3 Mother’s Day Cocktails To Mix Up

Get ready for Mother’s Day Brunch with three Mother’s Day cocktails!

These three cocktails blend classic fruit flavors with sophisticated additions for stunning drinks worthy of any mother-figure!

Seamless

Cocktail by Julia Momose (Kumiko, Chicago)

Ingredients:

• 1 dash Weatherby’s Orange Saffron Bitters
• 1 barspoon Elderflower Syrup
• 1 oz. Celebration Aquavit
• 1 oz. Hakkaisan Shiboritate Nama Genshu
• 1 oz. Jean-Luc Pasquet Marie Framboise

Preparation: Measure ingredients into a mixing glass. Stir over ice until proper chilling and dilution is achieved. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an expression of lemon oils.

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Bees Knees

Shelby Mastro / Beverage Director, GlenPharmer Distillery, Franklin, MA; Photo by Shelby Mastro

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 oz. gin
• 3/4 oz. The Perfect Purée White Peach Puree, thawed
• 1/2 oz. lemon juice
• 3/4 oz. ginger honey syrup

Preparation: Add all ingredients with ice into shaker. Shake and strain into glass with fresh ice. Garnish with flower petals.

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Mother Knows Best

Renee Harper / Bar Manager, Valley Bar Phoenix

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 oz. Gray Whale Gin infused with Earl Grey Tea
• 1/2 oz. Bauchant French Cognac and Sweet Orange Liqueur
• 1/2 oz. The Perfect Purée Strawberry Puree, thawed
• 1/2 oz. fresh squeezed grapefruit juice
• 1/2 oz. fresh squeezed lemon juice
• 1/4 oz. desert blossom honey syrup
• 2 dashes Pink House Alchemy Honeysuckle and Chamomile Bitters

Preparation: Combine all in a shaker with ice and shake. Double strain and serve up. Garnish with edible flowers.