Toast To Love With These 8 Valentine’s Day Cocktails!
Whether you’re toasting to a partner, celebrating with friends, or having a moment of self-love, these cocktails provide the perfect accompaniment to any way you choose to celebrate the Day of Love! Check them out below.
Preparation
Add ice into highball or balloon glass.
Follow with Spirits and Jasmine Water. Top with tonic water and swizzle.
Garnish with an orange and edible flower.
This enchanting cocktail’s vibrant colors and delicate floral notes make it an ideal libation for celebrating love.
Cham-Bramble
by Chambord Liqueur
Ingredients
1 oz. Gin
1 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
1 oz. Chambord
Lemon Wedge
Preparation
Serve over ice.
Served over ice, it’s a love affair of juniper, citrus, and berry bliss—a sip of passion in every moment. Cheers to a Valentine’s celebration that’s as sweet and special as your love!
Aphrodite’s Arrow
by Virgin Hotels NYC’s Everdene Head Bartender, Marlon Rowley
Ingredients
1 1/2 oz. Patron Silver
3/4 oz. Raspberry Pure
1 oz. Coconut Milk
1/2 oz. Vanilla Extract
1/2 oz. Lime Juice
Preparation
Serve over ice.
An infusion of tropical paradise and berry bliss. Served over ice, each sip unveils a harmonious dance of flavors that is both a tribute to the goddess Aphrodite and a gift for the lover in you.
Preparation
In a shaker tin add your raspberries and muddle.
Then add all other ingredients, ice, and shake.
Strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with dried rose petals.
Jessica’s inspiration: “This drink was created after my personal favorite valentine’s day treat, chocolate covered raspberries. It is meant to be decadent, slightly sweet, but still light and easy to sip on.”
Straight From the Heart
by Mixologist Jessica Christensen, Graton Resort & Casino
Ingredients
1 1/4 oz. Stoli Strasberi
3/4 oz. X-Rated Passion Fruit Liqueur
1 oz. Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
Agave Syrup or Simple Syrup, to taste
2 strawberries
Lemonade, to top
Soda Water, to top
Preparation
In a shaking tin, add strawberries and muddle.
Add Stoli Strasberi, X-Rated Passion Fruit Liqueur, and fresh squeezed lemon juice.
Squeeze in about a teaspoon of agave, add a little more if you like it sweeter (simple syrup works here too if that’s what you have on hand).
Add ice to your shaking tin and shake for about 10 seconds.
Strain over fresh ice in a collins glass and top it off with half lemonade and half soda water.
Garnish with a strawberry cut into the shape of a heart and stick a dried rosebud out of the top side to create a sweet Valentine’s Day touch.
Preparation
Combine SMOKE LAB Vodka , vermouth, rose cordial and edible glitter in a shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into a flute or coupe.
Top with Prosecco Rose and garnish with a red rose petal.
Photo by Tucker + Hossler Photography
Sammy’s Love Potion #55
by Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum
Ingredients
1 oz. Sammy’s Beach Bar Red Head Rum, divided
4 oz. Champagne, chilled
Preparation
Add half the rum to a chilled champagne flute.
Slowly add the chilled champagne until ½ inch from the top.
Top with the remaining rum.
Garnish with a fresh lemon twist.
Photo by Tucker + Hossler Photography
Tiki Affair
by Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum
Ingredients
1 ¼ oz. Sammy’s Beach Bar Platinum Rum
¾ oz. Sammy’s Red Head Rum
1 oz. Monin South Seas Blend Syrup
½ oz. Fresh Lime Juice
1 oz. Fresh Pineapple Juice
1 oz. Fresh Orange Juice
3 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters
Preparation
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add the Beach Bar Platinum Rum, Monin South Seas Blend Syrup, juices, bitters and Red Head Rum.
Shake well and strain into a hurricane or tall glass filled with ice.
Garnish with a fresh pineapple wedge, orange wheel and maraschino cherry.
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