Labor Day Weekend is a week away and now it’s the time to start planning your celebratory menu.  The cocktail recipes below from Mijenta Tequila, Equiano Rum, and Great Jones Distilling Co. are sure to make it a memorable end to summer.

Mijenta
Mijenta is an artisanal, small batch tequila from the highlands of Jalisco. Inspired by a shared cultural heritage, Mijenta offers a unique and super-premium spirit that is carefully crafted with a commitment to environmental sustainability and support for the local community. Mijenta’s products are handmade, numbered, and embrace traditional methods, crafting excellence through a bespoke distillation process.

In honor of the holiday, co-founder and award-winning mixologist, Juan Coronado, developed the below cocktail called Frida’s Flowers. This floral cocktail is perfect for transitioning from summer into fall; its refreshing citrus flavors juxtaposed with a richer, creamy cacao creme texture creates the perfect drink to celebrate the end of summer.

Frida’s Flowers
Ingredients:

2 parts Mijenta Blanco Tequila

.75 part strawberry or hibiscus syrup

1 part fresh lime juice

.25 part creme de cacao

Method:
Shake all ingredients vigorously with plenty of ice, strain into a coupe or martini glass.  Garnish with edible flowers.

Equiano
In addition, the world’s first African and Caribbean rum company, Equiano Rum, also has a Labor Day cocktail to share. Using their brand new expression, Equiano Light — a refreshingly unique blend of molasses rum from the Caribbean fused with fresh sugar cane juice rum from Africa — co-founder and World Rum Ambassador Ian Burrell created the Clarified Milk Punch for this year’s Labor Day celebrations, perfect for groups. Recipe below.

Clarified Milk Punch
Ingredients:

1 of Sour (4oz Lemon Juice)

2 of Sweet (2oz Sugar syrup)

3 of Strong (8oz Equiano Rum )

4 of Weak (1 pint whole Milk)

5 of spice to make it nice (vanilla pod, nutmeg, cinnamon, star anise, hot Black Tea)

Method:
Add all ingredients into a jug, pouring the milk last and stir until the milk curdles. Refrigerate overnight.  Use a cheesecloth, filter or muslin cloth to filter the curdled punch.  Bottle the clarified liquid, to be used on a later date. Serve with ice, a sprinkle of nutmeg and a slice of lemon.

Great Jones Distilling Co.
Finally, sharing below a cocktail from Great Jones Distilling Co., the first whiskey distillery in Manhattan since prohibition. The Great Jones Ginger Jones is the perfect summer-to-fall transitional cocktail beautifully combining ginger and lemon with the Great Jones Rye.

Great Jones Distilling Co. Ginger Jones
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: Whip/Short Shake

Glass: Collins

Garnish: Ginger Candy & Dehydrated lemon wheel