10 Cocktails That Should Be Your Valentine
Let's skip the Valen-wine and go straight for the real thing.
1. Let's Make It Interesting:
A cocktail that gives you roses? We WILL marry you.
Recipe:
* 1 oz Strawberry-Sencha Tea Infused Vodka
* .5 oz Aperol
* .5 oz Lemon
* .25 oz Simple Syrup
* Fill to the Top With Sparkling Wine
Full instructions here.
2. The Fireside Chat:
The two of us, a warm fire, another one of you, then another, then another... Pretty much the fantasy V Day tbh.
Recipe:
* 2 oz Bourbon
* .5 oz Coffee Liqueur
* .25 oz Vanilla Syrup
* Dash of Black Walnut Bitters
3. The Valentine's Day Massacre:
Cherries. Bourbon. Chocolate. Take us, we're yours.
Recipe:
* 2 oz Bourbon
* 2 tsp Cherry Heering
* 4 Dashes of Scrappy’s Chocolate Bitters
* .5 oz Simple Syrup
* Luxardo Cherries to Garnish
Full instructions and recipe here.
4. The Pier Angeli:
Named after the love of James Dean's life. *SWOON*
Recipe:
* 2 oz Bombay Sapphire East Gin
* .75 oz Martini Bianco Vermouth
* 2 Dashes of Orange Bitters
* Orange Peel
Directions:
Stir for 45 seconds and served into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with orange peel spiraled into a rose shape (orange roses symbolize love stemming from friendship-- pun intended).
5. The Haitian Divorce:
We think we can make it work.
Recipe:
* 1.5 oz Aged Rum
* .75 oz Mezcal .50 oz Sherry
* 2 Dashes of Angostura
* Cherry + Lemon Twist
6. Blood Orange Garibaldi:
If you want to commiserate with fellow bitter company on V-Day.
Recipe:
* 1.5 oz Blood Orange Infused Luxardo Bitter or Campari
* 4 oz Fresh Blood Orange Juice
7. Passion Is The Elixir That Renews:
The passion is REAL.
Recipe:
* 2 oz Silver Tequila
* 1 oz Grapefruit
* 1 oz Meyer Lemon
* Pulp/Seeds From 1/2 Ripe Passion Fruit
* Float of Hibiscus Syrup
* Vanilla, Blood Orange, and Hibiscus-Infused Sea Salt
Directions:
Place ingredients in ice-filled shaker - shake until cold, float hibiscus syrup, and rim the glass with salt blend.
8. The Vanilla Hot Chocolate Martini:
Swiping right so hard RN.
Recipe:
* 4 oz Unsweetened Cashew Milk
* 1.5 tsps Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
* 1.5 tsps Granulated Sugar
* Pinch of Ground Cinnamon
* 2 oz Vodka
* 1.5 oz White Creme De Cocoa
* 1 oz Vanilla Simple Syrup
Full instructions here.
9. The Pink Lady:
You're making us blush.
Recipe:
* 1.5 oz Gin
* .5 oz Applejack
* .5 oz Lemon Juice
* 1 Egg White
* .2 oz Grenadine
Full instructions here.
10. The Galentine Mimosa:
Share with your girls, or, you know... Keep them to yourself. Your call.
Recipe:
* 2 tsp Limoncello
* 1 tsp Pomelo Shrub
* Top Off With Prosecco
* Garnish With Lime Heart
