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SWEET REVOLUTION
IT’ S BANANAS
STRAWBERRY BASIL SMASH

Summer Cocktails That Shine

Summertime is all about kicking back, keeping cool and having fun. We’ ve rounded up some recipes for drinks that use fresh flavors and a wide variety of spirits to help you celebrate the season.
IT’ S BANANAS
1 ½ oz. Sonrisa Platino Puerto Rican rum ½ oz. Allspice dram ½ oz. Banana purée ½ oz. Lemon juice 2 oz. Q tropical ginger beer
Combine ingredients( except ginger beer) and shake. Pour into rocks glass, top with ginger beer and stir. Garnish with banana.
Lauren Dantella, food & beverage manager at Palm Court Italian and TradeWinds Resort in St. Pete Beach, FL, created this recipe.
GRAPEFRUIT REFRESHER
1½ oz. Teeling Small Batch Irish whiskey 1 oz. Fresh grapefruit juice ½ oz. Martini Riserva( or Aperol) ½ oz. Simple syrup 1 oz. Orange bitters
GRAPEFRUIT REFRESHER
The mixologists at Sonrisa created this recipe.
SWEET REVOLUTION
1 oz. Mezcal Espadin ½ oz. Honey syrup 1 oz. Guava purée( such as Boiron or Perfect Purée) ¼ oz. Blood orange juice ½ oz. Campari ¼ oz. Alma Finca orange liqueur 2 oz. Sparkling wine
Add the ingredients( except for sparkling wine) in a shaker with ice and shake. Strain into snifter glass with ice. Top with sparkling wine. Garnish with a grapefruit slice and edible flowers.
Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker. Shake until chilled and fine strain in a Rocks glass over ice. Garnish with a grapefruit slice.
The mixologists at Teeling created this recipe.
COASTAL TIDES
2 parts Gray Whale gin 1 ½ parts Coconut water 1 part Lavender syrup ¾ part Fresh lemon juice Lemon wheel for garnish
Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake for 3-4 seconds and strain over fresh ice. Top with lemon wheel.
COASTAL TIDES
GUAVA DREAMS
The mixologists at Richard Sandoval Hospitality created this recipe.
STRAWBERRY BASIL SMASH
1 ½ oz. Hendrick’ s Gin ¾ oz. Lemon juice ¾ oz. Cane sugar syrup 2 Strawberries, chopped 4 Basil leaves
Muddle basil and strawberries in a shaker tin, add ice and shake well. Roll into a rocks glass and garnish with a fresh basil sprig.
The mixologists at Gray Whale created this recipe.
GUAVA DREAMS
2 oz. 1800 Blanco tequila 4 oz. Jarritos guava soda 1 oz. Coconut cream ¾ oz. Fresh lime juice
Shake tequila, coconut cream and fresh lime juice in a shaker with ice and strain into a highball glass over crushed ice. Top with soda and garnish with a lime wheel.
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