Memorial Day Cocktails

Shark Bite

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz RonDiaz Coconut Rum
• 3 oz pineapple juice
• ½ oz Blue Curaçao
• Grenadine

Directions

In a cocktail shaker with ice, pour in coconut rum, pineapple juice, and blue curaçao. Shake for 15-20 seconds until well chilled.  Fill a glass with ice, then pour over the cocktail. Give it a squeeze of lime and splash of grenadine.

Pink Lemonade Sangria

Ingredients

• 750 mL Louis Perdrier Brut Rosé
• 1 c. 1941 Vodka
• 1 can frozen lemonade
• 1/2 c. club soda
• 2 c. sliced strawberries
• 3 lemons, thinly sliced

Directions

In a large pitcher, combine rosé, vodka, lemonade, club soda, strawberries and lemons. Stir and refrigerate until chilled, 1 hour, or up to overnight.  Makes 6 servings.

Bourbon Peach Sweet Tea

Ingredients

• 2 ounces Cooper’s Mark Bourbon
• 2 ounces peach preserves or nectar
• 1 ounce fresh lemon juice
• Sweet tea, to top
• Sprig of thyme, to garnish
• Lemon round, to garnish

Directions

Mix the bourbon, peach preserves, Aperol, and lemon juice over ice and shake.  Top with a generous amount of sweet tea and garnish with fresh thyme and a lemon round.

Watermelon Margarita

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Los Rijos Sliver Tequila
• watermelon
• 1 Tbsp. agave nectar
• 1 lime, juiced
• Garnish: watermelon wedge

Directions:

Muddle watermelon in the bottom of a glass.  Add ice , tequila, agave nectar, and lime juice.  Garnish with a watermelon wedge.

Watermelon Cooler

Ingredients

• 2 oz. 1941 Vodka
• 3 watermelon chunks
• ¾ oz. lemon juice
• ½ oz. Elderflower liqueur

Directions:

Muddle watermelon in the bottom of a glass. Add ice and remaining ingredients. Stir and garnish with a watermelon wedge.

Blue Hawaiian

Ingredients

• 2 oz RonDiaz Coconut Rum
• 3⁄4 oz Blue Curaçao
• 2 oz Pineapple juice
• 1⁄2 oz Fresh lemon juice
• Pineapple wedge
• Cherry

Directions:

Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.  Strain into a glass over ice.  Garnish with a pineapple wedge and cherry.

Blueberry Mojito

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Fresh Blueberries (Set aside a few for garnish if desired)
• 4 Ounces Black Dog 3 Year Rum
• 10 Fresh Mint Leaves
• 2 Teaspoons White Sugar
• Juice of 2 Limes
• 6 Ounces Club Soda
• Ice Cubes

Directions

Blend or muddle blueberries until smooth. Set aside.  Use a muddler or wooden spoon to blend in mint leaves and sugar. Stir in rum, lime juice, and blueberry mixture. Pour into glasses over club soda & ice. Gently stir. Garnish with extra blueberries,lime, and mint if desired.

The Chupacabra

Ingredients

• 3 slices chile
• 1/2 oz agave nectar
• 1 1/2 oz. Greenall’s Gin
• 3/4 oz. Elderflower liqueur
• 1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 oz. fresh lime juice

Directions:

In a cocktail shaker, muddle 2 of the chile slices with the agave nectar. Fill the shaker with ice and add the gin, elderflower, and lemon and lime juices. Shake vigorously and strain into a glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with the remaining chile ring and serve immediately. Makes 1 drink.