It’s time to make the most of these remaining summer days. And what better way than with refreshing and crowd-pleasing cocktail recipes made with gin, vodka, tequila, and whisk(e)y.
The outstanding options from the William Grant & Sons portfolio are perfect for long weekend gatherings – whether you’re hosting a backyard BBQ, enjoying a beach day, or soaking up the sun poolside.
Especially with the start of football season, we’ve got easy recipes that score for tailgates and at-home watch parties.

Check below and make it a Labor Day Weekend to remember.

GLENFIDDICH SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY

The Glenfiddich Highland Cooler 
Ingredients:

Method

This might be one of the simplest, and most delicious, drinks you can make on the 4th of July.  

  • Simply cool the juice (pureed fruit) of a ripe, seedless watermelon, and mix it five to one with Glenfiddich 14 Year Bourbon Barrel Reserve.  
  • Pour into a highball or rocks glass and garnish with a small watermelon wedge and some mint. 
  • For extra credit, stick the 5:1 mixture in the freezer.  Once it’s set, scrape it out with a fork to create a delicious watermelon Glenfiddich snow cone.

Trans-Fiddich Fusion
Ingredients

Method:

Combine all ingredients and ice within a shaker tin and shake for 30 seconds or until the shaker feels cold to the touch. Add a few drops of foamer and top with ginger ale.

THE BALVENIE SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY

The Balvenie Poolside Cooler

Created By The Balvenie’s West Coast Ambassador Brett Bayly 

Ingredients:

 Method: 

  • Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker and clap mint before adding it in. 
  • Add ice and shake hard for 7 seconds, then strain into glass over fresh ice. 
  • Top with soda water as desired for a spritz, garnish with fresh mint sprig, lemon slice & edible flowers as desired. 

 ** For group serve, quadruple ingredients, add to a large pitcher with ice and stir. Top with soda as desired and gently pull it through to mix.

REYKA VODKA

Viking Woo Woo
Ingredients: 

  • 2 parts Reyka Vodka
  • ½ part Crème de Peche
  • 4 parts Cranberry Juice
  • Squeeze of Lime

Method: 

  • Build over ice in a highball glass. Garnish with an orange wheel & star anise.
HENDRICK’S GIN

OASIUM SPRITZ

Created by Erik Andersson, Hendrick’s East Coast Ambassador

“Hendrick’s Oasium Spritz is the perfect refreshing cocktail for summer brunches and parties on the patio” – Erik Andersson

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ parts Hendrick’s OASIUM
  • ½ part Aperol
  • ¾ part lime juice
  • ¾ part simple syrup
  • 1 part sparkling wine
  • 1 part club soda
  • Cucumber ribbon, orange slice and mint sprig for garnish

Method

Build in a wine glass with ice, garnish with cucumber, orange and mint. Sip and savor as it perfectly complements the tangy citrus and lush herbaceous profile of Hendrick’s OASIUM.

Good Luck Babe

*Created by Sarah Berardi, Hendrick’s Gin West Coast Ambassador

Ingredients:

  • 1 part Hendrick’s Gin
  • ¼ part lemon juice
  • ¼ part tangerine juice
  • ¼ part simple syrup
  • Teaspoon ball of orange and tangerine sorbet*
    • *Combine 1 cup frozen fruit (peeled orange/tropical fruit recommended)  with 1 cup water, 0.5 cup sugar, 1 part apple cider vinegar in a blender and blend, adding more water if needed. Pour mixture into a container and leave in the freezer to harden for at least 2 hours. Then take out and ball for serving. 
    • If you aren’t wanting to make anything, you can use frozen orange juice from the store.
  • Top with prosecco

Method

  • Combine gin, lemon juice, tangerine juice, and simple syrup in a shaker and shake. Double strain into a coupe glass or champagne flute.  Add 1 scoop of sorbet into the glass, top with prosecco, and garnish with cucumber wheel and frozen citrus zest**.  Bright, refreshing and bursting with citrus notes that compliment the cucumber and rose essence of Hendrick’s Gin, this is the ultimate refreshing serve.
    • **Zest one tangerine and one orange. Place into a container and put in the freezer for ice cold zest.
MILAGRO TEQUILA

Sparkling Cristalino

 Ingredients:

Method: 

  • Pour all ingredients into a champagne flute to combine. Garnish with grapefruit peel.

Piña Asada

 Ingredients: 

  • 1 ½ parts Milagro Reposado
  •  3 chunks grilled pineapple
  •  ¾ part fresh lime juice
  •  ½ part fresh pineapple juice
  •  ¾ part agave nectar
  •  1-2 dashes mole bitters
  •  1 lime wheel and 1 pineapple quarter for garnish

Method: 

  • Muddle grilled pineapple in a cocktail shaker. Add remaining ingredients and ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with grilled pineapple quarter and lime wheel.
TULLAMORE D.E.W. IRISH WHISKEY

D.E.W. & a Brew – TAILGATE FAVORITE

By Clodagh Mai O’Callaghan, Tullamore D.E.W. Irish Whiskey U.S. Ambassador

Ingredients:

Method:

  • Combine all ingredients. Stir and pour.
MONKEY SHOULDER WHISKY

Guava Lemonade 

By Kevin Haxho, Monkey Shoulder Whisky Ambassador

Ingredients:

Method

  • Combine all ingredients except soda water.
  • Shake and strain into glass over ice.
  • Top with soda, garnish with edible flower and lemon. 

 

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