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Our Ten Favorite Floral Cocktail Recipes

Cocktails are all about fusion: mixing sweet and sour, spirits and syrups, style and substance. Even the cocktail parties at which they are served are known as “mixers.”

So why not throw some flowers into the mix?

Many cocktail recipes have long included flowers, either through floral liqueurs and infusions (such as St. Germain elderflower liqueur or rose syrup) or by garnishing with flowers you can eat. That’s right: many flowers, from roses to orchids, can be eaten, and tend to have a lightly sweet flavor to complement their gentle beauty.

Whether or not you actually eat the flowers, including them at your next cocktail party can transform a simple martini into a tasteful art display. For inspiration, here are 10 floral cocktails you can make to impress your guests—or simply satisfy your inner mixologist.

Rose Martini – Australian Jacinta Moore came up with this pretty rose martini recipe, featured on Design Sponge.

• 1 1/2 oz. vodka
• 1 oz. white crème de cacao
• 1/4 oz. rose water
• 1 drop rose food color
• Rose petals

Place the liquids in a cocktail shaker with ice, and shake to chill. Pour into a martini glass and float one or more rose petals.

Blood Orange Bee’s Knees – With citrus, honey, and flowers, this colorful cocktail very well could make a bee’s happy hour. The recipe is hosted on The Hostess Diary, where it was paired with a nasturtium; we tried it with an exotic orchid.

• 2 oz. gin
• 1 oz. blood orange juice
• 1/2 oz. lemon juice 1/2 oz. honey syrup (which is equal parts honey and warm water)
• 2 dashes Regan’s Orange Bitters
• Orchid

Place all of the ingredients, other than the flower, into a shaker with ice. After shaking, strain the mixture into a chilled glass and garnish with the flower.

Delft Blue – This delicious concoction made using Dutch gin (genever) is named after the city in Holland famous for its blue and white pottery. The recipe comes from DIY Cocktails.

• 2 oz. genever
• 1 oz. crème de violette
• /1/2 oz. St. Germain elderflower liqueur
• 1 oz. fresh lemon juice
• Violets

Pour the liquid ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake for about 15 seconds, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with one or more violets.

Shire Flower – Named after the humble homeland of the hobbits in J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic books (and current series of movies), the editors at Drink of the Week suggest using “small, white flowers” as a garnish. We specifically used friendly daisies.

• 3 oz. Purity Vodka
• 3/8 oz. elderflower liqueur
• 3/8 oz. lemon juice
• 1 bar spoon apricot preserves
• Daisies

Add all ingredients, other than the flowers, into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake until ice cold, and double strain into a chilled glass. Garnish with the daisies.

Lavender Martini – Here, soothing lavender is used to make a drink that is as beautiful as it is relaxing. Recipe by The Framed Table.

• 1 oz. crème de violette
• 1 oz. gin
• 1 oz. vodka
• 1/4 oz. Domaine de Canton
• 1/4 oz. St. Germaine elderflower liqueur
• 1 dash Scrappy’s Lavender Bitters
• Lavender

Place all liquids into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well for 30 seconds and pour into a martini glass. Garnish with lavender sprigs.

Lady Rose – Would a rose by any other name taste as sweet? The Cocktail Lovers of London think so, especially when mixed with strawberries and sugary syrups. We’ve translated their metric measurements into American ounces.

• 1/3 oz. rose syrup
• 1/3 oz. pomegranate syrup
• 1 1/3 oz. vodka
• 1 oz. cranberry juice
• 3 fresh strawberries
• Red rose

Muddle strawberries and liquids in a shaker tin. Fill shaker with ice cubes, and shake vigorously. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with a rose.

Real Fruit Lemon Drop – The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart, published this mixed drink recipe. Meyer lemons are themselves considered a fusion of lemons and oranges, so you can substitute a 50/50 mix of lemon and orange juice for the Meyer lemon juice in the recipe.

