Toast Our Country With These Refreshing 4th of July Cocktails

Toast Our Country With These Awesomely Easy 4th Of July Cocktails

The Fourth of July is that one holiday that brings excitement, especially this yer celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary. From the endless summer treats, festive décor, fireworks galore, and special moments with friends and family. If you were one of the lucky ones, you took off this week and can start celebrating now with one of these drinks. Don’t worry, the rest of us will catch up soon enough. So if you are planning a barbecue, heading to a friend’s beach house, or throwing a rooftop party, we have listed a few Easy 4th of July Cocktails, including a summer-ready twist on a classic and a boozy dessert to fete this Independence Day. So go ahead, toast our country with these cool, and breezy concoctions. Hopefully you’re not working the next day. Happy 4^th!

Discover Easy 4th of July Cocktails That Are Festive, Refreshing, And Simple To Make For BBQs, Parties, And Holiday Celebrations

Discover easy 4th of July cocktails that are festive, refreshing, and simple to make for backyard BBQs, parties, and holiday celebrations.

Knob Creek BBQ Old Fashioned

Ingredients:

2 parts Knob Creek 9 Year Old: Independence Edition
½ part Honey Syrup
2 dashes Memphis BBQ Bitters
Orange Peel Garnish

Method:

In a mixing glass add your Knob Creek 9 Year Old: Independence Edition,( in honor of America’s 250th anniversary and James B. Beam Distilling Co.’s 230 years of American whiskey heritage), Honey Syrup and Memphis BBQ Bitters. Add fresh ice, then stir gently to mix (large cube recommended). Garnish with orange peel.

PATRÓN Perfect Margarita

Ingredients

1.5 oz PATRÓN Silver
1 oz Citrónge Orange Liqueur
.75 oz Fresh lime juice
.25 oz Simple syrup
Lime wedge for garnish
Kosher salt (optional)

Method:

Combine liquid ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously with ice to chill. Next, strain onto fresh ice in a rocks glass and garnish with a lime wedge. Optionally, salt half the rim of the glass with kosher salt.

PATRÓN Reposado Spicy Margarita

Ingredients:

2 oz PATRÓN Reposado
1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
1 oz Agave Syrup
3 Seedless Jalapeño Slices
Tajin Rim
Lime Wheel for Garnish

Method:

Gently muddle the jalapeño slices in the cocktail shaker. Next, add tequila, lime juice, agave, and ice to shaker. Then, shake vigorously and strain into a rocks glass rimmed with Tajin over fresh ice. And garnish with lime wheel and one more jalapeño slice.

PATRÓN 100 Watermelon Margarita

Ingredients:

1 oz PATRÓN 100 Tequila
0.5 oz Suze
0.25 oz Yellow Chartreuse
0.75 oz Lemon Juice
1 oz Watermelon Cordial

Method:

Add all ingredients into cocktail shaker with ice. Next, shake vigorously and strain into a rocks glass with ice. Garnish glass with Watermelon Slice.

Skinny Pineapple Margarita

Ingredients:

1 Part Dulce Vida Pineapple Jalapeno Tequila
3 Parts Club Soda
Squeeze of fresh lime

Method:

Include all ingredients into a glass over ice. Gently stir to mix ingredients. Garnish with a slice of pineapple or lime.

Not Your Mother’s White Wine Spritzer

Ingredients:

1 bottle Casillero del Diablo Sauvignon Blanc (750 ml)
3/4 cup elderflower liqueur
3/4 cup lemon juice
750 ml club soda (about 3 cups)
Fresh herbs such as rosemary, mint, and thyme

Method:

Combine all ingredients in a pitcher with ice and stir very briefly.Garnish each glass with additional sprigs of herbs.

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Adult Bomb Pop Cocktail

Ingredients:

Red Layer:

1 oz. Van Gogh Raspberry Vodka
3 oz. fruit punch
½ oz. grenadine

White Layer:

2 oz. Van Gogh Pineapple Vodka
1 heaping tsp. coconut cream
1 oz. pineapple juice

Blue Layer:

1 oz. Van Gogh Vodka
½ oz. blue curacao
3 oz. lemonade

Method:

Blend red layer, pour in a glass and place in freezer until a good slush consistency is achieved. Blend white layer, rest gently on top of the red layer and place in freezer. Blend blue layer and fill to the top of the glass. Freeze until ready to drink. Garnish with a mint sprig.

