Skip to content
Entertaining

Summer Sips

Relax and escape the summer heat with a few of my favorite island inspired beverages.

What says summer better than a refreshing cocktail? If you’re looking to add a little island flavor to your sips, look no further than these four recipes inspired by my favorite summer escape, Hawaii.

Tiki Rickey

Tiki Rickey

1 1/2 oz Green Tea Infused Roku Gin

3/4 oz Lime Juice

1/4 oz Hibiscus

1 Dash Boston Bittahs

Soda Water

Lime Twist (For Garnish)

Method

Add splash of hibiscus to bottom of glass. Shake lime juice and gin together. Pour over ice. Top with soda water. Garnish with lime twist.

Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise

1 1/2 oz 1942 Reserva Especial

3/4 oz Aperol

1 oz Pineapple Juice

1 oz Lime Juice

Dehydrated Lemon (For Garnish)

Method:

Add all ingredients to shaker tin. Shake ingredients together with ice. Serve in martini glass.

Parsons’ Swizzle

Parsons' Swizzle

1 1/2 oz Nine Banded Bourbon

1 oz Lime Juice

1/2 oz Lemon Juice

1/4 oz Ginger Juice

1/4 oz Demerara Gum Syrup

1/2 oz Amaro Nonino

3 Dashes Tiki Bitters

Luxardo Cherry, Dehydrated Lemon Wheel (For Garnish)

Method:

Add all ingredients to shaker tin. Shake together with ice. Serve in highball glass.

Rum Sour

Rum Sour

2 oz Dos Maderas Rum

1 oz Amaro Nonino

1 oz Lemon Juice

1/2 oz Black Cherry Juice

1 oz Pineapple Syrup

1 Egg White

1 Dash Chocolate Mole Bitters

1 Dash Black Walnut Bitters

Dehydrated Pineapple (For Garnish)

Method:

Add all ingredients to shaker tin. Shake all ingredients with no ice. Add ice to shaker tin. Shake again. Serve on the rocks in rocks glass.