• 1 1/2 oz. Hangar One Mandarin Blossom Vodka
• 1/2 oz. Cointreau
• 1/2 oz. Meyer lemon juice
• Splash of sparkling wine
• 1 thin lemon sliceSugar (for rim)
• Pansy

Sugar the rim of a chilled martini glass by rubbing a lemon wedge around the edge and then dipping the rim into sugar. Place the first three ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake and then pour into the glass. Slowly pour the sparkling wine on top so it floats. Garnish with a lemon slice topped with a pansy.

Brazilian Orchid – The Brazilian Orchid cocktail gets its name from the flower and the use of cachaça, a sugary spirit popular in the country (99% of the world’s cachaça supply is consumed in Brazil). The recipe from SpiritDrinks.com uses Leblon Cachaça, named after an affluent section of Rio de Janeiro.

• 2 oz. Leblon Cachaça
• 1 splash raspberry liqueur
• 2 oz. pureed lychee
• Orchid

Place the ingredients, other than the orchid, in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well, and then strain into a chilled glass. Garnish with the flower.

Ofrenda Cocktail – This Mexican cocktail comes from Christopher Bostick of Los Angeles, via iFood.tv. He used a marigold, which along with ofrendas are used in Mexico to honor deceased loved ones. We cheered it up with an equally edible mum blossom instead.

• 2 oz. Espolón Tequila Reposado
• 1 oz. lime juice
• 3/4 oz. orange Curaçao or Triple Sec
• 5oz. Light agave nectar
• 5 cups chopped cantaloupe
• 1/8 tsp. Chile de árbol powder
• Mum

Muddle cantaloupe, agave nectar, and Curaçao or Triple Sec in a shaker. Add ice and remaining ingredients, excluding garnish, and shake for at least 10 seconds. Double strain into a chilled glass, and garnish with the flower.

Black Currant Sparkler – We saved dessert for last. This dessert cocktail is made from a recipe at Cocktail Buzz, and is credited to Christy Pope.

• 1/2 oz. Campari
• 1/2 oz. gin
• 1 tbs. black currant preserves
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 tsp. white crème de cacao
• Prosecco
• Pansy

Place the ingredients, except the Prosecco and pansy, into a mixing glass with ice. Stir and then strain the mixture into a glass, and top with Prosecco. Garnish with the pansy.

Don’t drink alone; floral cocktails are meant to be shared with others. Feel free to pin these recipes for your friends, or throw a mixing party to create your own concoctions.

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What defines a classic cocktail? Staying power. Frank Sinatra drank the same martinis that barflies drink today. Plantation kings downed fine Mojitos in vibrant old Havana. Southern belles sipped frozen Juleps long before the railroads. Cocktail recipes may move with the times – but the classics endure.

These Cocktails Inspired by Game of Thrones Are As Delicious As They Are Ingenious

Game of Thrones is the kind of show that inevitably makes you want to drown your sorrows in booze. As we approach the series’ sixth-season finale—and look toward its eventual conclusion—we figured it was time we stepped up our drinking game of thrones. To that end, we turned to Chantal Tseng, one of Washington, D.C.’s best and most innovative bartenders, and asked her to assemble a menu of cocktails inspired by the season.

Tseng works at the Reading Room in Petworth Citizen, a tiny book-lined bar at the back of another bar. Each week, she crafts a new list of cocktails inspired by her recent reading, creating clever (and, crucially, delicious) drinks that take their cues from the likes of James Joyce, Roald Dahl, and Emily Dickinson. (You can listen to an episode of the podcast Working with her here.) She’s also a committed Game of Thrones fan, as you can tell from the three drinks she made for us, which offer smart twists on familiar intoxicants, much as the show itself subverts the conventions of fantasy fiction.

Some notes on those drinks are below. You may have to track down a few ingredients, but you won’t regret taking the time to make them at home as you prepare to mourn your favorite characters—and the show that loves to kill them off.

1.5 oz. — Dry gin (Hayman’s, if you’ve got it)

1.5 oz. — Dry vermouth (Tseng likes Dolin)

A dash — Orange bitters

Grapefruit peel, fresh rosemary sprigs, and cornichon for garnish

Combine all ingredients in a mixing pitcher. Add ice, preferably large cubes to minimize dilution, and stir. Strain into a pre-chilled Nick and Nora glass. Serve with a crown made from grapefruit peel and rosemary, wrapped around a cornichon and stabbed through with a cocktail sword.

