BBQ season is right around the corner, kicking off with Memorial Day. Below is a selection of Hendrick’s Gin, Milagro Tequila and Glenfiddich cocktail recipes to make the holiday extra special.

Easy to make and incredibly refreshing, these are go-to recipes that’ll complement any Summer session or grilling get-together.

Memorial Day Recipes

Paloma Select
Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 parts Milagro Select Silver
• ½ part agave nectar
• 1 part pink grapefruit juice
• ½ part fresh lime juice
• 3 parts sparkling water
• 1 pink grapefruit wedge

Method: Pour all ingredients, except sparkling water, into a Boston shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a highball glass with fresh ice. Top with sparkling water.  Garnish with speared grapefruit wedge

Raspados
Ingredients:

• 2 Parts Milagro Silver
• 1 Part Fresh Lime Juice
• 1 Part Fruit Juice (Lime/Mango/Papaya)
• 1/2 Part Agave Nectar
• 1 Lime Wheel Or Mango/Papaya Slice

Method: Pour all ingredients into a Boston shaker with ice. Shake vigorously. Using your method of choice, make your “snow” ice and pack it in a cone or rocks glass, and pour the mix over. Garnish with a corresponding fruit or a lime wheel. 

Hendrick’s Cucumber Lemonade
Ingredients: 

• 1 part Hendrick’s Gin
• 1 part lemon juice
• 1 part simple syrup
• 3 parts soda water
• Cucumber slices, thinly sliced

Method: Combine all ingredients in a highball filled with cubed ice. Lightly stir and serve. Garnish with 3 thinly sliced rounds of cucumber.

Hendrick’s Hibiscus Collins
Created by Erik Andersson, Hendrick’s Gin East Coast Ambassador
Ingredients:

• 2 oz Hendrick’s Gin
• 3/4 oz Hibiscus Syrup
• 3/4 oz Lemon Juice
• Top with Soda Water Mint Sprig & Lemon twist to garnish

Method: Combine ingredients in a highball glass filled with cubed ice and lightly stir. Garnish with a mint sprigs & lemon twist and serve.

The Glenfiddich Highland Cooler
Created by Allan Roth, Glenfiddich Ambassador

Ingredients:

• 1 part Glenfiddich 14-Year-Old Bourbon Barrel Reserve 
• 5 parts Watermelon Juice
• Garnish: Watermelon & Mint

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.