Drink Recipes
Summer Solstice Smash
Today, it’s officially summer. Let’s celebrate with fresh fruit and booze! June 21 is the summer solstice, so we created this refreshing but not-to-sweet cocktail to start the season off right.… Read more
Berry Red Summer
Summer is here … and so are fresh summer cocktails! This one features red raspberries and red grapefruit along with Holland gin and honey liqueur for a brightly colored, lightly sweetened drink. Holland gin has less juniper flavor and more citrus notes than London dry gin, which is what we usually think of when we think “gin.”
We used Damrak gin and Barenjager honey liqueur, but feel free to use your favorites!
Ingredients
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Gold Rush Cocktail
1 1/2 Parts Domaine de Canton
1 Part Maker’s Mark Bourbon
1/2 Part Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass.
Thanks Kayce!… Read more
Flavor Ice Summer Shake
Great for summer! A fruity, playful (and adult) twist on a childhood way to beat the heat!… Read more
Dewar’s Highball
Origins of the Highball (cocktail, not the glass) are rumored to be in the Midwest, specifically St. Louis. On some rail lines, if an engineer spotted a large steel ball resting upon an approaching signal pole, it was a sign that he should speed up. From that, the word “highball” evolved to mean a quickly prepared drink. Courtesy of Dewar’s.… Read more
Dewar’s Old Fashioned
Courtesy of Dewar’s.… Read more
Dewar’s Rob Roy
Rob Roy MacGregor (1670-1734) fought to protect the farmers’ way of life, earning the respect of this fellow Highlanders and a prison sentence for treason. He escaped (several times, actually) and lived the remainder of his life as an outlaw. The Rob Roy cocktail was created in 1894 to celebrate the opening of the Herald Square musical that paid homage to this Scottish folk hero. Courtesy of Dewar’s Scotch Whisky.… Read more
X-Rated Summer
This is a tall cool drink of summer in a glass. This combination of X-Rated Fusion Liqueur, watermelon and lemon juices and fresh basil is light and refreshing enough for a Sunday brunch, yet holds up on a warm summer night. Courtesy of X-Rated Fusion Liqueur.… Read more
