Four Craft Cocktails for July 4th

1. Blackberry Smash

INGREDIENTS:
– 2 blackberries
– 5 mint sprigs
– 1.5 oz. lemon flavored vodka
– 1/2 oz. lemon juice
– 1/2 oz. simple syrup
– 1/4 oz. Lejay cassis
– mint sprig garnish

METHOD:
• Muddle blackberries and mint in a tin.
• Add vodka, lemon juice, simple syrup and cassis.
• Shake and strain over fresh ice.
• Garnish with the mint sprig and sprinkle powdered sugar over sprig.

2. Blueberry Yum Yum

INGREDIENTS:
– 1.5 oz. white rum
– 0.25 oz. Zucca amaro
.- 0.75 oz. blueberry tincture
– 0.75 oz. lime
– mint
– blueberries

METHOD:
• Shake w/1 piece of mint
• Fine strain
• Top w/Perrier
• Ice cubes
• Glassware Collins
• Garnish with blueberry skewer + mint bouquet

3. Fire & Smoke

INGREDIENTS:
– 2 oz. mezcal
– 1 oz. pineapple, honey, pink peppercorn syrup
– ½ oz. fresh squeezed lime juice, strained

METHOD:
• Shake all ingredients and strain over a large cube.
• Garnish with the pink peppercorn vine.

• To make the special syrup: first make honey syrup by mixing 1 cup of honey with 1 cup of hot water. Stir. Then dice and muddle a whole pineapple with about 50 peppercorns. Crush until juicy. Then add honey syrup and stir. Strain through fine strainer and bottle.

4. Strawberry Sky

INGREDIENTS:
– 1 oz. vodka
– 1 oz. Pimms
– 0.5 oz. strawberry tincture
– 0.5 oz. ginger liqueur
– 0.5 oz. lemon
– 0.5 oz. coconut water
– blueberries

METHOD:
• Shake
• Strain
• Ice cubes
• Glassware Collins
• Garnish with strawberry, lemon wedge, loose blueberries

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