12 Labor Day Cocktails You’ll Want to Make Before Summer Slips Away
Disaronno - Disaronno Spritz
Can you believe we’ve nearly reached the end of summer? I mean, I’m not complaining about the arrival of fall (my favorite!), but I’m kinda shocked at how quickly we’ve reached Labor Day weekend.
So before you start reminiscing on that epic beach trip you took a few weeks back or your favorite summer pool party, let’s take some time to toast to summer with a few sips to remember the season. And since we’ll be sipping our way through pumpkin pie martinis and boozy hot chocolates in the coming weeks, I wanted to showcase drink recipes that are refreshing, fruity, and even a bit effervescent.
Check out the recipes below! And I’d love to hear about everyone’s favorite moment(s) from summer, so feel free to spill the details in the comments! I had a pretty chill summer, so for me, my highlight was attending World Cup Fan Fest here in Atlanta. It was such a great vibe and I got to see some of my favorite acts perform.
Disaronno Spritz
(Pictured Above)
Ingredients
1.5 oz Disaronno Originale
0.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
Top with Soda Water
Garnish: Lemon Peel
Directions
Pour liqueur over ice in spritz glass, add fresh lemon juice and top up with soda water. Stir and garnish with a lemon peel.
Watermelon Refresh-Arita
Q Refreshers
Ingredients
1.5 oz Herradura Reposado
1 can Q REFRESHERS Watermelon Lime
0.25 oz agave
0.25 oz fresh lime juice
Sea salt rim
Garnish: lime wheel
Directions
Rim the glass with sea salt. Add Herradura Reposado, agave, lime juice and ice to a shaker. Shake until well chilled. Strain into the prepared glass over ice and top with Q REFRESHERS Watermelon Lime. Stir gently and garnish with a lime wheel.
Sparkling Lemon
Bombay Sapphire
Ingredients
1.5 oz Bombay Sapphire
3 oz Lemonade
3 oz Club Soda
Fresh Lemon
Directions
Build in balloon glass full of ice then garnish with a lemon twist from a fresh lemon.
Popsicle Paloma
Hornitos
Ingredients
1½ parts Hornitos Blanco Tequila
½ part fresh lime juice
3-4 parts Jarritos Grapefruit Soda
Lime Popsicle
Directions
Fill a glass with ice. Pour in all the ingredients and gently stir. Garnish with a grapefruit wedge and a lime popsicle.
PATRÓN 100 Watermelon Margarita
Crafted by Victoria Garcia of Sip & Guzzle.
Patron
Ingredients
1 oz PATRÓN 100 Tequila
0.5 oz Suze
0.25 oz Yellow Chartreuse
0.75 oz Lemon Juice
1 oz Watermelon Cordial
Garnish: Watermelon Slice
Directions
Shaken served on the rocks in a rocks glass
Jim Beam Pineapple Tepache
Jim Beam
Ingredients
1 1/2 parts Jim Beam Pineapple
1 part Pineapple Juice
1/2 part Fresh Lime Juice
1/2 part Brown Sugar Syrup
2–3 Slices Fresh Chili Pepper
Pinch of Cinnamon
Garnish: Lime Wheel + Chili Pepper
Directions
Gently muddle chili pepper with brown sugar syrup. Add Jim Beam Pineapple, pineapple juice and fresh lime juice to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until chilled and strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Finish with a pinch of cinnamon.
Limonata Spritz
CÎROC
Ingredients
1.5 oz CÎROC Limonata
1 oz lemon juice
1 oz honey syrup
2 strawberries, hulled
Sparkling wine, to top
Club soda, splash
Garnish: Strawberry slice, Mint sprig
Directions
Muddle 2 hulled strawberries in a cocktail shaker. Add CÎROC Limonata, lemon juice, and honey syrup. Add ice and shake well. Strain into a wine glass over fresh ice, filling the glass halfway. Top with sparkling wine and a splash of club soda. Stir gently. Garnish with a strawberry slice and mint sprig.
Pink Colada
The Macallan
Ingredients
50 ml The Macallan Harmony Collection Inspired By Fresh Coconut
30 ml red orange juice
30 ml red coconut milk
5 ml grenadine syrup
Garnish: Orange wedge - sticking outside glass so it has height plus a lime peel spiral. There will also be a straw in the glass.
Directions
Pour all the ingredients in the blender with ice and blend for 30 seconds. Serve directly in the glass. Finish with the garnish and a straw.
Frozen Cherry Lime
818 Tequila
Ingredients
2 oz 818 Tequila Reposado
0.75 oz Cointreau
1.5 oz lime juice
400 g pitted cherries
200 g sugar
⅓ cup water
Directions
Add cherries, sugar, and water to a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, then simmer for about 15 minutes. Once cooled, transfer the mixture to a 1-inch ice cube tray and freeze overnight. In a blender, add 4–5 cherry cubes along with the tequila, Cointreau, and lime juice. Blend until smooth. Pour into a chilled glass and garnish with a fresh cherry.
The Cloudy Bay Sauvy B Martini
Cloudy Bay
Ingredients
1½ oz gin
1 oz elderflower liqueur
½ oz fresh lemon juice
1 oz Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc
Lime peel, for garnish (optional)
Directions
In a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice, add gin, elderflower liqueur and lemon juice. Shake until the exterior of the cup is icy. Strain into a chilled glass and top with Cloudy Bay sauvignon blanc. Garnish with lime peel, if desired.
Jim Beam Vanilla Fizz
Jim Beam
Ingredients
1 part Jim Beam Vanilla
2 parts half & half
1 part fresh lemon sour
1 part egg white
Club soda
Directions
First, prepare the fresh lemon sour by combining fresh lemon juice with simple syrup in a 1:1 ratio. In a cocktail shaker, combine the ingredients. Shake the mixture vigorously for an extended period to ensure that the egg white is well incorporated, creating a frothy texture. Carefully spritz the top of the mixture with club soda. The addition of club soda will cause the egg whites to expand, creating a visually appealing froth that rises above the rim of the glass. Garnish with an orange peel.
Chai Pina Colada
Owl’s Brew
Ingredients
2 parts Owl’s Brew Pineapple Coconut Mixer
1 part rum
Directions
Serve over ice, and garnish with pineapple slice.