The heat is definitely on this summer, and people are craving cold drinks — the colder the better. Surprise and delight your friends and family with a few frozen craft cocktails and riffs on the classics. Here are seven recipes that we like for this year.
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Mezcal Amarás Espadín
- 2 oz. Grapefruit juice
- ½ oz. Lime juice
- ½ oz. Agave syrup
- 1 ½ oz. Club soda
- Ice cubes
Instructions
- Add ingredients to a blender.
- Blend until the ice is completely crushed.
- Rim a glass with salt, pour the cocktail.
- Garnish with a grapefruit slice.
Notes
The mixologists at Mezcal Amarás created this recipe.
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Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz. Alander spiced rum
- ½ oz. Aberfeldy Scotch
- ½ oz. Field Trip squash amaro
- 1 oz. Pineapple puree such as Lea Vergers Boiron
- ½ tsp. White sugar
- 3 Vita Coco coconut water ice cubes
Instructions
- Combine ingredients in a blender.
- Blend well with ice.
- Garnish with pineapple wedge and cocktail umbrella.
Notes
D’Arel Miller, director of food and beverage at Broken Shaker in New York, created this recipe.
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Ingredients
- 2 oz. Starward Two-Fold whisky
- 1 oz. Lime juice
- ¾ oz. Simple syrup
- 4 oz. Water
- ½ oz. Raspberry puree
- ½ oz. Crème de mure
Instructions
- Combine ingredients in a blender.
- Add ice and blend.
- Pour into coupe glass.
- Garnish with a colorful straw.
Notes
The mixologists at Starward created this recipe.
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Ingredients
- 1 oz. Lemon juice
- 1 oz. Orange juice
- 1 oz. Liquid Alchemist strawberry syrup
- 1 oz. Fruitful Mixology rhubarb liqueur
- 2 oz. Aperol
- 4 oz. Prosecco
- 2 oz. Water
Instructions
- Mix ingredients and place in a shallow pan in freezer.
- Let mixture freeze until solid.
- Use a fork to “fluff” into small grains of frozen cocktail.
- Place into a cocktail glass.
- Garnish with a slice of orange and a strawberry.
Notes
The mixologists at Aba in Austin, TX, created this recipe.
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Ingredients
- 1 oz. Light rum
- 1 oz. Dark rum
- ¼ oz. 151 rum
- 1 oz. Blackberry brandy
- 1 oz. Banana liqueur
- 1 oz. Orange juice
- 1 oz. Pineapple juice
Instructions
- Blend all ingredients in a blender with ice.
- Pour into glass.
- Garnish with a fresh orange slice.
Notes
The mixologists at the Eden House hotel in Key West created this recipe.
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Ingredients
- 2 oz. Fortaleza tequila
- ¼ oz. Lime
- ½ oz. Lemon
- 1 tsp. Coconut milk
- 1 ½ oz. Lychee syrup such as Real
- 3 Fresh lychees 2 for muddling 1 for garnish
- 3 drops Rose water
Instructions
- Combine ingredients in a blender.
- Blend with 1 ½ scoops of ice.
- Garnish with lychee and rose.
Notes
The mixologists at the Deer Path Inn in Chicago created this recipe.
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Ingredients
- 2 oz. Ilegal Mezcal Joven
- 2 oz. Jamaica syrup*
- 1 oz. Lime juice
- 1 ½ cups Ice
Instructions
- Combine ingredients in a blender.
- Blend with ice.
- Garnish with lime.
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