Salute the end of summer and welcome the beginning of a crisp fall with any of these easy cocktails.
-PJ Gach, BettyConfidential.com
Can you believe that summer's almost over! Labor Day is just a few scant days from now. We're kinda sad to see summer go (except for the heat), we're also glad to see fall and cute sweater coming up.
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With that in mind, we've found tasty cocktail recipes to say bye-bye to one season and hello to another.
Labor Day Lounger
Ingredients:
4 ounces Jalapeño-Infused Camarena Silver Tequila*
3 ounces Fresh-Squeezed Blood Orange Juice
1 ounce Fresh Lime Juice
2 ounces Orange Liqueur
Orange Peel for Garnish
Directions:
In a cocktail shaker, combine jalapeño-infused Camarena Silver Tequila, blood orange juice, lime juice and Cointreau. Fill with ice, shake and strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with an orange peel.
*Jalapeño-Infused Camarena Silver Tequila
To make jalapeño infusion, slice up a fresh jalapeño pepper and allow it to steep in 1 cup of Camarena Silver Tequila for 2 hours. Taste to check the heat level, and continue to steep if a stronger infusion is desired. Once infusing process is complete, remove the slices by pouring the mixture through a mess strainer.
Sunny September Cocktail
Ingredients:
1 ½ ounces rum
Juice of half a small lime
5 mint leaves
2 ounces CASCAL Bright Citrus Soft Drink
Directions:
Tear up the mint and throw into bottom of a mixing glass. Add rum and lime juice and shake hard with ice.
Pour in CASCAL and stir gently. Strain into Cocktail glass and garnish with a lime twist or lemongrass stalk if available.
Lingering Labor Day
Created by Scott Fitzgerald, Mulberry Project NYC
Ingredients:
2 ounces Brugal Extra Dry Rum
1 ounce Lime Juice
3/4 ounce. Simple Syrup
6 Watermelon Chunks
1 Thai Chili
Directions:
Muddle Watermelon and Chili, add remaining ingredients. Shake and fine strain over fresh ice, garnish with Watermelon.
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Deep Blue Sea Martini
Ingredients:
2 ounces Blue Ice Vodka
3/4 ounce Sweet & Sour
1/2 ounce Blue Curacao
1/2 ounce Pineapple Juice
Pineapple for Garnish
Cherry for Garnish
Directions:
Add all ingredients to cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a pineapple slice and cherry.
Jalisco Sweet Heat
Ingredients:
1 1/2 ounces Camarena Silver Tequila
4 Large Pieces Watermelon (1" x 1 1/2")
1 tablespoon Hot Pepper Jelly
1/2 ounce Lemon Juice
Watermelon Slice for Garnish
Directions:
Muddle watermelon, jelly and lemon juice in mixing glass. Add tequila and ice. Shake vigorously to completely blend mixture. Double strain into large rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a watermelon slice.
Strawberry Acai Daquirtea
Ingredients:
4 ounces Lipton Strawberry Açai Tea & Honey
½ ounce Pineapple Juice
1 ounce Bacardi Gold
Splash Grenadine
Strawberry
Glass: Collins
Directions:
Combine and shake all ingredients, strain into an iced Collins glass and garnish with a Strawberry.
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Ginger Crush
Ingredients:
2 ounces Camarena Silver Tequila
1/2 ounce Lemon Juice
1/2 ounce Simple Syrup
2 coins of Ginger
6 Mint Leaves
2 ounce Ginger Beer
Directions:
Muddle mint, ginger and simple syrup in a mixing glass. Add tequila, lemon juice and ice. Shake and strain into a tall glass with ice. Top with ginger beer and stir. Garnish with mint leaves.
Blackberry Pom Marga-TEA-Ta
4 ounces Lipton Blackberry Pomegranate Tea & Honey
Ingredients:
8 Blackberries
1 ounce Tanteo Jalepeno Tequila
Proseco
Glass: Margarita
Directions:
Combine and shake tea, blackberries and tequila, strain into a margarita glass, top with proseco and garnish with blackberry skewer
SVEDKA's Colada Breeze
1 1/2 ounces SVEDKA Colada
2 ounces pineapple juice
1/2 ounce mango juice
1/2 ounce Midori
1/4 ounce lime juice
Directions:
Combine all, shake, strain into a martini glass and garnish with a pineapple wedge.
PJ Gach is Senior Editor: Style + Beauty at BettyConfidential.