This season in King’s Landing, conflict between the church and the royalty has driven much of the plot. Even as they struggle, however, these two powers remain the twin pillars of the kingdom, standing tall while the world crumbles around them. To capture that drama, Tseng crafts a variant on the classic 1:1 gin martini, the king of cocktails.

For its base, she employs equal parts gin and vermouth, but she dirties it to capture the grimy back-room politics of Westeros’ greatest city. Fittingly, since shared animosity brings the crown and the church together, Tseng binds them with a dash of bitters. In place of olive juice, she subs in pickle brine, which adds a bracingly rough texture that might remind you of the High Sparrow’s manipulative demeanor. She also adds a bit of yellow chartreuse, which gives the final drink of golden, leonine hue that echoes the Lannister’s sigil.

She garnishes all of that with a complex crown.

½ oz. — Byrrh Grand Quinquina

Grapefruit peel for garnish

Pour absinthe into a pre-chilled glass and fill the rest with crushed ice, mounding well over the edge of the rim. Using a swizzle stick, stir to blend. Add more crushed ice as necessary and drizzle with byrrh. Garnish with a door carved from grapefruit. Drink through a straw.

The Hodor brings together two of the season’s most chilling revelations into one frigid beverage. In it, Tseng nods to the lessons of Bran’s journeys through time, making reference to the origins of the series’ gentlest giant and the more sinister creation story of the White Walkers. Though absinthe doesn’t really drive those who drink it crazy, its licorice tang—made subtle by crushed ice—winks at the madness that Bran both witnessed and helped create. Meanwhile, the reddish Byrrh—a wine based aperitif—that she pours over the top spreads through the drink like so much blood on the snow, a visceral reminder of battles won and lost in the frozen North.

Tseng garnishes this drink with a door carved from grapefruit peel. Make sure to keep it closed. There’s no telling what will spill through if you fail to hold it.

1 oz. — Batavia-Arrack

1 oz. — Linie Aquavit

1 oz. — Vermouth rouge (preferably Dolin)

1/8 oz. — Allspice dram

¾ oz. — Fresh grapefruit juice

Dried grapefruit peel

Combine first six ingredients in a cocktail mixer, add ice, and shake vigorously. (This one scales well. Go ahead and make multiple batches if you want to fill a larger bowl.) Strain and pour into a bowl and add fresh ice. Invert a juiced, halved lime and float in the concoction, hollow side facing up. Fill that receptacle with overproof rum and set aflame. If you’re feeling fancy, garnish with a dragon made from a very long strip of grapefruit peel, dehydrated in a warm oven. Drink with straws.

When Daenerys negotiates, she does so with fire. Nevertheless, she somehow manages to gather people of all kinds in her service. To capture that rich mélange, Tseng turned to the traditions of tiki, in which numerous traditions come together to form revolutionary mixtures. Based roughly on the scorpion bowl, the Dragon Diplomacy should be made in a circular bowl and drunk through multiple straws. It unites an exotic array of liquors that should summon up the many cultures of Daenerys’ army. In the middle she floats a basin of overproof rum that she sets alight.

Gather around that fire with your pals and sip together like the Dothraki horde, rushing to see Daenerys emerge from the flames, triumphant.

Jacob Brogan writes for Slate about technology and culture. Follow him on Twitter.

Jacob T. Swinney is a video essayist, filmmaker, and cinephile.

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The Cocktail Trends To Expect in 2017

The spirits industry has never been more exciting or more poised for disruption in 2017. Here, some of the industry’s most innovative mixologists break down the cocktail trends on tap this year.

Locals Only “More and more often, I have guests who sit down and immediately ask what I might have in the way of a local spirit or beer,” says Anne Robinson, head bartender at Westlight , the new, always-busy rooftop bar in Williamsburg’s William Vale hotel. “People are getting more adventurous and are curious to learn about these new producers that are popping up not just in New York, but across the country, so I think that instead of having their say, rum and coke with an old standby, 2017 will see people giving that new liquor that was distilled a few subway stops away a chance.”

