Memorial Day Drinks for 2024

Memorial Day Weekend is here, and the focus is on patriotism, parades, picnics and more. Here are a few cocktails to celebrate the holiday and the kickoff to the summer season, and here’s a look back at our cocktail roundup from 2023.

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All-American Rum Limeade

Course Drinks

Keyword Blue spirulina powder, Campari, Grenadine, light rum, limeade

Ingredients

• Pinch of Blue spirulina
• Barspoon of water
• 1 ½ oz. Kōloa Kaua’i White Rum
• 1 oz. Campari
• ¼ oz. Grenadine
• 2-3 oz. Limeade
• Strawberries and blueberries for garnish
• Glitter-coated apple slices cut into stars for garnish

Instructions

• In a cocktail stirring glass, dissolve the blue spirulina in a barspoon of water.
• Add the rum, stir, and set it aside.
• Add the Campari and grenadine to the bottom of a tall serving glass.
• Stir to mix, then fill the serving glass with ice.
• Gently pour the limeade into the serving glass, being careful to minimize the mixing between the limeade layer and the Campari layer.
• Fill the glass with limeade to about an inch below the rim.
• Gently float the blue rum on top, pouring through a fine-mesh strainer to remove any undissolved bits of blue spirulina.
• Garnish with strawberries and blueberries; for extra flair, garnish with apple slices cut into star shapes and decorated with edible glitter.
• Serve with a straw for mixing the layers.

Notes

Mixologist Lee Corbett (@TheRogueBrusselSprout) created this recipe.

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The Eden Runner

Course Drinks

Keyword banana liqueur, blackberry liqueur, orange juice, Pineapple Juice, rum

Ingredients

• 1 oz. Light rum
• 1 oz. Dark rum
• ¼ oz. 151 rum
• 1 oz. Blackberry brandy
• 1 oz. Banana liqueur
• 1 oz. Orange juice
• 1 oz. Pineapple juice

Instructions

• Blend all ingredients in a blender with ice.
• Pour into glass.
• Garnish with a fresh orange slice.

Notes

The mixologists at the Eden House hotel in Key West created this recipe.

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Elderflower Spritz

Course Drinks

Keyword Carpano Bianco, elderflower liqueur, gin, prosecco

Ingredients

• 1 ½ parts Gray Whale gin
• ½ part Carpano Bianco
• ½ part Elderflower liqueur
• 2 parts Prosecco or cava
• Club soda

Instructions

• Add all ingredients to a wine glass and top with ice.
• Garnish with lemon twist.

Notes

The mixologists at Gray Whale created this recipe.

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Patriotic Margarita

Course Drinks

Keyword coconut milk, dark rum, Hpnotiq liqueur, Pineapple Juice, strawberry puree

Ingredients

• 1 oz. Hpnotiq blue liqueur
• 1 oz. Dark rum
• 1 oz. Coconut milk
• 1 oz. Lime juice
• 1 oz. Pineapple juice
• 1 oz. Strawberry puree

Instructions

• Combine rum, coconut milk, juices and puree in a blender.
• Add ½ cup crushed ice and blend.
• Pour Hpnotiq into a Margarita glass and layer blended mix on top.
• Garnish with coconut flakes or use a salt-rimmed glass as a variation.

Notes

The mixologists at Hpnotiq created this recipe.

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Whiskey Strawberry Lemonade

Course Drinks

Keyword lemon, mint, rye, Strawberry syrup

Ingredients

• 1 bottle Sagamore rye whiskey
• 24 oz. Fresh lemon juice
• 18 oz. Strawberry simple syrup
• Fresh mint

Instructions

• Combine rye, lemon juice and strawberry simple syrup in a shaker with ice.
• Shake to combine.
• Pour into highball glass.
• Garnish with lemon wheel, strawberry and serve.

Notes

Yields about 12 servings; the mixologists at Sagamore Distillery created this recipe.

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Poolside Passion Fruit

Course Drinks

Keyword bourbon, lime, passion fruit liqueur, Simple syrup, Vanilla vodka

Ingredients

• 1 oz. Angel’s Envy bourbon
• ½ oz. Vanilla vodka
• 1 oz. Passion fruit liqueur
• ½ oz. Lime juice
• ½ oz. Simple syrup

Instructions

• Add all ingredients to tin and shake with ice.
• Strain into a wine glass over fresh ice.
• Top with prosecco.

Notes

Mixologist Nicole Ruwell at the Prezzo Boca Raton in Florida created this recipe.

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Berry Fiddich Fizz

Course Drinks

Keyword blueberry, lemon soda, Scotch, Simple syrup

Ingredients

• 1 ½ parts Glenfiddich 12 Year Old Scotch
• 1 part Blueberry juice
• ½ part Simple syrup
• 3 parts Italian lemon soda

Instructions

• Serve in highball glass filled with ice.
• Garnish with a lemon twist.

Notes

Glenfiddich West Coast Ambassador David Allardice created this recipe.