Four Craft Cocktails for July 4th
What Cocktails for July 4th?
Let’s toast to Independence Day with these patriotic Cocktails for July 4th. They feature refreshing flavors like strawberry, white rum and blueberry. Follow the recipes below.
1. Blackberry Smash
INGREDIENTS:
– 2 blackberries
– 5 mint sprigs
– 1.5 oz. lemon flavored vodka
– 1/2 oz. lemon juice
– 1/2 oz. simple syrup
– 1/4 oz. Lejay cassis
– mint sprig garnish
METHOD:
• Muddle blackberries and mint in a tin.
• Add vodka, lemon juice, simple syrup and cassis.
• Shake and strain over fresh ice.
• Garnish with the mint sprig and sprinkle powdered sugar over sprig.
> Cocktail recipe courtesy of BOA Steakhouse, West Hollywood & Santa Monica, CA.
2. Blueberry Yum Yum
INGREDIENTS:
– 1.5 oz. white rum
– 0.25 oz. Zucca amaro
.- 0.75 oz. blueberry tincture
– 0.75 oz. lime
– mint
– blueberries
METHOD:
• Shake w/1 piece of mint
• Fine strain
• Top w/Perrier
• Ice cubes
• Glassware Collins
• Garnish with blueberry skewer + mint bouquet
> Cocktail recipe courtesy of SHOREbar Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA.
3. Fire & Smoke
INGREDIENTS:
– 2 oz. mezcal
– 1 oz. pineapple, honey, pink peppercorn syrup
– ½ oz. fresh squeezed lime juice, strained
METHOD:
• Shake all ingredients and strain over a large cube.
• Garnish with the pink peppercorn vine.
• To make the special syrup: first make honey syrup by mixing 1 cup of honey with 1 cup of hot water. Stir. Then dice and muddle a whole pineapple with about 50 peppercorns. Crush until juicy. Then add honey syrup and stir. Strain through fine strainer and bottle.
> Cocktail recipe courtesy of BOA Steakhouse, West Hollywood & Santa Monica, CA.
4. Strawberry Sky
INGREDIENTS:
– 1 oz. vodka
– 1 oz. Pimms
– 0.5 oz. strawberry tincture
– 0.5 oz. ginger liqueur
– 0.5 oz. lemon
– 0.5 oz. coconut water
– blueberries
METHOD:
• Shake
• Strain
• Ice cubes
• Glassware Collins
• Garnish with strawberry, lemon wedge, loose blueberries
> Cocktail recipe courtesy of SHOREbar Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA.
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