Mother’s Day Drink Ideas for 2023

It’s the mother of all family holidays on May 14 and time for everyone to celebrate Mom. Since many people opt to take their mothers out for a Mother’s Day meal, be sure to have a selection of festive specialty cocktails ready. Here are six that we like for Mom, or any summery brunch. (And for more ideas, here are a few drink recipes from Mother’s Days past.)

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Palm Spritz

Course Drinks

Keyword creme de peche, lemon, sparkling wine, vodka

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz. Ketel One Botanical Peach Orange Blossom vodka
• ¾ oz. Lemon
• ¾ oz. Creme de peche liqueur
• Sparkling wine

Instructions

• Combine ingredients, except sparkling wine, in a mixing tin and shake.
• Strain into a coupe glass.
• Top with sparkling wine.
• Garnish with marigold flower.

Notes

The mixologists at Cocktail Academy created this recipe.

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Mother Dearest

Course Drinks

Keyword grapefruit soda, rum, watermelon

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz. Bacardi Superior rum
• ¾ oz. Watermelon juice
• 2 oz. Grapefruit soda

Instructions

• Fill a tall glass with lots of ice.
• Measure and pour all ingredients into an iced glass.
• Stir to combine everything together.
• Garnish with a lime wedge and blueberries for a pinkish color palette.

Notes

The mixologists at Bacardi created this recipe.

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Garden Party

Course Drinks

Keyword aquavit, lemon, sage, vodka

Ingredients

• 1 oz. Vodka
• ¾ oz. Aquavit
• ¾ oz. Lemon juice
• ¾ oz. Sage-infused simple syrup
• 3 dashes Bittermens celery shrub

Instructions

• In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients with ice.
• Shake well and strain into a rocks glass filled with ice.
• Garnish with a slice of lemon and a sprig of dill.

Notes

The mixologists at Jettie Rae’s Oyster House in Asheville, NC, created this recipe.

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Orchid Blanca

Course Drinks

Keyword Earl Gray tea, lemon, rum

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Zacapa No. 23 rum
• 3 oz. Earl Gray tea
• ¾ oz. Lemon juice
• ¾ oz. Simple syrup
• 1 Drop Orange blossom water

Instructions

• Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with ice.
• Shake and strain into a double wall infuser bottle with orchid.
• Serve with coupe glass garnished with orchid, lemon wheels and baby’s breath.

Notes

The mixologists at Zacapa created this recipe.

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Whisky Wine Sour

Course Drinks

Keyword lemon, red wine, Scotch

Ingredients

• 1 ½ parts The Glenlivet 14 Year Old Scotch
• ¾ parts Lemon juice
• ½ parts Sugar
• 8 parts Ice
• 3 parts Red wine

Instructions

• Combine ingredients (except wine) in a mixing tin and shake.
• Strain into a coupe glass.
• Pour wine over.
• Garnish with three cherries on a pick.

Notes

The mixologists at The Glenlivet created this recipe.

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Spring Thyme Spritz

Course Drinks

Keyword Campari, passion fruit liqueur, prosecco, Strawberry syrup, tangerine, tequila

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz. El Bandido Yankee Blanco tequila
• ½ oz. Campari
• ½ oz. Passion fruit liqueur
• ¾ oz. Strawberry syrup
• 1 oz. Tangerine juice
• Squeeze of Lemon
• Squeeze of Lime
• 2 oz. Prosecco
• 2 oz. Sparkling water

Instructions

• In a cocktail shaker combine all ingredients except prosecco and sparkling water.
• Crush a sprig of thyme and add it to shaker.
• Shake with ice.
• Fill a tall glass with cracked clear ice. Strain in contents of shaker.
• Top with sparkling water and prosecco and stir.
• Garnish with an orange wheel, lemon wedge and fresh thyme.

Notes

The mixologists at El Bandido created this recipe.