5 Cocktails to Say Goodbye to Summer

Check out these 5 classic cocktails to say goodbye to summer. Soak in the last days of sun and fun.

Purified Mai Tai

Town & Country Resort (San Diego, CA)

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ oz Jamaican Rum
• ¾ oz Lime Juice
• ½ oz Orange Liqueur (Dry Curacao, Grand Marnier, Cointreau, etc.)
• ½ oz Orgeat
• ¼ oz Demerara (This an optional addition for those who enjoy a cocktail on the sweeter side)
• Milk wash with 1 oz milk

Preparation: Take all the ingredients mixed together and slowly pour over 1 oz of whole milk while gently stirring. Do not pour the milk into the cocktail solution as it is important the cocktail is slowly added to the milk. Let the new cocktail solution sit and separate to isolate the casein proteins from the whole milk. Place a coffee filter or several layers of fine mesh cheese cloth into a funnel or chinois, and pour your new cocktail solution into the filter you have set up. Let the milk added cocktail solution filter completely through the funnel/chinois into a clean container.  Once the cocktail has filtered all the way through the funnel for the first time, place the filter/funnel system over another clean empty container/bottle. Take the cocktail and filter it again through the same funnel. This is the most crucial step since it is not the coffee filter or cheese cloth that is clarifying the cocktail, it is the casein proteins extracted from the whole milk. Once finished straining, you now have a clear and delicious cocktail.

Bad Bunny

The Wayfarer DTLA (Los Angeles, CA)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 oz Agave Nectar
• 3/4 oz Fresh Carrot Juice
• 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
• 1/2 oz Ancho Reyes Chile Verde Liqueur
• 2 oz Reposado Tequila

Preparation: Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake until chilled. Serve over crushed ice in a Tajin-rimmed Collins glass.

Miramonte-Rita

Miramonte Resort & Spa (Indian Wells, CA)

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ oz Casamigos Tequila
• 1 oz Watermelon Juice
• ½ oz Watermelon Pucker
• ½ oz Agave
• ½ oz Lime juice

Preparation: Mix all ingredients together and shake well. Garnish with a lime wheel and serve.

LTV Martini

Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Dallas (Dallas, TX)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 oz Pomegranate Juice
• 3/4 oz Pineapple Juice
• 2 oz Deep Eddy Vodka
• 3/4 oz Triple Sec
• 1 Dehydrated Lemon

Preparation: In a metal shaker full of ice, combine ingredients and shake well. Strain into a chilled martini glass, garnish with dehydrated lemon.

Strawberry Blossom

Lone Star Court (Austin, TX)

Ingredients:

• 1 /2 Citrus Vodka
• 1 oz Lemon Juice
• 1 oz Agave
• 2-3 Strawberries
• Prosecco, to top
• Sprite, to top
• Soda, to top

Preparation: Add the strawberries, agave, and lemon juice to the bottom of a glass or shaker. Muddle the ingredients until combined. Add muddled mixture to a cocktail shaker along with vodka and ice. Shake until cold. Pour over ice in a Collins glass and top off the glass with Prosecco, Sprite and Soda. Garnish with sliced strawberry and a lemon twist.