Rum, the New Tequila? “2016 was all about tequila for me,” says Robinson. I have a feeling 2017 will end up being massively about rum. Maybe that’s because I’m headed to Martinique for a bit very soon, and imagine touring those distilleries and drinking my weight in Ti Punches will influence my passion for sugar cane pretty heavily. Rum just makes me think of sunshine and good vibes, which I think we’ll need a lot of in 2017.”

A Return to Fine Dining “Drink trends for 2017 — and the industry as a whole — will be about putting the emphasis back on the guest experience and returning to the era of fine dining. Attention to detail — serviceware, glassware, ice programs — and making as much as possible in-house, or incorporating local producers of spirits and ingredients will be important,” says Frankie Solarik, co-owner of Toronto’s BarChef , a dimly lit haunt in the city’s ultra-hip Queen West stretch. “With guests having increased access to information through the Internet, I feel people working in the industry are appreciating this and really starting to consider themselves professionals and taking great pride in providing the guest an exceptional experience.”

Less Juice, More Spirits “In the past, there has been a big influence in the industry with speakeasies and library style designs,” says Solarik. “I feel we’re going to be getting away from this and moving towards a more contemporary and progressive approach – not only with design, but also with cocktail programs and glassware. As a whole, guests are becoming more adventurous with their palates and moving towards more spirit-forward options on cocktail menus. Darker spirits like rum, bourbon, etc., will increase, moving into more adventurous flavors like Islay scotch and mezcals.”

Getting High “Whiskey and soda, whiskey and ginger, gin and tonic, rum and coke. They are all simple spirit-mixer combinations, and yet, so very popular,” says Chicago-based bartender Julia Momose, who made Food & Wine’s short but sweet ‘Best New Mixologists of 2016’ list. “More and more bartenders are taking highball and diving into the two-ingredient combination to a deeper level by switching up the ingredients, and paying more attention to the method of building this beautiful drink.”

Aquavit, the New Gin? “As juniper is to gin, so is caraway to aquavit,” says Momose. “From there, the possible flavor combinations are practically endless, providing bartenders with a flavorful ingredient that can revive classics and become the base of modern classics itself. Gin had its time and its rise over a few years, now it’s time for aquavit. I’ve had a love affair with aquavit for a few years now, and I’m excited to see it highlighted in more bars and recipes in 2017.”

Heritage & Tradition “We continue to champion grower-producer brandy for its deep agricultural roots as well as its heritage of production that has been passed down from one generation to the next,” says San Francisco-based veteran bartender, Craig Lane, who doles out drinks at contemporary hotspot, Bar Agricole . “More and more, such spirits are often undervalued or overlooked because they aren’t flashy or new, and, in an industry that is so often dominated by carefully manicured perceptions of luxury, status, and branding, these traditional spirits can have a difficult time gaining respect outside of their limited regions of production. Without hesitation though, I would easily rank Adrien Camut Calvados from Normandy, Domaine Boingneres, or Chateau de Ravignan Armagnac from Gascogne, and a small but important group of Cognac makers like Dudognon as being some of the finest spirits in the world simply because that’s what they do, and not because they’re trying to meet some sort of market demand.”

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Chef-partners Frank Falcinelli and Frank Castronovo and their friend Travis Kauffman concocted this terrifically refreshing cooler one hot summer night with ingredients from Falcinelli’s rooftop garden.

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Mark the cocktail ingredients you have at home in the cabinet page and see what drinks you can make from them. The cabinet contains a large number of spirits, liquors and mixers. More ingredients are added when new packages are installed.

Get ideas on what ingredients to buy to prepare new drink recipes. The shopping assistant includes a cost estimate calculator which is a great way to plan the drinks for your next party. Set the currency in the Settings menu to have prices appear in your local currency.

Browse cocktail recipes by categories, packages or using the advanced search function. Drink recipes are categorized by base drink (gin, rum, tequila, vodka, brandy, champagne), type (classical, long drink, tropical, creamy, shooter, non-alcoholic), event (New Years, Christmas, St Patrick’s Day, Valentine's Day) and color (red, blue, green, pink, yellow).

