Ah, Labor Day Weekend – how wonderful to kick off the unofficial start of fall with a laid-back weekend full of friends and libations! Whether you’re hosting a backyard BBQ or just gathering around for drinks, impress your guests by serving up one (or all!) of these tasty cocktail recipes. Not only are they sure to please everyone’s palette, but the unique spins on classic cocktails will have them reaching for another round in no time. So break out those shakers and mix up something special – it will be a long weekend that deserves some serious celebration!

E11EVEN Vodka’s Paste11ito

• 2 oz of E11EVEN Vodka
• 1/2 oz of Raspberry liqueur
• 3/4 oz of Greek Guava puree (mix equal parts Greek yogurt & guava puree with a pink of lime juice).
• 1/2 oz of Fresh lemon
• 1/2 oz of Simple syrup
• 2 dashes of orange bitters
• Manchego cheese for garnish

Directions: In a shaker, add the vodka, puree, lemon, simple, and bitters with ice and shake—strain over fresh ice into a Collins glass. Pour raspberry liqueur over top. Garnish with a Manchego cheese flag or crispy pastry.

Sofia Design District’s Lychee Spritz

• 1.5oz Lychee Liqueur
• 0.5 Oleo Saccharum
• House Prosecco
• Lime Yuzu Soda

Directions: Add all the ingredients to a large wine glass. Top with Lime Yuzu Soda.

Giselle Miami’s Kiss & Tell

• 8 Mint leaves bruised in tin
• 1 oz Strawberry Syrup
• 1 oz Lime
• 2 oz Papa’s Pilar Dark Rum

Directions: Build in tin and strain; serve over a large ice cube. Garnish with ½ Strawberry and Mint Sprig.

Sweet Liberty’s Avocado Margarita

• 1 ¼ oz. Ocho Plata
• ¼ oz. Vago Elote mezcal
• ½ oz. Ancho Reyes Verde
• ¼ oz. Cointreau​​
• ¼ oz. Chareau aloe liqueur
• 1 oz. avocado puree
• ½ oz. lime
• ½ oz. agave nectar
• 2 dashes saline

Directions: Build ingredients in a tin shaker with ice. Shake and strain on a large ice cube in an etched rock glass. Garnish with a lime wheel resting on ice with cracked pepper.

El Tucán’s The Field of Dreams

• 1.5 oz Bombay Sapphire
• 0.5 oz St. Germain
• 1 oz lavender syrup
• 1 oz lemon juice
• 0.5 oz cold press cucumber

Directions: Combine all ingredients into a shaker. Shake and strain into a martini coupe glass. Garnish with lavender leaf – edible topper.

Queen Miami Beach’s Catherine The Great

• 1.5 oz mezcal
• .75 oz select aperitif
• 1.25 oz Szechuan & Hibiscus Cordial
• 1.5 oz grapefruit juice

Directions: Add all ingredients into a tin shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a Collins glass with Collins ice. Garnish with a mini flower.

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