I always love the time around Mother's Day - the weather is starting to get warm, flowers are in bloom and all around it's a happy time to look forward to. Over the years I've had fun with my mom getting a celebratory cocktails around this time of year, and surprisingly Mother's Day cocktails are among some of my favorite because they usually play up a really lovely vibe with sweet, spring-inspired notes.
The perfect Mother's Day cocktail for your mom or mama figure in your life? The Rose Gimlet of course! Made with gin, lemonade and elderflower - does it get any better?! Whether you're fixing up a morning cocktail for Mother's Day brunch or you're having a little nightcap after a day of celebrating, the Rose Gimlet is a sweet sipper that you both will love!
The Rose Gimlet
1 oz. NOLET’S Silver Gin
1 oz. Fresh Lemonade
.5 oz. Elderflower Liqueur
.5 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
Rose Petals
Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a Martini glass. Garnish with rose petals.
Hip Hop Hooray! Easter is here and that means bring on the sweets, Easter candy and of course yummy Easter cocktails! But, does anyone else feel a little sad now each year now that we are older that we have the fun, elaborate and over the top Easter baskets waiting for us in the morning like we used to? I know I do... (cough cough, Mom!!!). However, that doesn't mean we can't have our own new, improved and age appropriate Easter baskets that we can look forward to!
This year, my Easter basket is all about colorful and sweet cocktail possibilities with Seagram's Escapes! Now the real holiday fun can begin. This Easter basket is the perfect to present at a fun Easter brunch, a gift to a friend, or even to have as decor and to open and make on Easter Sunday! What a way to ring in the holiday and welcome spring!
Peter Cotton Candy Tail
Ingredients:
4oz Seagram's Escapes Blueberry Acai Lemonade
2oz Vodka
Splash of Lemon Juice
Garnish with blueberries and purple marshmallow bunnies
Directions:
Soak the marshmallow bunnies a few seconds in the drink before eating!
Sour Peach Bunny Trail
Ingredients:
Seagram’s Escapes Peach Fuzzy Navel
2oz Vodka
Splash of Triple Sec
8 Orange Sour Gummies
Dash of Lemonade
Directions:
Put the Sour Gummies in first and add ingredients on top. Let soak for 5 minutes.
HAVE A BERRY HOPPY EASTER
Ingredients:
4oz Seagram’s Escapes Strawberry Daiquiri
2oz Vodka
2oz Lemon/Lime soda or Seltzer
Handful of jellybeans - could be sour or regular!
Directions:
Put the jellybeans in first and add ingredients on top. Let soak for 5 minutes.
CALYPSO COTTON TAIL
If it's one thing about the holiday season, it's that I look forward to all the fun festive cocktails that come out of Winter Wonderland that have been in hiding all year long!!! Is there nothing better that spiked egg nog or that hint of peppermint in your cocktail? Like many other people, the holidays often seem to lose their sparkle as the years go on. I hate for that to happen, so if Christmas cocktails are one of the few things to keep the magic of the season alive every year, I am ALL for it!!! Here are a few of my favorites that I know I'll be sipping on in the next few weeks despite the weather being 80 degrees here in LA every day. That 50 degree night chill totally justifies getting cozy and cuddling up with one of these! I think I have become a little TOO adjusted to this west coast weather! ;) Cheers!
TRULY EGG NOG
Created by Natasha David, Nitecap
Ingredients:
1 oz. Spiced Rum
1 oz. Vanilla Almond Milk
1 tsp. Stevia Powder
1 Egg White
4 oz. Truly Spiked & Sparkling Colima Lime
Grated Nutmeg
Directions:
Combine spiced rum, vanilla almond milk, stevia powder and egg white in a cocktail shake. Begin by shaking without ice to incorporate all ingredients. Next, add ice to the cocktail shaker and continue to shake. Strain the liquid into a Collins glass without ice and top with Truly Spiked & Sparkling Colima Lime. Garnish with grated nutmeg.
WINTER ROSE
Created by: Nick Mautone
Ingredients:
2 oz Haikara Yuzu or Haikara Momo
½ oz rum
1 oz Lime Juice
Dash of Simple Syrup
Dash of Rose Water
Dash of Lavender Bitters
Ginger Ale for topping
Cranberries or orange peel (for garnish)
Directions:
Add all ingredients, except ginger ale, to a cocktail shaker, add ice and shake vigorously until the outside of the shaker is frosted and beaded with sweat.
Strain into rocks glass. Top with Ginger Ale and garnish.
BACARDi GINGER SNAP
Ingredients:
1 part BACARDÍ Superior or BACARDÍ Gold Rum
2 parts Ginger Ale
1 lime wedge
Method:
Fill a tall highball glass with ice. Pour BACARDI Superior or Gold into glass. Add ginger ale, and gently stir before serving. Garnish with a lime wedge (optional: dash of bitters).
WINTER WHITE 75
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. NOLET’S Silver Gin
.5 oz. Lemon Juice
.5 oz. Simple Sugar
1 oz. White Cranberry Juice
Champagne to top
Garnish: Rosemary and Cranberry sprig dusted with powdered sugar
Directions:
Fill shaker with NOLET’S, lemon juice, simple syrup, white cranberry juice and 1 cup of ice
Shake hard to chill and combine ingredients
Fine strain into coupe or flute
Top with champagne
Garnish with rosemary cranberry sprig
Created by Jeremy Oertel
Ingredients:
1 oz. White Crème de Cacao
4 oz. Korbel California Brut
White Chocolate, melted
Peppermint Candy Cane, crushed
TOPSY TURVY
Ingredients:
2 oz Carpano Antica
1 oz Lock Stock & Barrel Rye
1 tsp. Borghetti Coffee Liqueur
1 dash Mole Bitters (preferably Bittermens)
Directions:
Stir, Strain
Glass: Nick & Nora
Garnish: Orange Twist
BAHAMA BREEZE COQUITO
Ingredients:
4 oz. Castillo Silver Rum
6 oz. evaporated milk
6.5 oz. coconut milk
5 oz. sweetened condensed milk
1 oz. Coco Lopez, Cream of Coconut
1/8 tsp. cinnamon, ground
1 cup of ice
Directions:
Combine the rum, cream of coconut, evaporated milk, coconut milk and condensed milk in a cocktail shaker full of ice. Shake and strain into four chilled martini glasses, and garnish with cinnamon.
Recipe serves four.
The holiday season is finally here! I don't know about you, but I am always craving a holiday in the sun! There's nothing like laying on a beach with a tropical cocktail in hand basking in the warmth. Whether you're able to escape or not, luckily there is a way to bring the beachy holiday vacation to you at home: with Seagram's Escapes!
Seagram's Escapes offers so many different flavors that are festive and colorful - perfect to add some tropical flair to your holiday celebrations! Maybe you have a home by the beach, or perhaps you are throwing a beachy Christmas party with friends and family... Here are my holiday cocktail recipes I've created using Seagram's Escapes that will have you trading decking the halls, for decking the palms!
Deck The Palm Tree
