While you are dreading giving up your Summer Friday’s and returning to a 40-hour work week, make sure you take time to sit back, relax and enjoy the last days of Summer while sipping a smooth DeLeón Tequila cocktail for Labor Day!

Take your holiday to the Next Level utilizing local farmer’s market offerings in conjunction with DeLeón Platinum tequila to create a Crisp Cucumber Cooler, featuring fresh mint, cucumber and lemon juices;  a Zen Lion, the refreshing cocktail reminiscent of classic iced tea with chamomile highlights and distinctive citrus notes; or the Paloma Knows Best with tart flavors of grapefruit and ginger.

Un-aged and unrivaled in finish, the DeLeón Tequila line-up starts at $60 per 750ml and is made from 100% Highland agave and rich, complex agave honey that is slow-fermented and twice-distilled. Crisp Cucumber Cooler
Ingredients
1.5oz Deleón Platinum
.75oz fresh lemon
1oz simple syrup
1oz English Cucumber (or domestic) puree
small pinch of Sea Salt

Preparation
Shake all ingredients together and strain over ice in old fashioned glass.
Garnish with long cucumber slice. Paloma Knows Best
Ingredients
1.5 oz Deleón platinum
.75 oz combier pamplemousse liqueur
.5 oz elderflower syrup
1 oz lemon juice
2 dash scrappy’s cardamom bitters
1.5 oz maine root ginger beer

Preparation
Build all ingredients into a mixing tin/glass, excluding ginger beer.
Add ice and shake for 3 seconds.
Add ginger beer and discard into a 16 oz pilsner glass.
Top with cobbled ice (crushed ice). Garnish with grapefruit wedge and peychaud bitters float. Zen Lion
Ingredients
2 oz Deleón Platinum
.5 oz honey syrup
.75-1 oz lemon juice
3-4 oz Chamomile tea
1-2 dashes of lemon bitters

Preparation
Build all ingredients in collins/tall glass.
Garnish with Chamomile flowers