This Father's Day, Say Cheers To Your Dad With These Cocktails

Father’s Day is a special occasion to celebrate the beautiful bond between fathers and their children. It is a moment to honour and show gratitude for all the invaluable things they have done for us. It is the day to make them feel special and appreciate their existence in our lives. It is not always important to surprise them with expensive gifts and vacations; just spending some quality time with them is enough.

Since Father’s Day is observed in mid-summer, what can be better than a long chit-chat between dad and their sons or daughters over a glass of tantalising cocktail? Made with a fusion of various spirits, liqueurs, mixers, and garnishes, these boozy drinks are a delightful way to celebrate any kind of occasion. So, are you ready to become a mixologist for your dad on Father’s Day?

If yes, here are ten interesting cocktail recipes you can shake and muddle on Father’s Day:

Evan Sour 

Ingredients 

• 45ml Evan Williams whiskey 
• 60 ml sweet and sour mix syrup
• Ice 
• Garnish: cherry or orange slice

Method 

• Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice.
• Shake well and strain into a pre-chilled glass.
• Garnish with cherries or oranges. Enjoy.  

Cool Velvet 

Ingredients 

• 2 parts Black Velvet Canadian whisky
• 5 mint leaves
• 4 parts lemonade
• Ice 
• Garnish: fresh blueberry and mint sprig

Method 

• In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add Black Velvet whisky, mint leaves, and lemonade.  
• Shake well and strain into a tall glass filled with ice.
• Garnish with blueberries and mint, and serve.

Elijah Old Fashioned

Ingredients 

• 50 ml of Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon whiskey 
• 10 ml of simple syrup
• 3 dashes of bitters
• Ice 
• Garnish: orange twist

Method 

• In a mixing glass, add bitters, simple syrup, whiskey and ice.
• Stir until well chilled.
• Strain the cocktail over a large ice cube in an old-fashioned glass. Garnish with an orange twist, and serve.

Jura Sunset 

Ingredients 

• 25 ml Jura 10 YO whiskey 
• 25 ml Select Aperitivo
• Garnish: orange slice
• Tonic water

Method

• In a goblet glass, add a few cubes of ice. 
• To that, add whiskey and aperitivo.
• Top it up with tonic water. Garnish with an orange slice. Serve.  

Dos Flamos Mango Highball

Ingredients 

• 45 ml of Dos Flamos tequila 
• ½ chopped ripe mangoes 
• 1 green chilli slit 
• 5 ml of lime juice 
• Tonic water 
• Garnish: green chilli

Method 

• Muddle the mangoes and green chilli in a tall glass. 
• Add ice cubes, lime juice, and tequila. Stir it nicely and top it up with a tonic. 
• Serve.

U’Luvka Martini 

Ingredients

• 45 ml of U’Luvka vodka
• 5-10ml vermouth  
• Garnish: orange peel or fresh elderflower

Method 

• Combine vodka and vermouth in a jar. Stir it with ice cubes smoothly.
• Strain and pour it into a chilled martini glass. Enjoy. 

Berry’s Jar 

Ingredients 

• A handful of seasonal berries (raspberry, blueberry) 
• 5 ml of freshly squeezed lime 
• 10 ml of homemade honey water 
• 45 ml of U’Luvka Vodka 
• Garnish: berries on a stick 
• Soda for topping

Method 

• Muddle the berries in a cocktail shaker.
• Add lime juice, honey water, U’Luvka vodka, and ice cubes. 
• Shake it hard and well for everything to mix properly. Top it up with soda. Enjoy. 

Jameson Buck  

 Ingredients  

• 35 ml Jameson Original whiskey 
• 10 ml lime juice 
• top up – ginger beer

Method 

• In a highball glass full of ice, pour Jameson, lime juice. 
• Give it a quick stir and top it up with ginger beer.  
• Garnish with a lime wedge.  

Jameson Apple Spiritz 

Ingredients  

• 30 ml Jameson Original 
• 90 ml ginger ale 
• 60 ml sparkling apple juice

Method

• In a highball glass full of ice, pour Jameson and top up with ginger ale. 
• Finish with a splash of sparkling apple juice. Garnish with a lime wedge. 

JGL 

Ingredients

• 45 ml Jameson whiskey 
• top up – ginger ale 
• squeeze a wedge – lime

Method 

• In a highball glass, take a lot of ice and pour the desired amount of Jameson. 
• Top it up with ginger ale and to finish the drink, squeeze a lime wedge.