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.