Patriotic Cocktails For Summer 2025
When it’s time to celebrate the holidays that honor the USA, a few red or blue cocktails always add a festive touch to a drink menu or at-home gathering. Here are seven we like for this year.
Sparkling Raspberry Rosé
Ingredients
1 oz. Casamigos Blanco tequila¾ oz. Fresh lemon juice½ oz. Simple syrup4 Raspberries2 dashes BittersSparkling brut rosé
Instructions
Combine all ingredients, except sparkling rosé, into a tin shaker.
Muddle raspberries.
Add ice and shake vigorously.
Fine strain into a coupe glass.
Top off with sparkling brut rosé.
Garnish with 2-3 edible flowers.
Notes
The mixologists at Casamigos created this recipe.
Bourbon Renewal
Ingredients
2 parts Maker’s Mark bourbon1 part Fresh lemon juice½ part Creme de cassis liqueur½ part Simple syrup1-2 dashes Angostura bitters
Instructions
Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into rocks glass over ice.
Garnish with a lemon wedge or blackberries.
Notes
The mixologists at Maker’s Mark created this recipe.
Patriot-arita
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Blanco Tequila½ oz. Blue Curaçao½ oz. Coconut-infused rum1 oz. Fresh lime juice¼ oz. Agave syrup
Instructions
Combine ingredients and shake vigorously with ice.
Strain into stemless wine glass over fresh ice.
Garnish with one blueberry and one strawberry threaded onto a plastic cocktail skewer.
Notes
Mixologist Jacob Peters created this recipe, available at Water Horse Pool Bar at Omni Fort Worth Hotel.
Karpouzi (Watermelon) Thyme
Ingredients
1 part Kleos Mastiha Spirit1 part Silver tequila½ part Fresh lime juice¼ part Simple syrup6 1- inch Watermelon karpouzi cubes4 Pink peppercorns
Instructions
Muddle pink peppercorns in a shaker tin.
Add other all ingredients and shake vigorously.
Double strain over fresh crushed ice into a highball.
Garnish with watermelon cubes and a thyme sprig.
Notes
The mixologists at Kleos created this recipe.
Berry Independent Punch
Ingredients
1 ½ cups Nolet’s Silver Gin½ cup Chambord liqueur½ cup Maraschino cherry liqueur2 ½ cups Lemonade¼-½ cup Simple syrup1 cup Blackberries or blueberries1 cup Strawberries1 cup Raspberries
Instructions
Puree fruit in blender and strain out solids or juice fresh berries in a juicer.
Mix berry juice with gin, Chambord and maraschino liqueur with lemonade in a large pitcher or punchbowl.
Taste for sweetness and adjust with simple syrup as needed.
Add ice to the mixture, and serve in a rocks glass over ice.
Garnish with fruit or flowers.
Notes
Makes 10-12 cocktails. The mixologists at Nolet’s created this recipe.
Strawberry Spritz
Ingredients
¾ oz. Elderflower liqueur¾ oz. Lemon Juice¾ oz. Strawberry-mint simple syrup*3 oz. Korbel brut rosé1 oz. Sparkling water
Instructions
In a shaker, add all ingredients except sparkling rosé and sparkling water.
Shake, then double strain into a wine glass with ice.
Top with sparkling rosé and sparkling water.
Garnish with a strawberry and mint bouquet.
Notes
The mixologists at Korbel created this recipe.
Margarita Azul
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Partida blanco tequila1 oz. Bols Blue Curaçao¾ oz. Fresh lime juice⅓ oz. Sugar syrup
Instructions
Combine ingredients and shake.
Strain into Margarita glass.
Garnish with lime wheel.
Notes
The mixologists at Partida created this recipe.
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