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 Monkey Shoulder Brand Ambassador Anna Mains
Ingredients:
- 1.5 parts Monkey Shoulder
- .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.
FORBIDDEN FRUIT
Created by Tullamore D.E.W. Brand Ambassador Gillian Murphy
Ingredients:
- 1.5 parts Tullamore D.E.W. Cider Cask
- 1 part Aperol
- 1 dash Orange Bitters
Method: Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice, stir and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with an apple slice.
5 ACRES
Created by Tullamore D.E.W. Brand Ambassador Gillian Murphy
Ingredients:
- 1 part Tullamore D.E.W. Original
- 1 part Dry Vermouth
- 1 part Ruby Port
- 2 Dash Aromatic Bitters
- 2 Dash Chocolate Bitter
- Garnish Orange Twist and Cherry
Method: Add all ingredients into a chilled stirring glass, add ice and stir until chilled. Pour contents into a cocktail glass and zest with orange and garnish with cherry.
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 Tanqueray 10 Infused pink peppercorn
- 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
