The Florida Keys are back! Cheeca Lodge & Spa in Islamorada, which has just debuted a massive $25 million renovation post Hurricane Irma, is welcoming back cocktail aficionados this summer with festive, handcrafted sips throughout their property.

Below, some of the newest cocktail recipes that debuted with the property’s reopening this season– perfect for cool, summer days and wild summer nights.

Akeyi Punch

Ingredients:

• 1oz White Rum
• 1oz Triple Sec or Orange Curaçao (more of a tropical Liquor)
• 1oz Malibu Pineapple Rum
• 1oz Cranberry Juice
• 1oz Lime Juice
• 1oz Pineapple Juice

Garnish:

• Pineapple/ Cherry

To Make:

1. In a pint glass add Spirits and ingredients
2. Add ice and shake for 5 seconds
3. Pour into Copper Pineapple Vessel

Blackberry Margarita

Ingredients:

• Tequila Herradura Reposado: 1.5 oz
• Agave Nectar: 1.0 oz
• Lime: 1.0 oz
• Triple Sec: 1.0 oz
• Blackberries: 4 each

Garnish:

Blackberry & Mint Leaf

To Make:

1. In a pint glass
2. Add blackberries, muddle
3. Add ingredients, add ice
4. Shake for 10 seconds and double strain
5. Pour into martini glass

Ten Thyme Smash

Ingredients:

• Cucumber: 2 thin slices
• Whole Thyme: 3 springs
• Tanqueray No. Ten 1.5 oz
• Lime: 0.75 oz
• Simple Syrup: 0.5 oz
• White Cranberry Juice: 1 oz

Garnish:

• Thyme sprig

To Make:

1. In a pint glass
2. Muddle cucumber and thyme
3. Add all ingredients
4. Add ice, shake
5. strain into martini glass

Island Old Fashioned

Ingredients:

• Zaya 12 yr. Rum: 2.0 oz
• Turbinado Syrup: 0.5 oz
• Club Soda: 1.5 oz
• Orange: 1/8 (cut into a wedge)

Garnish:

• Luxardo Marachino Cherries 2 each

To Make:

1. In a rocks glass add orange, sugar and bitters
2. Muddle
3. Add ice
4. Add rum and top with club soda
5. Garnish with Marachino Cherries