If you’re new to bartending you’ll find the bartender guides section useful to learn more about mixology. The guides go through cocktail making basics from using bar tools, types of glassware all the way to garnishing tricks like creating a salt rim or a lemon spiral.

Mark drink recipes you like as favorites to find them easily next time. All cocktails also have a list of drinks that are of similar taste or style listed so you can explore other drinks you might like.

The application comes with lots of cocktail recipes at install and even more cocktails can be downloaded from packages which can be free or premium. The current packages include Alcohol Free (non-alcoholic cocktails), Shooters (a variation of shots), Basic Cocktails (a collection of well known cocktails), Christmas cocktails (wintery and holiday drinks), New Years cocktails (champagne and bubbly cocktails), Valentine’s Day (red, creamy and sweet drinks) and St Partrick’s Day (Irish themed and green cocktails), The Big Game (Super Bowl cocktails with themed American football drinks and special ones created for Super Bowl XLVI)

We are constantly expanding the existing packages as well as adding new ones. If there are any suggestions you have, please send them to androiddev@distinction.hu

Now that you’ve created a Chocolate Martini, Pina Colada, Bloody Mary, Zombie, White Russian, B52, Amaretto Sour, Eggnog Martini, Fourth of July, Sex on the Beach, Jager Bomb, Manhattan, Lemon Drop, Mai Tai, Orgasm, Sea Breeze, Long Island Ice Tea, Cosmopolitan, Gin and Tonic, Tequila Sunrise or any other cocktail – sip and enjoy. And always remember to drink responsibly.

We love hearing from you so if you have any questions or suggestions, drop us an email at androiddev@distinction.hu and we’ll do our best to reply.

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Classic Rum Mojito Cocktail Recipe

Classic rum mojito recipe with lots of fresh mint and lime. Plus, our tips for making it best. Jump to the Mojito Recipe now or read on to see how we make it.

We absolutely love the simplicity of the classic mojito cocktail. Rum, fresh mint, lime and sugar combine to make a refreshing and fun cocktail.

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Our Tips for Making the Best Mojito

Make this for one or many, but whatever you do, don’t skip the fresh mint and freshly squeezed lime, they’re essential on this one.

You see, just before adding the rum, a cocktail muddler (or in our case, the end of a wooden spoon) is used to bash the mint and lime together. This helps to release oils from the fresh mint, making sure that your cocktail is full of flavor. Enjoy!

Recipe updated, originally posted September 2012. Since posting this in 2012, we have tweaked the recipe to be more clear and added a quick recipe video. – Adam and Joanne

Classic Rum Mojito Cocktail Recipe

• PREP 10mins
• TOTAL 10mins

Make this for one or many, but whatever you do, don’t skip the fresh mint and freshly squeezed lime, they’re essential on this one.

You Will Need

1 ounce (2 tablespoons) freshly squeezed lime juice

2 teaspoons sugar

8 fresh mint leaves, plus more for garnish

2 ounces (1/4 cup) white rum

1 ounce (2 tablespoons) club soda

Lime slice for garnish

Directions

Add lime juice, sugar and eight mint leaves to a cocktail shaker. Use the end of a wooden spoon or cocktail muddler to bash (or muddle) the mint into the lime juice and sugar. This releases oils from the mint and helps the sugar dissolve into the lime juice.

Add rum, stir well then pour into a glass filled with ice, leaving about an inch of room then top with club soda. Garnish with extra mint leaves and a lime slice.

Adam and Joanne's Tips

• To make enough for four people follow these amounts: 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice, 3 tablespoons sugar, 32 fresh mint leaves, 1 cup white rum, 4 cups ice, 1/2 cup club soda, and 4 lime slices for garnish.
• Nutrition facts: The nutrition facts provided below are estimates. We have used the USDA Supertracker recipe calculator to calculate approximate values for 1 drink.

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• Thomas Porter July 29, 2017, 5:31 pm

Great recipe, by using lime juice as opposed to muddling lime, mint & sugar you avoid the bitter oils in the lime skin. Best mojito I’ve made from this recipe.

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