Whether you're in need of love libations for a Valentine's celebration à deux, building a boozy arsenal for a Galentine's Day Party to remember, or in search of a festive nightcap so you can sleep through the rest of the romantic holiday 🙋, find 15 seasonal cocktails ahead to stir up some positive vibes.
Cherry Pom Pomme
Ingredients:
½ oz. grenadine
½ oz. lemon juice
Stella Artois Cidre
Brandied cherry
Directions:
Mix ½ oz. grenadine and ½ oz. lemon juice; shake over ice. Pour into a highball glass and top with Stella Artois Cidre. Garnish with a brandied cherry skewer.
Created by Jess Goldfarb, Cocktail Director at CRU Oyster Bar in Nantucket, MA
Raspberry Watermelon Sparkling Sangria
Ingredients:
1 to 2 cubes Frozen Watermelon
3 to 4 Raspberries
Chilled Rosé Wine
IZZE Raspberry Watermelon
Fresh Mint, for garnish
Directions:
Put the watermelon and raspberries in the bottom of a chilled cocktail glass. Fill halfway with rosé. Top with IZZE Raspberry Watermelon. Garnish with mint.
Created by Erin Phraner at Hey, EEP!
Roza
Ingredients:
2 oz. NOLET'S Dry Gin
¼ oz. Dry Vermouth
½ oz. Rose Cordial
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass, add ice and stir well. Pour out into a pre-chilled coupe glass and garnish with a lemon twist and rose petal.
Created by Emil Galiev of Mamo
Love of a Lifethyme
Ingredients:
1 oz. Patrón Silver
½ oz. Lemon
¼ oz. Pomegranate syrup
¼ oz. Honey
2 dashes Peychauds bitters
Fresh Thyme, for garnish
Directions:
Shake ingredients with ice, double strain into a coupe or champagne glass, absinthe spritz, champagne or Prosecco float. Garnish with fresh thyme.
Created by Lucinda Sterling at Middle Branch
Love Storm
Ingredients:
1½ parts D'USSÉ™ VSOP Cognac
½ part Triple Sec
½ part Grenadine
1 part Cranberry Juice
1 part Ginger Beer (or ginger ale)
Orange Wheel, for garnish
Directions:
Build first four ingredients with ice in a rocks glass and top with ginger beer. Garnish with an orange wheel.
Courtesy of D'USSE Cognac
Sparkling Raspberry
Ingredients:
1½ oz. Vanilla Vodka
1 tsp. Simple Syrup
½ oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
Sparkling Ice Grape Raspberry
Raspberry Ice Cubes, for garnish
Directions:
Place raspberry ice cubes in glass and set to the side. In a cocktail shaker, add vanilla vodka, simple syrup, and fresh lemon juice- shake. Strain over ice and add Sparkling Ice Grape Raspberry.
Courtesy of Sparkling Ice
Cointreau Cranberry
Ingredients:
2 oz. Cointreau
1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
2 bar spoons Cranberry Sauce
Directions:
Shake all ingredients with ice and fine-strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange twist.
Courtesy of Cointreau
Honey Berry Cosmo
Ingredients:
0.75 oz Chambord® Liqueur
1.25 oz Jack Daniel's® Tennessee Honey
1.5 oz Cranberry Juice
1 Splash Lemon Juice
1 Lemon Twist, for garnish
Directions:
Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass.
Courtesy of Chambord Liqueur
Pomegranate Champagne Punch
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups Sparkling Ice Pomegranate Blueberry
1 cup PearNectar
1/4 cup Orange-Flavored Liqueur, such as Grand Marnier
1 bottle (750 ml) Champagne
Mint and Blueberries, for garnish
Directions:
In a large pitcher, combine Sparkling Ice Pomegranate Blueberry, pear nectar, and orange-flavored liqueur. Slowly add Champagne. Serve over ice. Garnish with mint and blueberries.
Courtesy of Sparkling Ice
Stroke of Midnight
Ingredients:
1 oz. Cointreau
1/4 oz. Grenadine
4 oz. Champagne
Directions:
Start by pouring the Cointreau, then top off with champagne, and lastly add the grenadine. Garnish with an orange twist.
Courtesy of Cointreau
Starry Night
Ingredients:
1 oz Chambord® Liqueur
1 oz Jack Daniel's® Tennessee Honey
3 oz Korbel® Champagne
1 Splash Sweet & Sour
Lemon Wedge (Garnish)
Raspberries (Garnish)
Directions:
Shake top three ingredients with ice and top with champagne. Serve over ice.
Courtesy of Chambord Liqueur
Cherry Jerry
Ingredients:
1 part Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum
3 parts Lemon-Lime ßoda
Grenadine or Cherry Heering floater
Garnish with a Jerry Cherry*
Directions:
Shake and serve over ice, then garnish with a Jerry Cherry.
*Drain a 10 oz. jar of Maraschino Cherries of their liquid. Fill with Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum. Return the lid and refrigerate for at least 1 week.
Courtesy of Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum
Spicy Tropic
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. Tequila Don Julio 70
1 oz Ginger
1 half Lime
6 Pineapple Bites
1 splash Ginger Ale
1 pinch Cayenne Pepper
Lime Wheel & Candied Ginger, for garnish
Directions:
Combine Tequila Don Julio 70, ginger, squeezed half lime, pineapple bites and a splash of ginger ale in a rocks glass with ice and stir. Top with a pinch of cayenne pepper. Garnish with lime wheel and candied ginger.
Created by New York City's Chef Franco Noriega
Yours Truly Sangria
Ingredients:
6 oz. Truly Spiked & Sparkling Pomegranate
2 oz. Red Wine
Assorted Citrus Fruits
Assorted Fresh Berries
1 oz. Brandy
1 oz. Raspberry flavoring
Squeeze of Orange and Lime
Directions:
In advance, soak in fruit in brandy. Combine 6 oz. Truly Spiked & Sparkling Pomegranate and 2 oz. red wine in a red wine glass over ice. Garnish with orange slice. To note: To make batch sangria, use 3:1 ratio of Truly Spiked & Sparkling to red wine.
Courtesy of Truly Spiked and Sparkling
Any Which Way But Left
Ingredients:
1 oz. Jägermeister
1 oz. Aperol
1 oz. Brovo Amaro
Chocolate Molé Bitters
Grapefruit Peel
Directions:
Combine all ingredients together, stir, and strain into rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with chocolate molé bitters and a grapefruit peel.
Created by Matt Friedlander of Fools Gold
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