Labor Day Cocktail Recipes

Labor Day is Monday, September 1, marking the unofficial end of summer. Sneak those last summery sips onto your menu with our collection of Labor Day recipes!

To get you started, here's a crowd-pleaser using Bulleit Bourbon:

Bulleit Old Fashioned

Ingredients:

1.3 oz Bulleit Bonded in Bond Whiskey

2 barspoons simple syrup

3 dashes aromatic bitters

Orange peel garnish

Directions:

1. Add ingredients to a rocks glass with ice.
2. Stir.
3. Garnish with a lemon rind.

Endless Summer

Christina Maffei / Mixologist

Ingredients:

3/4 oz. Banana Rum

3/4 oz. Guava Rum

1/2 oz. Amaretto

1/2 oz. The Perfect Purée Carmelized Pineapple Concentrate, thawed

1 1/2 oz. The Perfect Purée Pink Guava Puree, thawed

Fresh mint

Prosecco

Directions:

1. Combine ingredients, except Prosecco into a mixing glass with ice.
2. Shake with a Boston Shaker and strain into hurricane glass.
3. Top with Prosecco.
4. Garnish with large pineapple wedge and mint spring, then serve.

Los Ultimos Cinco

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz Don Julio Blanco
1/2 oz Lillet Blanc
1/3 oz Lime juice 
5-6 Fresh Basil leaves
1 1/2 oz Fever Tree Elderflower Tonic

Directions:

1. Muddled the Fresh Basil leaves in a Boston glass.
2. Add rest of all the ingredients, except for the tonic water.
3. Shake well and double strain into a Burgundy glass.
4. Top up with elderflower tonic water.
5. Garnish: lime and basil leaves.

Bourbon and Bubbles 

Ingredients:

1 ½ ounce Angels Envy Bourbon Finished in Port Barrels

¾ ounce Luxardo limoncello

2 ounces club soda

Prosecco  

Directions:

1. Build in white wine glass.
2. Add ice.
3. Top with prosecco.
4. Garnish with lemon wheel and a fresh sprig of mint. 

Horseshoe Arch

Ingredients:
1.5 oz Arette Blanco
.75 oz Lime Juice
.5 oz Strawberry Syrup
.5 oz Ancho Reyes Verde
Garnish : Lime Wheel & Strawberry Top

Directions:

For the Strawberry Syrup:

1. Blend and strain strawberries.
2. Heat juice gently (50–60°C).
3. Stir in equal parts sugar by weight until fully dissolved.
4. Cool and store cold.

For the cocktail:

1. Rim glass with a 50/50 blend of sumac and salt.
2. Combine all ingredients in tin.
3. Shake
4. Strain over ice.

Off to See the Lizard Margarita

Ingredients:

1.5 oz. Tequila Margaritaville Gold

1 oz. Du Bouchette Melon

2 oz. Margaritaville Margarita Mix

Pour all the ingredients in a shaker and pour over ice in a Margarita glass. Garnish with a lime slice.

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