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20 Fourth of July-friendly cocktails worth preparing at home

By Darren Paltrowitz

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 04: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Sammy Hagar (L) and Emmy Award-winning chef and television personality Guy Fieri pose during the announcement of their partnership with Los Santo and Santo Puro Mezquila, in addition to the launch of Santo Fino Tequila at Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits of Nevada on April 4, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Los Santos: Santo Puro Mezquila)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 04: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Sammy Hagar (L) and Emmy Award-winning chef and television personality Guy Fieri pose during the announcement of their partnership with Los Santo and Santo Puro Mezquila, in addition to the launch of Santo Fino Tequila at Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits of Nevada on April 4, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Los Santos: Santo Puro Mezquila) /
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More summer-friendly cocktail recipes worth preparing at home for the Fourth of July:

A Clove Affair

A pun-oriented cocktail from Bogart, which makes fantastic vodka, gin, rum and whiskey offers. That vodka notably uses the highest-quality American grains it can find and is column-distilled seven times in small batches.

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz. Bogart’s Irish Whiskey
  • 1 oz. Lemon Juice
  • 0.75 oz. grenadine syrup
  • Garnish: 1⁄2 lemon wheel studded with clove
  • Glassware: Collins glass

Method:

  • Combine all ingredients in shaker tin with ice and shake.
  • Strain into a Collins glass over ice.
  • Garnish with clove-studded lemon wheel.
  • Torch clove until smoking, then serve.

Orange: Lady Marmalade

Crystal Head Vodka — as notably backed by legendary actor Dan Aykroyd — has a limited-edition Pride-themed bottle on the market. Below is one of the colors of the random which Crystal Head is representing with a shared recipe.

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz. Crystal Head Vodka
  • 1/2 oz. Aperol
  • 1 1/2 oz. Fresh Orange Juice
  • 1 tsp. Orange Marmalade
  • Prosecco
  • Garnish: Crusto-style sugar rim or orange zest

Method:

  • Add, mix and stir vodka, Aperol, juice and marmalade.
  • Top with fine Prosecco.
  • Feel free to add a Crusto-style sugar rim or orange zest for garnish.

Blue: Born This Way

From the very same rainbow, this is the blue-representing, Pride Month cocktail from Crystal Head Vodka.

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz. Crystal Head Vodka
  • 1 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 bar spoon (tsp.) Caster Sugar
  • 1/4 oz. Blue Curacao
  • 1/2 oz. Tio Pepe Fino Sherry
  • 1 Egg White
  • Garnish: Lemon Peel

Method

  • Add all ingredients into cocktail shake and dry shake.
  • Add ice to shaker and shake again.
  • Fine strain into a chilled glass and zest with lemon peel.

Disaronno Fizz

These days, my favorite spirit to sip after dinner is Disaronno. It’s sweet enough to be a dessert option, it’s free of carbonation, and it can be enjoyed neat, mixed or on the rocks.

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 oz. Disaronno
  • Fresh Lemon Juoce
  • Fever Tree Club Soda
  • Garnish: Lemon Zest

Method:

  • Pour Disaronno over ice.
  • Add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.
  • Top up with club soda.
  • Stir and garnish with lemon zest.

The Jalapeño Avocado Margarita

Tequila Bribón Blanco’s fully-matured agaves are harvested by hand and cooked for 18 hours at 100° Celcius. It is crystal clear with floral and intense aromas.

Ingredients:

  • 4 oz. Tequila Bribón Blanco
  • 2 oz. Agave nectar (cut 50/50 with water)
  • 2 oz. Fresh squeezed lime juice
  • 1/2 avocado, peeled and mashed
  • 2 slices jalapeño
  • Garnish: Lime wheels
  • 1 cup ice, plus extra for serving

Method:

  • Fill two rocks glasses with ice. Set those glasses aside.
  • Place ripe avocado, and jalapeno slices in a cocktail shaker.
  • Muddle ingredients until they’re thoroughly mashed.
  • Add remaining ingredients to the cocktail shaker and shake vigorously.
  • Strain into the two rocks glasses.
  • Garnish with the remaining lime wheels
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