liqueur
- 1/2 cup Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- 2 1/2 cups Lemonade
- 1/4-1/2 cup Simple Syrup
- 1 cup Blackberries or Blueberries
- 1 cup Strawberries
- 1 cup Raspberries
Method:
Puree fruit in a blender and strain out solids or juice fresh berries in a juicer.
Mix berry juice with NOLET’S Silver Gin, Chambord, and Maraschino Liqueur with lemonade in a large pitcher or punchbowl.
Taste for sweetness and adjust with simple syrup as needed.
Add ice to the mixture, and serve over ice with fruit or floral garnish in a rocks glass.
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