End of Summer Cocktails to Celebrate Labor Day with Friends
How have we already reached Labor Day?! I feel like it was just 4th of July. Well, I am totally a summer girl and I'm having a hard time accepting this, like I do every year. On the bright side, there's fresh and festive cocktails to be made to celebrate Labor Day and beyond with friends. Especially here in SoCal, it may be summer till November. LOL. Here are my 3 faves for celebrating with a group - total crowd pleasers!
Carrot Pineapple Punch
Ingredients:
2 cups NOLET’S Silver Gin
2 cups Carrot Juice
2 cups Pineapple Juice
1/2 cup Lemon Juice
1 tsp. Fresh Grated Ginger
2 cups Ginger Beer
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together in a punch bowl and stir gently. Add ice and garnish with edible flowers and citrus wheels. Make ahead: freeze an ice mold adding citrus fruit or edible flowers. Makes 8-10 cocktails.
Sweet Heat Margarita
Ingredients:
1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
¾ oz Agave Nectar
4-5 Raspberries
Directions:
Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice
Shake well and strain into a salt-rimmed, ice-filled Rocks Glass
Garnish with a raspberry or jalapeño slice
Bushwick Punch
Ingredients:
4½ cups Smoke Tree Rosé
2 cups unsweetened black tea
¾ cup lemon juice
½ cup bourbon
½ cup raw cane sugar syrup
1 cup blueberries
1 lemon sliced
Directions:
Fill a punch bowl with ice
Top with Smoke Tree Rosé, unsweetened black tea, lemon juice, bourbon and raw cane sugar syrup.
Stir to chill and combine ingredients
Top with lemon slices and blueberries
