Best DIY Cocktails for Labor Day 2021
Whether you are hosting a Labor Day backyard grill, or just want a fun new recipe for your arsenal, I’ve found a great array of easy options to choose from.
Hands down, my favorite cocktail. Who doesn’t love a drink with edible gold flakes and rock candy. Meet… the Oilman
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Código 1530 Blanco Tequila
1.5 oz Cointreau Noir
.5 oz Lime juice
.5 oz Agave Syrup
Gold Kosher Salt & Gold Flakes
Rock Candy
In a shaker filled with ice, add tequila, Cointreau Noir, lime juice, and agave syrup. Shake and serve into a Rocks glass with a gold salted rim. Garnish with gold flakes and stir with rock candy.
Getting ahead of the upcoming pumpkin spice craze is this tasty twist on the traditional margarita. There is nothing traditional about it….
Pumpkin Margarita
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Tequila Cazadores Reposado
1 oz. Bols Pumpkin Spice Liqueur
2 oz. Orange Juice
½ oz. Lemon Juice
Dash of Cinnamon Powder
Combine all ingredients with ice. Shake and serve over the rocks. Rim glass with cinnamon sugar and garnish with slices of lime and orange.
A lazy summer day isn’t complete without watermelon which is why I loved this refreshing drink…
Melon Stand
Ingredients
2 oz. Tattersall Gin
1 oz. Fresh Watermelon Juice
.75 oz. Lemon Juice
.5 oz. Tattersall Bitter Orange Liqueur
.75 oz. Simple Syrup
Pour into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake until well chilled. Strain into a wine glass over fresh ice and garnish with a watermelon slice.
With flavors such as dragonfruit and curaçao, the Neon Night cocktail will allow you to savor the final bits of Summer.
Ingredients
1.5oz Don Papa 7
2.5oz fresh dragon fruit, puréed
0.5oz almond orgeat
0.3oz yuzu juice
0.3oz blue curaçao
Combine all ingredients in a shaker without ice and shake vigorously to incorporate. Pour into a glass filled with pebble ice, adding more to create a crown over the glass. Garnish with a wheel of fresh dragon fruit and sprinkle with crushed, freeze-dried raspberry.
If you are in a hurry, or just don’t have incredible bartender skills, this yummy canned wine is for you. Bev gives you multiple reasons to stock your ice chest full: 0g of sugar along with being Made by chicks! Oh, and only 100 calories. WINNING!
For those who like to keep things simple, The Gospel’s Straight Rye Whiskey is best served neat.
Luxury wine in a can? Archer Roose has a delicious assortment to choose from. Their “Bubbly” dry with notes of apples and pears was my favorite.
Mark Cuban found a winner with this box of goodness. BeatBox has 0g of sugar, and their variety package offers 6 flavors to choose from. Did someone say watermelon!!
One of the hottest new cocktail categories… Tequila Soda. It’s a thing and this bubbly can of goodness was a fan favorite! Thanks Hecho!
Who knew cocktails could be so healthy? DRNXMYTH is made with fresh, cold pressed juices. The juice is kept in a separate chamber in this twist and serve bottle which makes a fresh drink every time. No artificial anything!
For those of you who are taking a break from alcohol, or are just looking for a different kind of “spirit” try pouring a glass of this great Mind+Body Elixir by VYBES in a tasty Apricot Lemon Flavor.
If you like the taste of a cocktail but don’t want the extra calories (or alcohol) that goes with it, check out this great recipe from Sexy AF (thats alcohol free folks) Spirits.
ViirGiin Martini
Ingredients
3 oz Sexy AF ViirGiin
1 oz Sexy AF Triple Sexy
1/2 oz Sexy AF Amar-Oh
Olive
Add ingredients into shaker. Add ice. Shake. Strain into martini glass. Garnish with olive.
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