If you haven’t heard, the Pantone Color of the Year 2023 is Viva Magenta, a deep, vivid pink. It’s a great color for cocktails in that it’s beautiful, appetizing and pops for photos, plus a number of fruits and liqueurs can help you achieve the right shade of magenta.
In fact, Viva Magenta reminds us of Pantone’s Ultra Violet from 2018 — remember that? Anyway, here are seven Viva Magenta cocktail recipes we like. (And here’s a creative wine menu idea from a few years ago that incorporates Pantone shades of rosé.)
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Saints and Sinners
Course Drinks
Keyword hibiscus syrup, lime, mezcal, tequila
1 oz. Republic Tequila½ oz. Del Maguey Vida mezcal1 oz. Hibiscus syrup1 oz. Lime juice
Build ingredients in rocks glass.
Top with ice and ginger beer.
Garnish with lime skewer and mint sprig.
The mixologists at Tillie’s restaurant at Camp Lucy in Dripping Springs, TX, created this recipe.
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Pear With Me
Course Drinks
Keyword Amaretto, Desert pear syrup, lemon, pear vodka
2 oz. Grey Goose Pear vodka¾ oz. Desert pear syrup½ oz. Dissarono Amaretto¾ oz. Lemon juice5 dashes Foam bitters
Combine all the ingredients in a shaker.
Add ice and hard shake.
Strain the ingredients on a dry shaker and double dry shake.
Pour into Martini glass.
Garnish with edible flowers.
The mixologists at The National Hotel’s Mareva 1939 in South Beach, Miami, created this recipe.
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The Fearless Club
Course Drinks
Keyword egg white, gin, lime, raspberry syrup, sage
1 ½ oz. Engine gin½ oz. Raspberry syrup¾ oz. Lime juice1 Egg whiteSage leaf to garnish
Add all ingredients to shaker.
Dry shake for 15 seconds.
Add ice and shake until cold.
Strain into a coupe glass.
Garnish with sage leaf.
The mixologists at Engine gin created this recipe with Pantone.
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El Pavo Real
Course Drinks
Keyword Creme de Violette liqueur, Frozen limeade, mezcal, Pomegranate hibiscus syrup, tequila
1 oz. Espolòn Blanco tequila1 oz. Vida Mezcal½ oz. Pomegranate hibiscus syrup½ oz. Tempus Fugit Violettes liqueur½ oz. Fresh-squeezed lime juice
Combine ingredients in a mixing tin.
Shake and strain over ice.
Garnish with edible flowers or lime wheel.
For Pomegranate hibiscus syrup:
181 g Granulated sugar
181 ml. Pom juice
4 ½ g dried Hibiscus
15 ml. St Elizabeth’s Dram
Dissolve sugar into Pom juice. Add hibiscus flower, let sit at room temperature for 1 hour. Strain off flowers. Refrigerate for up to 30 days. Yields about 1 ½ cups
Jordan Deis, bar supervisor at Peacock Room at Kimpton Hotel Fontenot in New Orleans, created this recipe.
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Viva Magenta Pom Your Tini
Course Drinks
Keyword Grenadine, lime, lychee liqueur, pomegranate seeds, vodka
3 tsps. Fresh pomegranate seeds1 ¼ oz. Ketel One vodka1 ¼ oz. Giffard Lichi-Li liqueur¼ oz. GrenadineFresh lime
Muddle the pomegranate seeds.
Add a squeeze of fresh lime.
Add vodka, liqueur and Grenadine.
Shake with ice.
Strain into Martini glass.
The mixologists at Timbers Kaua’i at Hokuala in Lihue, HI, created this recipe.
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Lost Upstate
Course Drinks
Keyword cranberry, lime, rosemary, spiced pear liqueur, tequila
¾ oz. Lime juice¾ oz. Cranberry-rosemary syrup½ oz. St. George spiced pear liqueur1 ¾ oz. Nosotros blanco tequila1 Rosemary sprig3 Cranberries
Combine all ingredients in a shaker.
Add ice, shake until cold.
Strain over fresh ice in a Double Old Fashioned glass.
Garnish with a rosemary sprigs and a cranberry sword.
For Cranberry-rosemary syrup:
Combine 1 cup Cranberries, 1 cup Sugar, 1 cup Water and 1 Rosemary sprig in a saucepan. Stir regularly over low heat until the sugar is completely dissolved and cranberries begin to break down. Cool and strain out the solid pieces. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use.
Thomas Mizuno-Moore, senior beverage manager at Aba (Chicago and Austin), created this recipe.
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Magenta Margarita
Course Drinks
Keyword lime, Prickly pear purée, tequila
1 ½ oz. 1800 Cristalino tequila1 oz. Prickly pear purée½ oz. Lime juice½ oz. Simple syrupFresh lime wheels
Combine ingredients in mixing tin.
Add ice and shake vigorously.
Strain over fresh ice in a salt-rimmed rocks glass.
Garnish with fresh lime wheels.
The mixologists at 1800 created this recipe.
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