Summer Cocktails

Lavender Chantilly

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 oz gin
  • 1/2 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1/2 oz lavender-infused simple syrup
  • 1/4 cup plus 1 pinch culinary lavender.   buds
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • tonic water for topping
  • lemon slices for garnish
  • dried lavender sprigs for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

To make the lavender syrup: add water and 1/4 cup of culinary lavender buds to a saucepan on medium-high heat. Bring to a boil and then reduce to let simmer for 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat and steep for 20 minutes. Strain and discard lavender buds. In a saucepan on medium-high heat, add sugar and lavender liquid. Bring to a boil, whisking to dissolve all the sugar and to combine well. Remove from heat, let cool, transfer to a mason jar, and store in the fridge until ready to use. 

To make the Lavender Chantilly:

Add ice to a cocktail shaker. Add gin, lemon juice, and 1/2 oz. lavender syrup. Cover and shake well. Double strain into a tumbler glass. Top up with tonic water. Garnish with a lemon wheel, a few lavender sprigs, and a pinch of lavender buds, if desired. Serve and enjoy y’all! 

Georgia Peach Tea

  • 1/2 oz Vodka
  • 1/2 oz Gin
  • 1/2 oz Rum
  • Fill with Sweet and sour
  • 1/2 oz Peach schnapps

 

Fill a collins glass with ice, and add Vodka, Gin, and Rum. Fill with Sweet and Sour. Pour Peach Schnapps on top.

Rosemary-Grapefruit Gin Cocktail 

Pretty in pink, yes, but this sweet drink has a little kick too, thanks to the grapefruit’s subtle bitterness and the woodsy notes of gin and rosemary. Kick up your boots and watch the sunset! 

  • ¾ cup water
  • ¼ cup snipped rosemary
  • Ice
  • 5 ounces of fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice
  • 5 ounces dry gin

Directions:

For Rosemary Syrup
Step 1

In a small saucepan, bring the sugar and water to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally. Add the snipped rosemary; cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat; let cool then strain. (Syrup can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.)

Step 2

To prepare two drinks, fill a cocktail shaker three-quarters full with ice. Add juice, gin and 3/4 ounce (1 1/2 tablespoons) prepared syrup. Shake for 10 to 15 seconds. Strain into glasses. Garnish with rosemary sprigs and pink grapefruit. 

Peach Raspberry Spritzer

This Peach Raspberry Spritzer is perfect for Summertime backyard gatherings or front porch sippin! The peach flavor of the Alizé gives this cocktail a fruity, springlike taste that can only be enhanced by the bubbles of the sparkling water. Serve it in pretty glasses and top with some mint! It can’t get any more sweet unless you stir it with your finger!  

  • 4 cups Alizé Peach
  • 2 cups raspberry-flavored sparkling water
  • 2 tablespoon agave
  • 1 ½ cup sliced peaches
  • 1 cup fresh raspberries
  • 1 ½ cup ice
  • mint (for garnish)

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Add all ingredients to a pitcher, except the mint, and mix to combine. 
  2. Serve in glasses with ice. Garnish with mint leaves, if desired.

Blackberry Collins

  • 1.5 oz. Vodka
  • 0.75 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 0.5 oz. Blackberry Mint Syrup
  • Soda Water, to top
  • Mint Sprig, for garnish
  • Blackberries, for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

Shake vodka, juice, and syrup with ice. Strain over fresh ice in a highball glass and top with soda water. Garnish and cheers y’all!

STRAWBERRY MINT MOJITO

Traditional mojitos get a fruity twist in these refreshing Strawberry Mojitos prepared with muddled fresh strawberries, mint, lime juice, white rum, simple syrup and club soda. They’re incredibly easy to prepare and dangerously delicious!

Ingredients:

  • Strawberries (Frozen are fine too but thaw them to muddle)
  • Simple Syrup ( Just good ol’ water and sugar dissolved in a pot on the stove is just fine) 
  • Lime juice (Fresh is best)
  • Club Soda
  • White Rum
  • Mint

Step 1: Muddle the strawberries and mint leaves in simple syrup and lime juice using a muddler in a cocktail shaker. This releases the juices from the strawberries and oils from the mint leaves.

Step 2: Pour equal amounts of the strawberry mixture in 2 glasses over ice. Add 1/4 cup of rum to each glass and top each glass with club soda.

Step 3: Garnish glasses with a fresh strawberry, lime wheel and/or mint sprig, if desired. While garnishing isn’t technically necessary, it makes for a beautiful presentation!

Note: 

  • If you don’t have a muddler, use the back of a wooden spoon.
  • No cocktail shaker? No problem! Get you a wide mouth mason jar with lid so you can muddle those strawberries!
  • Enjoy y’all!