Check this roundup of classic cocktails recipes redefined to celebrate National Cocktail Day.
The Classic Martini Re-Invented
Chili Passion Martini by Jaya at The Setai
Ingredients
- 1.0 oz House Made Chili and lemongrass-infused ALB Vodka
- 1.0 oz Passion Fruit Rum
- 0.75 oz Passion Fruit Purée
- 0.5 oz Cranberry juice
- 0.25 oz Ginger Syrup, Chili Flakes
Directions: Combine all ingredients into a mixing glass. Add Chili flakes. Shake with ice and pour into a Martini glass. Garnish with Thai chili.
The Classic Manhattan Re-Invented
Emilio’s Manhattan by Vitolo
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz Rye (bullet or knob creek)
- .5 oz Cynar Artichoke
- .5 oz Fig Demerara*
- .5 oz Sweet Vermouth
- 1 dash Angostura bitters
- Garnish with cherry wood smoke
Directions: Combine all ingredients into a cocktail stirring glass. Stir and strain into rocks glass with a large ice cube. Smoke the cocktail to completion.
The Classic Margarita Re-Invented
Perfectly Spicy Margarita by Ghost Tequila
Ingredients
Turn up the heat on game day with this three-part cocktail and enjoy a “Perfectly Spicy” kick of flavor with every sip.
- 1.5 oz Ghost Tequila
- .5 oz Agave Nectar
- .5 oz Lime Juice (To Taste)
- Salt Rim & Lime Garnish
Directions: Measure and pour all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Fill shaker with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into ice-filled, Tajín Salt Rim glass. Garnish with lime wedge.
The Classic Old-Fashioned Re-Invented
Timeless Old Fashioned by Giselle
Ingredients
- .5 oz Demerara
- .75 oz Montelobos Mezcal
- .75 oz Patron Reposado Tequila
- 6 Dashes Chocolate Bitters
Directions: Build in mixing glass, stirred, and serve over large ice cube, in a rocks glass.
Optional Garnish: Chocolate mousse filled neutral cone clipped to glass
The Classic Pina Colada Re-Invented
‘Our’ Pina Colada by Sweet Liberty
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz House Rum Blend (50% Cruzan Coconut Rum, 25% Bacardi Cuatro, 25% Stolen Coffee & Cigarette Rum)
- 1 oz Pineapple
- 3 oz Coconut Cream
- 2 Coffee Beans
- 1 Pineapple Chunk
- 1 Large Scoop of Crushed Ice
- Float Pedro Ximenez Sherry
Directions: Blend ingredients minus Pedro Ximenez Sherry until ice is crushed and desired consistency is reached. Pour cocktail into glass, add Pedro Ximenez Sherry float, garnish with a mint sprig, red cherry and parasol.
The Classic Moscow Mule Re-Invented
YES CHEF! by Red Rooster Overtown
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz E11EVEN Vodka
- 0.5 oz Lemon juice
- .05 oz Honey
- 2 oz Pineapple juice
- 2 oz Ginger Beer
- Muddled Mint
Directions: Muddle mint and add all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain into a mule tin with fresh ice. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with lemon wheel and mint sprig.