Toast Our Country With These Refreshingly Easy 4th of July Cocktails

Boozy Berry Snow Cone

Ingredients:

2 oz. Van Gogh Açaí-Blueberry, chilled
4 oz. pink lemonade, chilled
1 cup of ice

Method:

Add chilled vodka and lemonade to a mixing glass, stir and set aside. Blend ice cubes in a blender until desired snow-like consistency, then scoop into a glass or white container. Top with chilled Van Gogh Açaí-Blueberry and lemonade mixture, and garnish with red berries.

RWB Spiked Lemonade

Ingredients:

1/2 oz. grenadine
1/2 oz. blue curaçao
1/2 oz. lemonade
1-1/2 oz. Van Gogh Vodka
Crushed ice

Method:

Combine crushed ice with grenadine and 1/2 ounce Van Gogh Vodka, add to the bottom of a highball glass. Combine crushed ice with lemonade and 1/2 ounce Van Gogh Vodka and place in glass on top of red layer. Combine crushed ice with blue curaçao and remaining 1/2 ounce of Van Gogh Vodka and place in glass on top of the white layer. Garnish with floating blueberries and a mint sprig.

Blue Betty

Ingredients:

2 oz Deep Eddy Vodka
2 oz Topo Chico
¼ oz agave nectar or simple syrup
6 blueberries (muddle)
1 basil leaf (muddle)
¼ oz freshly squeezed lemon juice
Blueberry and basil leaf garnish

Method:

Mix the first 4 ingredients, then muddle, shake and strain over new ice. Top with Topo Chico. Garnish with blueberry and basil leaf garnish.

Berry and Sage 75

Ingredients:

1.5 oz. Koskenkorva Vodka
.5 oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
.5 oz. simple syrup
3 blackberries
2 sage leaves
3 oz. chilled champagne

Method:

Muddle 2 blackberries in tin. Lightly roll 1 sage leave between your hands and add to tin. Shake long and hard, then top with 3 oz. of champagne. Fine strain into champagne flute and garnish with 1 blackberry and 1 sage leaf.

Red River Punch

Ingredients:

1.5 oz Koskenkorva Vodka
.5 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice
.5 oz simple Syrup
4 pcs raspberry
Egg White
Soda Water

Method:

Muddle raspberries in a shaker with the liquids and add egg white. Shake vigorously with ice and double strain in a wine glass.

Rum Old Pal

Ingredients:

Method:

Add all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Stir for around 30 seconds to chill and combine ingredients. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish & Enjoy.

For Dessert

Black & Bluebery Pie with Rock & Rye Whiskey

(Courtesy of Caity Pies, Nashville)

Ingredients:

1 batch of unbaked pie dough (can be store bought)
4 cups of Blueberries
2 cups Blackberries
1 cup of Sugar
1/4 cup All Purpose Flour
2 Tbsp Quick Cooking Tapioca
2 Tbsp fresh Orange Zest, divided
4 Tbsp Slow & Low Rock & Rye
1 Tbsp Turbinado Sugar

Method:

Mix berries, sugar, flour, tapioca, half of the orange zest, and the Slow & Low in a bowl. Allow to rest for 15 minutes, or use immediately if fruit is frozen.

Roll out half of the dough In a 10 inch circle and line a 9” pie pan. Fill with berry mixture. Roll out remaining dough and cover berries either with a lattice or a top crust with slits across to vent.

Preheat oven to 425.

Crack an egg in a bowl and mix thoroughly. Brush across the top crust and add a sprinkle of turbinado sugar.

Bake for 20 minutes at 425 and then reduce heat to 350. Continue to bake for 40 -50 minutes, turning at least once. Cover the edges with foil towards the end of the bake, if needed.

Allow pie to cool for 5 hours or overnight. Sprinkle with remaining orange zest and serve with Whiskey ice cream and a glass of Slow & Low.

Makes 8 servings.

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