Toast to the Unofficial Start of Summer: Cocktail Recipes From Miami’s Hottest Spots
28 May 2023 by Jose Eledra in Bars, Cuisine, Decorating, General, Home, Hot Spots, Hotels, Latest photo, Pleasure, Products, Restaurants, Spirits

With Memorial Weekend here, we’re bringing you a few cocktail recipes for summertime celebrations. These refreshing cocktails were created at some of Miami’s most popular nightspots and give everything summer represents.
E11even Vodka’s Paradise Awaits
- 1.5oz E11EVEN Vodka
- .75oz Umeshu
- .75oz Cream of Coconut
- .75oz Lime Juice
- 2oz Soda Water
- Garnish: Lime wheel
Directions: Add all ingredients except soda to a shaker and add ice. Shake for 10-12 seconds. Add 2oz soda water to the shaker. Open pour into a Collins or pilsner glass. Garnish with a lime wheel
Sofia Design District’s Appassionata
- 1 oz Dill infused Grey Goose one Vodka
- .5 oz Aperol
- .5 oz Amaro nonino
- 2 oz Passion fruit
- .5 oz bergamot
- .75 Rose syrup
Directions: Add all the ingredients into a shaker. Fill with ice. Shake and strain into a martini glass.
Amal’s Guava Slay
- 1.5 oz. Tromba reposado
- .75 oz. guava purée
- .75 oz. lime juice
- 1 oz. Grapefruit juice
- 1 oz. Fever-tree grapefruit soda
Directions: Add all ingredients in a wine glass. Build over ice, top with Fever-tree grapefruit soda and stir.
Sweet Liberty’s Our Pina Colada
- 1.5 oz House Rum Blend (50% Cruzan Coconut Rum, 25% Bacardi Cuatro, 25% Stolen Coffee & Cigarette Rum)
- 1 oz Pineapple
- 3 oz Coconut Cream
- 2 Coffee Beans
- 1 Pineapple Chunk
- 1 Large Scoop of Crushed Ice
- Float Pedro Ximenez Sherry
Directions: Blend ingredients minus Pedro Ximenez Sherry until ice is crushed and desired consistency is reached. Pour cocktail into glass, add Pedro Ximenez Sherry float, garnish with a mint sprig, red cherry and parasol
Giselle Miami’s Rendezvous With You
- 1.5 oz E11even Vodka
- 1 oz Peach Syrup
- 1 oz Lemon Juice
- Fresh Basil
- Fever Tree Lemonade Soda
Directions: Build liquid ingredients in a tin along with a few fresh basil leaves. Shake and strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice. Top with Fever Tree Sicilian Lemonade. Garnish with a dehydrated lemon wheel and basil leaf clipped to the glass rim.
A Head of Lettuce from Warren Delray
- 2 oz Wheatley Vodka
- 1 oz Fresh Pressed Citrus Juice
- 1 oz Cane Syrup
- 1 Leaf Romaine Lettuce
- 1 Bar Spoon Olive Oil
- Garnish: Salt, Pepper & Chili Oil
Directions: Combine all ingredients into a shaker tin, shake for 10 seconds, double strain, garnish with salt, pepper and chili oil to taste. Serve in a chilled coup.
Feels Like Summer from Marion Miami
- 1 oz flor de cana 7
- 1 oz mastiha skinos
- 0.5 oz orgeat
- 1.5 oz mandarin
- 1 oz lemon
Directions: Combine all ingredients into a shaker. Shake and strain into a Collins glass over crushed ice. Garnish with mint spring, 2 mandarin slices, and 3 dashes of angostura.