With National Cocktail Day fast approaching on March 24, we’re sharing some tasty cocktail recipes from spirit brands, Mijenta Tequila, Equiano Rum, and Great Jones Distilling Co. Whiskey, as well as a cocktail from S Bar at Citizens New York at Manhattan West. Check below, and enjoy.

Ginger Jones with Great Jones Distilling Co. (above)
INGREDIENTS

1 ½ oz Great Jones Rye

½ oz Barrows Intense ginger liqueur

¾ oz Lemon juice

¼ oz Simple Syrup.

Ginger Beer to top

METHOD
Shake all ingredients but the ginger beer together.

Serve in a Collins glass and top with some ginger beer.

Stir well.

Garnish with a ginger candy and dehydrated lemon wheel

ABOUT GREAT JONES DISTILLING CO.
Located at 686 Broadway, Great Jones Distilling Co. is Manhattan’s first and only legal whiskey distillery since Prohibition. Situated in the heart of the historic NoHo neighborhood and abutting the legendary Great Jones Alley, Great Jones Distilling Co. encompasses the collective energy that sets New York City apart from anywhere else with a working distillery, tours, tasting room bar, restaurant, speakeasy and retail space.  The whiskies made at Great Jones Distilling Co. are: Great Jones Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Great Jones Four Grain Bourbon and Great Jones Rye Whiskey.

Escondido Highball – with Mijenta Tequila
INGREDIENTS

1.5 oz Mijenta Tequila Blanco

.75 oz cinnamon syrup

.5 oz lime juice

3 oz mango soda (e.g., Spindrift)

METHOD
Shake all ingredients but soda with plenty of ice.

Strain into a highball glass with fresh ice and top with mango soda.

Garnish with a mint sprig

ABOUT MIJENTA
Mijenta Tequila is  a sustainable, artisanal small batch tequila from the highlands of Jalisco offering the highest quality tequila while making sure that their dedication to giving back to the earth and their community remain at the forefront of their focus.  Mijenta’s award-winning Blanco and Reposado expressions are created through the preserved ancestral art and craft of growing, harvesting and distilling agave.  Mijenta uses the highest quality ingredients, with fully mature certified Blue Weber Agave from Mexico’s Maguey plants, grown in deep red clay soil and harvested at their ripest by a specialist team. Mijenta also created The Mijenta Foundation to support local members of the community which works hand in hand with local businesses and communities, directly re-investing a portion of profits, offering healthcare assistance, and providing support for team members and their families.

Freedom Hand with Equiano Rum
INGREDIENTS

1 2⁄3 oz Equiano

2⁄5 oz Campari

5⁄6 oz Sweet Vermouth

3 dashes of chocolate bitters

METHOD
Stir all ingredients in a mixing glass until cold.

Serve in a rocks glass with a large rock of Ice or ice ball.

Garnish with an orange slice and plain chocolate.

ABOUT EQUIANO
Equiano Rum, the world’s first African and Caribbean rum company, is a never seen before blend of two cultures, two distilleries and two islands making it a perfect collaboration of east and west.  Their two expressions, Equiano Original and Equiano Light are limited batch blends from one of the best emerging distilleries in the world, Gray’s in Mauritius, and the world-renowned Barbadian distillery – Foursquare.  During Equiano Rum’s inception in 2018, its four founders pledged to donate five percent of global company profits to ground level freedom and equality projects, annually.  In addition, two dollars from each bottle sold directly through the website are automatically added to the grant-giving fund.  Thus, The Equiano Rum. Co Foundation was born and the first grant recipient is Anti-Slavery International, an organization that works to eliminate all forms of modern slavery throughout the world.

The Life Aquatic from S Bar
INGREDIENTS
.75 oz fresh squeezed lime juice

.50 oz simple syrup

.25 oz clear creek pear brandy

.50 oz chareau

1.5 oz ford’s gin

1.5 oz east imperial yuzu tonic

METHOD
Add all ingredients to the small tin and fill to the top with hoshizaki cubes.

Shake, add yuzu tonic to the larger tin & strain into a Collins glass over hoshizaki ice.

Garnish with 1 starfruit slice, dropped into the glass vertically.

ABOUT S BAR AT CITIZENS NEW YORK
Sam Nazarian opened the first S Bar in Miami’s SLS Brickell before expanding the brand to Dubai and Los Angeles. Each S Bar reflects the character and edginess of each location and the creatives who inhabit them with sophisticated interiors, world-class cocktails, rare spirits, and deliciously elevated bar menu.  S Bar in Citizens New York will serve a curated craft cocktail menu designed by sbe Head of Bars & Mixology Programming Yael Vengroff and an innovative Katsuya-influenced menu.