Cocktails You Can Make At Home!

Below are entries from our cocktails you can make at home competition. All entries below won a gift certificate for a complimentary Party Host Helper for up to four hours at a future part!

 Try them out for yourself and let us know which is your favorite!

Stacia H.

Hypnotic Rose

– 2oz hypnotic

– 1 oz grey goose vodka raspberry or regular

– ¼ rosewater

– ¼ raspberry juice

– Ice

– Fresh raspberries garnish

Katrina F.

Summer Refresher

– 1 oz Ciroc watermelon vodka

– 2 oz watermelon juice

– Splash of club soda

– Garnish with lime

Blair W.

Margarita’s Smokey Passion

– 1 part Casamigos Blanco

– 1.5 parts “mix” (about equal passion fruit and fresh-squeezed lime juice, plus some agave to taste)

– 1/3 part Ancho Reyes ancho chile liqueur

– Rim a glass with flakey smoked salt and/or something spicy! 

Tyler M.

“The Wild Hibiscus”

– 2 ounces Hendricks Gin

– 1.5 ounces hibiscus simple syrup 

– 1.5 oz fresh-squeezed lime juice 

– lime, lemon, and orange wedge 

Instructions:

Add gin, lime juice, fruit, and hibiscus simple syrup into a shaker.  Add ice and shake vigorously.  Strain into your favorite glass.  (I like to serve in a tall stem glass to showcase the beautiful color of the hibiscus and fruit.  Top with soda water.  Garnish with a lime wheel and enjoy! 

Recipe for Hibiscus simple syrup:

– Make a simple sugar syrup (1 qt sugar and 1-quart water and bring to a boil). 

– Add 2 cups of dried hibiscus flowers, 1 cup basil leaves, .5 cup mint leaves, 1/2 cucumber (quartered pieces) and let simmer for up to two hours.  

Christine B.

Lavender Moon

– Gin or vodka

– Fresh lemon

– Lavender

Laura C.

Mezcal Mule

– Use a copper mule cup

– 1 shot of Casamigos Mezcal

– 1 6.7 oz bottle of good quality ginger beer

– 1 tsp. Agave syrup

– ¼ lime squeezed thoroughly and dropped in

– 1 basil leaf

– Ice

Diane L.

Sgroppino Italian Cocktail

– Limoncello bottom of a champagne glass

– A small scoop of frozen or raspberry sorbet

-Top with prosecco and garnish with mint

Heather S.

Key lime pie martini

– 1 part vanilla vodka

– 2 parts coconut rum

– Splash of lime juice

– Toasted coconut and graham crumb rim

Thank you to everyone who participated, we can’t wait to try these cocktail recipes out!