A well-made cocktail makes us swoon. So why not play cupid by wooing your sweetie with one of these Valentine’s Day cocktail recipes? Pick your spirit and get ready to impress with a little liquid love:
TEQUILA/MEZCAL COCKTAILS
NOHO Bramble
2 oz. Tequila
1/2 oz. Lemon Juice
1/2 oz. Agave Syrup
5 Muddled Blackberries
Fill with NOHO Gold
3 Dashes Plum Bitters
Serve in a bucket glass with blackberry and lemon peel as garnish.
La Rosa
1 ½ parts Tres Agaves Blanco Tequila
½ part Crème de Mure (blackberry liqueur)
½ part fresh-squeezed lime juice
½ part hibiscus tea
¼ part parts Tres Agaves Cocktail-Ready Agave Nectar
Shake all ingredients and double strain into a stemmed glass of your choice. Garnish with a lime wheel or hibiscus flower.
Hearts & Tarts by Marcos Tellos, Tart Restaurant
1 Jalapeño Slice
1 1/2 oz. El Silencio Mezcal
3/4 oz. Passionfruit Syrup
3/4 oz. Orange Curaçao
3/4 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
In a mixing glass, with a muddler press a jalapeño slice. Add rest of ingredients, add ice and shake. Strain over fresh ice into a rocks glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.
BUBBLY COCKTAILS
Portón Scarlet
1 part Portón Pisco
½ part raspberry puree
½ part lemon juice
½ part cranberry juice
½ part sugar cane
Fresh thyme
Champagne float
Fresh raspberry for garnish
Lemon peel twist for garnish
Shake all ingredients and strain in to champagne flute – top with champagne float, skewered raspberry and lemon peel twist.
Rosé et Reims
2 oz Lillet Rosé
4 oz Perrier Jouët Champagne Brut
Grapefruit bitters
Orange twist
Champagne flute
Add 4 dashes of grapefruit bitters to Champagne flute. Add Lillet Rosé, then top with champagne. Garnish with long orange twist.
VODKA COCKTAILS
The Birds and the Bees by Jackie Patterson
16 oz Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur
8 oz honey flavored vodka
32 oz plain almond milk
8 oz fresh lemon juice
8 oz fresh, organic egg whites*
4 oz honey syrup (1:1)
1 bar spoon rose water
Glass: coupe or martini
Garnish: 1 edible** rose petal
Combine all ingredients in a mixing tin and dry shake to emulsify the egg whites. Add ice and hard shake until frothy and chilled. Fine strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass and garnish with a single, edible rose petal.
Roman Love Letter by Kris Doyle, Trattoria Neapolis
1 oz Vodka
1.5 oz St. Germain
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¾ oz fresh lemon
5oz Rose
2 dashes Peychauds bitters
Combine vodka, St Germain, lemon, and Peychaud bitters in shaking tin. Shake and strain into champagne flute filled with crushed ice. Top with 5oz rose.
BOURBON COCKTAILS
Old-Fashioned Romance by Pamela Wiznitzer, The Dead Rabbit, NYC
1 ½ parts Maker’s Mark® Bourbon
¼ part Crown Maple Syrup
3-4 dashes Angostura Bitters
Combine Maker’s Mark® Bourbon and Crown Maple in a mixing glass and stir with ice. Be sure to mix thoroughly to evenly spread the maple syrup. Add Angostura Bitters and stir before pouring into a rocks glass.
DESSERT COCKTAILS
Love You Berry Much Cosmo by George Carney
2 oz Grand Marnier Raspberry Peach
1 oz cranberry juice
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
Combine all ingredients in a shaker and shake. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with a twist.
XO XO
2 oz Patrón XO Cafe Dark Cocoa
3 oz Hot coffee 3 oz
Whipped cream
Dark chocolate shavings
Serve in a champagne flute. Top with whipped cream and dark chocolate.
Choco-Taco-Tini
2 parts CRUZ Reposado Tequila
3 parts Choco-vine, Chocolate Wine
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a martini glass, garnish with chocolate sauce and cinnamon.
Love Potion
1 oz Patrón XO Cafe Dark Cocoa
.75 oz Almond Milk (or similar)
1 oz Hot espresso
.5 oz Grenadine
Lemon peel for garnish
Cocoa nibs for garnish
Pour all ingredients into a shaker. Shake vigorously. Pour in a Collins glass. Garnish with lemon peel and cocoa nibs.
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