Liqueur Cocktail Recipes

Liqueurs are distilled spirits with additional flavorings such as sugar, fruits, herbs, and spices. They are frequently used in dessert cocktails, but they are also great additions to lighter drinks like spritzes and citrus-forward cocktails.

We've compiled a collection of liqueur cocktail recipes to add to your bar and restaurant menus.

Bar Goto Margarita

Ingredients:

.75 oz iichiko Saiten

1.25 oz El Tesoro Blanco Tequila

2 tsp Lemon Juice

2 tsp Lime Juice

1.5 tsp Ancho Reyes Verde Chile Poblano Liqueur

.75 oz Simple Syrup

Garnish: Tajin rim

Directions: 

1. Combine all ingredients in a shaker tin, add ice, then shake. 
2. Strain into a rocks glass and serve.

Fortune’s Fool

Ingredients:

1.25 oz G4 Tequila Blanco

0.5 oz Giffard Banane du Brésil Liqueur

0.25 oz St. George Spiced Pear

0.5 oz Pineapple Juice

0.5 oz Lime Juice

3 Hoja Santa Leaves, Shaken in Cocktail

Directions:

1. Shake well in cocktail shaker.
2. Strain onto a large cube.
3. Garnish with a cinnamon-sugar salt rim. Wrap inside of glass with banana leaf.

Return to Roma

Ingredients:

2 oz Italicus Rosolio di Bergamotto
.5 oz Lemon Honey Basil Syrup
3 oz LaMarca Prosecco DOC

Directions:

1. In a shaker, combine Italicus and Lemon Honey Basil syrup and do a rocks shake. 
2. Strain into a rocks glass. 
3. Top with Prosecco. 
4. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Espresso Your Love 

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz 21Seeds Valencia Orange Infused Tequila

1/2 oz Simple syrup

1 oz Espresso

3 dashes Chocolate bitters

1/2 oz Coffee liqueur (we like Mr. Black)

Directions:

1. Shake all the ingredients with ice in your cocktail shaker.
2. Strain into a chilled stemmed cocktail glass.
3. Garnish with chocolate powder (or coffee beans). 

Empress Aviation

Ingredients:

2 oz Empress 1908 Indigo Gin

1⁄2 oz Maraschino Liqueur

¾ oz Lemon Juice

Garnish: Lemon Twist

Directions: 

1. Shake ingredients on ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. 

2. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Frozen Fresca

Ingredients:

1.5oz Dos Hombres Mezcal

1 1/4 oz Fresh Watermelon juice

1/2oz Chareau Aloe Vera Liqueur

1/4oz Agave

3/4oz Lime Juice

Directions: 

1. For single blending purposes, add 5oz ice into blender. 
2. For Frozen Machine batching, add 3/4oz water for dilution. 
3. Combine all ingredients together and blend. 
4. Garnish with a lemon peel & enjoy! 

The Notorious F.I.G.

Ingredients:

.75oz Wild Turkey 101
.75oz House-made Fig Liqueur
.75oz Acid Adjusted Orange Juice
.75oz Local Honey Syrup (2:1)

Directions:

1. Shaken, strained into a chilled coupe.
2. Garnish with a dehydrated blood orange wheel.

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