Put your feet up, relax, and a raise a glass for Labor Day! We've come up with five seriously-thirsty-worthy cocktails to try during the holiday weekend.
Cucumber Smash
Refreshing and simple. If you like gin, you’ll love this drink!
Ingredients:
2 cucumber slices
4 mint leaves
3⁄4 oz simple syrup
1 oz lemon juice
1 1⁄4 oz gin
Sparkler
Pop, fizz, clink! Get ready for fireworks with a sparkler of your own.
Ingredients:
1 oz clear tequila
splash of simple syrup
5 oz champagne
Recipe: liquor.com.
Brass Monkey
…that funky monkey!
Ingredients:
2 parts dark rum
2 parts vodka
top up orange juice
3 ice cubes
Method:
Pour both the rum and vodka into a glass. Fill with orange juice and ice cubes. Stir.
Recipe: cocktail.uk.com.
Slowpoke Shandy
An upgrade to a classic shandy.
Ingredients:
2 parts rum
1/2 part lime juice
1/4 part ginger syrup
1 wheat beer
Method:
Combine rum, lime and ginger syrup in a pint glass. Slowly pour half of the beer into glass. Add ice and finishing pouring beer.
Recipe: thecocktailproject.com.
Peace Sangria
One last hoorah for peach season!
Ingredients:
1 part peach schnapps liqueur
3 parts white wine
fruit, chopped
splash of soda water
Method:
Mix schnapps liqueur and wine in a glass or a pitcher. Add ice and stir gently. Add fruit and top with soda water.
Recipe: thecocktailproject.com.
