Cocktails For Pride 2023
Pride celebrations go throughout the month of June, and it’s a great time to show off your most colorful and vibrant cocktails. When it’s Pride time, we often like to round up a recipe for every color of the rainbow. We’re talking the full Roy G Biv spectrum we learned about in science class! Here is our colorful cocktail selection for Pride 2023.
The Coco Connection
Ingredients
1 ⅓ oz. Crystal Head vodka¾ oz. Coconut liqueur¾ oz. Lime juice½ Raspberry syrup1 tsp. Grenadine syrup
Instructions
Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.
Shake vigorously for 10-15 seconds.
Double strain into a chilled Nick & Nora glass.
Garnish with a raspberry skewer.
Notes
The mixologists at Crystal Head created this recipe.
Tiendita Margarita
Ingredients
2 oz. 1800 Cristalino tequila¾ oz. Lime juice¾ oz. Agave syrup3 oz. Jarritos Tamarind sodaTajín spice to rim
Instructions
Combine tequila, lime juice, and agave syrup in a mixing tin.
Add ice and shake.
Strain into rocks glass (half rimmed with Tajín) over fresh ice.
Top with Tamarind Jarritos.
Garnish with a tamarind candy stick.
Notes
The mixologists at 1800 created this recipe.
Smokey and the Bandit
Ingredients
1 oz. Lunazul tequila1 oz. Vida mezcal¾ oz. Lime juice½ oz. Tropical habanero syrup½ oz. Velvet Falernum
Instructions
Rim a rocks glass with smoked salt and add ice to glass.
Shake all ingredients vigorously.
Strain into glass.
Garnish with a dehydrated lime wheel.
Notes
Ryan Christensen, bartender at Lucky Rooster Kitchen + Bar in Hilton Head Island, SC, created this recipe.
The Florida Cocktail
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Bacardi Anejo Cuatro rum¼ oz. Green crème de menthe¼ oz. Lime juice3 dashes of SalineMint sprig for garnish
Instructions
In a highball/Collins glass, build over 3 ice cubes.
Fill halfway with fluffy pineapple juice.
Stir again and top with more pineapple.
Garnish with a mint sprig.
Notes
The mixologists at Sweet Liberty Drinks & Supply Co. in Miami created this recipe.
Amalfi Coast
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Gin½ oz. Italicus
bergamot liqueur½ oz. Simple syrup½ oz. Fresh lemon juiceDekuyper Blue CuraçaoProsecco
Instructions
Combine gin, Italicus, syrup and lemon in a cocktail shaker.
Add ice and shake vigorously.
Pour into a Champagne flute that’s been rimmed with sugar.
Top with prosecco and 8 drops of Blue Curaçao.
Garnish with a lemon ribbon.
Notes
Ashley Bouffard, bar manager at Via Sophia by the Sea in Kennebunk, ME, created this recipe.
Magenta
Ingredients
2 oz. Tanqueray 10 gin½ oz. Ginger juice½ oz. Lemon juice¾ oz. Lavender syrup1 bar spoon Butterfly pea powder3 dashes Kensington aromatic bitters1 oz. Fever-Tree sparkling water
Instructions
Add all the ingredients into a shaker.
Fill with ice and shake.
Strain into a coupe glass.
Garnish with flower.
Notes
The mixologists at Amal Miami created this recipe.
Bang-Bang
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Avion silver tequila¾ oz. Lemon juice½ oz. Bianco vermouth¼ oz. Luxardo maraschino liqueur½ oz. House-made lavender-infused butterfly pea flower syrupPinch of edible glitter
Instructions
Combine all ingredients into shaker.
Shake and strain into coupe glass.
Garnish with a lavender flower.
Top with a sprinkle of rainbow edible glitter.
Notes
The mixologists at Bar Lis in Hollywood, CA, created this recipe.
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