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Memorial Day is a day full of parades, barbecues, and gatherings with family and friends. You could go the usual route and stock a cooler full of beer and wine coolers or you could show just how patriotic you are by making one of these Memorial Day cocktails.
Tito’s Chi Chi
Photo: Tito’s Handmade Vodka.
Ingredients:
- 6 ounces Tito’s Handmade Vodka
- 12 ounces pineapple juice
- 4 ounces Coco Lopez (or coconut cream)
- 4 cups ice
Preparation:
Place all ingredients in a high-powered blender and blend until smooth. Add more ice or more pineapple juice if necessary. Garnish extravagantly with umbrellas, fruit, and a plastic monkey.
Cocktail by Tito’s Handmade Vodka.
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Frozen Mango TitoRita
Photo: Tito’s Handmade Vodka.
Ingredients:
- 6 ounces Tito’s Handmade Vodka
- 3 ounces orange liqueur
- 8 ounces mango nectar
- 10 ounces fresh lime juice
- 1/4 ounce agave nectar
- 1 cup frozen mango chunks
- 3 cups ice
Preparation:
Place all ingredients in a high-powered blender and blend until smooth. Garnish with cocktail umbrellas and a juicy lime wedge.
Cocktail by Tito’s Handmade Vodka.
Sailor Salute
Photo: Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 parts Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum
- 3 parts ginger beer
- 1 cherry
- 2 dashes of cherry bitters
- Ginger candy
- Mint Sprig
Preparation:
Build SJ and ginger beer over ice, top w dashes of Cherry bitters, garnish w/ cherry, mint sprig, and ginger candy.
Cocktail by Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum.
Baby Bourbon Smash
Photo: Hudson Baby Bourbon.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 parts Hudson Baby Bourbon
- 3/4 part simple syrup
- 2 fresh lemon wedges
- Fresh mint sprigs
- Q Club soda
Preparation:
Muddle lemons, 4 – 6 mint leaves, and simple syrup in the bottom of an Old Fashioned/rocks glass. Add cracked ice, Hudson Baby Bourbon, and top with splash of club soda. Stir briefly to combine and garnish with a mint sprig.
Cocktail by Hudson Baby Bourbon.
Monkey Shoulder Smash
Photo: Monkey Shoulder.
Ingredients:
- 1 part Monkey Shoulder
- 1/2 part fresh lemon juice
- 1 spoonful of jam
- Dash of sugar to taste
- 2 dashes orange bitters
Preparation:
Add all ingredients to shaker. Shake well with ice. Strain into glass. Garnish with an orange twist.
Cocktail by Monkey Shoulder.
Smoke & Fire Paloma
Photo: Ancho Reyes.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 part Montelobos Mezcal
- 1/2 part Ancho Reyes
- 3 parts Q Grapefruit Soda
- Squeeze of Lime
Preparation:
Using a lime wedge, wet the rim of the glass and salt half of the rim. Add ice, Ancho Reyes, Montelobos, and grapefruit soda. Squeeze a wedge of lime and discard. Garnish with a thin grapefruit wheel.
Cocktail by Ancho Reyes.
Classic Paloma
Ingredients:
- 2 parts Milagro Silver Tequila
- 4 parts Q Grapefruit
- Squeeze of lime
- Lime wedge for garnish
- Jalapeño-salt rim
Preparation:
To make jalapeño salt, finely dice a 1/2 inch slice of fresh jalapeño and add to 3 tablespoons salt (we used natural sea salt). Stir to combine and turn out onto a saucer or flat surface. Moisten the edge of the glass with a cut lime, and rim with salt. Add ice, tequila, the squeeze of lime and top with Q Grapefruit. Garnish with a lime wedge.
Cocktail by Milagro Tequila.
