Valentine’s Day is not only for wine and champagne. It’s also a time for cocktails and here are 11 drinks, with recipes, that will warm the heart and soul. That’s either with or without a special someone, for they can be enjoyed equally well solo or with good friends.
The cocktails are made with various spirits: Astral Tequila, Baileys, Buchanan’s Blended Scotch Whiskey, CÎROC vodka, Don Julio tequila, DELEÓN Tequila, Johnnie Walker, Oban 14 Single Malt Scotch, Aperol, Tanqueray gin and Old Parr 12-year-old blended scotch.
Crimson Sunset
Ingredients:
1.25oz Astral Tequila Reposado
0.25oz Amaro
0.75oz Fresh Lime Juice
0.5oz Grenadine
Glassware: Nick & Nora Glass
Garnishes: Cherry
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and double strain into a Nick & Nora glass. Garnish with a cherry and enjoy.
Baileys Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Martini
Ingredients:
2 oz Baileys Chocolate Liqueur
1 oz Don Julio Blanco
0.5oz Simple Syrup
3 Fresh Strawberries Sliced
2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters
Glassware: Coupe glass
Garnishes: Garnish with a strawberry (slice, full, or chocolate dipped)
Preparation: Add 3-5 strawberries to cocktail tin, add remaining ingredients to tin, shake and fine strain into coupe glass, Garnish with a strawberry
For The Girls
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Buchanan’s 18-Year-Old Special Reserve Blended Scotch Whisky
0.75 oz Fresh Orange Juice
0.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
0.5 oz Grenadine
Glassware: Coupe glass
Garnishes: Fresh mint sprig
Preparation: Combine Buchanan’s 18-Year-Old Special Reserve Whisky, fresh orange juice, fresh lemon juice and grenadine into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain contents into a coupe glass. Garnish with fresh mint sprig.
‘French Passion’
Makes one serving
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. CÎROC Passion
1 oz. Pineapple juice
0.75 oz Hibiscus syrup
0.75 oz Lemon juice
Top off with Champagne/sparkling wine
Glassware: Coupe glass
Garnish: Edible flowers
Preparation: Add all ingredients except the Champagne/sparkling wine into a shaker. Add ice and shake for about 8 to 10 seconds. Double strain into a coupe glass, top off with Champagne/sparkling and garnish.
Passion Play
Ingredients:
1.5oz Tequila Don Julio Rosado
0.75 oz Lime
0.75 oz Passion Fruit
0.5 oz Honey
Glassware: Rocks glass
Garnishes: Grapefruit peel
Preparation: Rim a rocks glass with chili salt and fill it with one large ice cube, combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker, add ice, shake hard for 5 seconds, strain into a glass and garnish with a grapefruit peel.
DELEÓN 75
Ingredients:
1oz DELEÓN Reposado Tequila
0.5oz Agave Syrup (1:1)
0.5oz Fresh Lemon Juice
.5oz Sparkling
Lemon, Mint, and Green Grape Garnish
Glass: Wine
Garnish: Lemon, Mint, and Green Grape Garnish
Pour: Shake and Strain, Top with Sparkling
Method: Add DELEÓN Reposado, agave syrup, and lemon juice into a shaker. Shake and pour into the wine glass using a strainer. Add sparkling and top with garnishes.
Floral Fresh Johnnie & Elderflower
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Johnnie Walker Black Label
1 oz Elderflower Cordial
3.5 oz Club Soda
Glassware: Highball Glass
Garnishes: Lemon Peel and lemon thyme or a sprig of mint
Preparation: Add 1.5 oz of Johnnie Walker Black Label into an iced-filled highball glass. Add 1 oz of elderflower cordial and 3.5 oz of soda water, stir with a bar spoon. Add lemon peel and lemon thyme or a mint sprig and serve.
Oban Paper Plane
Makes two servings
Ingredients:
2 oz Oban 14
1 oz Aperol
1.5 oz Amaro Nonino
1.5 oz lemon
0.5 oz ginger syrup
Glassware: Coupe or martini glass
Garnish: Lemon peel and paper airplane cocktail pick
Preparation: Combine all ingredients with ice into a boston shaker, shake, and strain into a coupe or martini glass. Garnish with lemon peel and a Paper Plane Origami Garnish.
Love Potion 42
Ingredients:
2 oz Seedlip Grove 42
1 oz Organic Cranberry Juice
0.5 oz Lime Juice
0.5 oz *Simple Syrup
Glassware: Coupe glass
Garnishes: Orange peel
Preparation: Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake & strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with an orange peel.
*Simple syrup: Combine equal parts warm water & sugar. Stir to dissolve. Let cool.
French 75 Kiss
Ingredients:
1 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
1 oz Lemon Juice
0.5 oz Sugar Syrup
1.5 oz Champagne
Glassware: Champagne flute
Garnishes: Lemon Twist
Preparation: In a shaker build 1 oz. Tanqueray London Dry Gin, 1 oz lemon juice, and 0.5 oz sugar syrup. Fill the shaker with cubed ice and give a quick shake. Double strain into a champagne flute. Top with champagne and garnish with a lemon twist.
Old Parr: CARIBBEAN POWER
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Old Parr 12YO
0.5 oz Passion Fruit Syrup
0.5 oz Cinnamon Syrup
0.25 oz Lime Juice
Garnish: Fresh mint leaves, Ground cinnamon, An orchid
Glassware: Rocks Glass
Preparation: Add Old Parr 12YO, passion fruit syrup, cinnamon syrup, and lime juice to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake for 8-10 seconds. Strain into an empty rocks glass. Add crushed ice, then garnish with grated cinnamon, fresh mint and an orchid.
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