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Looking for a unique cocktail to make a home this Valentine’s Day? Check out some of our favorite bespoke mixes here for your sipping pleasure:
CARRIE’S GOODBYE
Created by Stefan Huebner
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 parts Reyka Vodka
- 1/2 part razzmataz
- 3/4 part lemon juice
- 3/4 part simple syrup
- 3 parts club soda
Method: Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker except soda. Shake, strain, top soda, garnish with a strawberry or raspberry and serve.
FRONDS WITH BENEFITS
Created by Anna Mains
Ingredients:
- 1.5 parts Scotch
- .5 parts green tea syrup
- .5 parts pineapple juice
- 3 parts coconut water
Method: Shake, strain over ice in Collins glass. Garnish with pineapple fronds.
La Rosa
From The Mansion Bar at Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, Dallas, TX
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz Código Rosa Tequila
- .75 oz Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
- .75 oz Simple Syrup
- 1.5 oz Cava or Prosecco
- 3 strawberries
- 1 egg white
- Edible spray glitter
- Small heart stencil
Instructions:
- Muddle the strawberries
- Mix all ingredients into shaker, except the Cava
- Pour 1.5 of Cava into a Coupe Glass
- Shake ingredients in shaker
- Double strain mixed ingredients into the Coupe Glass with Cava in it
- To finish: spray *stencil heart onto the cocktail and garnish with edible glitter
*Heart made of strawberry syrup: strawberry, sugar and water blended with liqueur Grand Marnier or Cointreau.
Rose Negroni
From Las Ventanas al Paraiso, A Rosewood Resort, Los Cabos, Mexico
Ingredients:
- 30 ml Infused pink peppercorn gin
- 30 ml Manccino Rosso Vermouth
- 30 ml Campari
- 2 dashes of rose water
- Garnish: White chocolate with pink peppercorn and pistachio. On top of the white chocolate: dehydrated rose petal
Kimberly Fisher is a Pursuitist contributor. As a freelance writer and on-camera host, Kimberly has traveled the world and has published over 400 articles in over 44 publications including Sherman's Travel, Huffington Post, JustLuxe, Luxury Lifestyles UK, eHow, Examiner, Food Wine Travel Magazine, Luxe Beat, NiteGuide, Ocean View, and USA Today. Disclosure: Kimberly is under contract with Casa Del Sol.