5 Colourful Cocktails & Mocktails to Brighten Up Your Summer Festive Celebrations
Summer season is quickly approaching and so are occasions for outdoor sundowners and summer festive gatherings. Hosts and bartenders are restocking on beverage ingredients that help create light, floral, sweeter or tangier, and often colourful cocktails and mocktails. And while setting up a party for the festival of colours, focusing on crafting these beverages can help cater to a mixed crowd of guests.
So, to add visual and flavour flairs to every sip, here are some colourful cocktail and mocktail recipes that every host can refer to for the festive celebrations.
Colourful Cocktails:
These top two cocktails here can be prepared this festive season to add some pinch of colour to the drinks menu.
Paper Plane Cocktail
A modern version of the Last Word cocktail, the Paper Plane Cocktail is prepared with a mix of 30 ml aperitif, 30 ml bourbon, 30 ml amaro and fresh lemon juice from 1 lemon. Mix all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker along with ice cubes, shake for 15-20 seconds until the mixture is chilled, and serve in a coupe glass. Garnish it with a lemon twist. This cocktail is a combination of tangy, bitter, and sweet taste. Paper Plane Cocktail is popular among people who prefer amaro-based drinks. A small, coloured paper plane can be a good way of garnishing.
Basil Smash Cocktail
Basil Smash Cocktail is one of the colourful cocktails that has a nice green hue and is easy to prepare. Having a blend of sweet, sour and bitter taste, the cocktail Basil Smash has a herbaceous flavour, which is complemented by the tangy taste of citrus fruits like lemon. The base alcohol needed in this cocktail is gin, and the basic ingredients include lemon juice, simple syrup and basil leaves.
To make this cocktail, take 6 sprigs of fresh basil leaves in a cocktail shaker and muddle them. Put fresh lemon juice made from 2 lemons, 10 ml sugar syrup, and 30 ml gin. Shake vigorously. Strain the cocktail and serve chilled in a martini cocktail glass or cocktail coupe.
Colourful Mocktails:
Here are the top three colourful mocktails that can be served up during festive gatherings with friends and families.
Blue Lagoon Mocktail
Blue Lagoon mocktail is prepared with 100 ml exotic curacao syrup, which is added over ice, followed by 20 ml lemon syrup and, finally, 20 ml simple sugar syrup. Stir them and serve chilled in a hurricane glass after garnishing the glass rim with lemon or pineapple slices.
Watermelon Mint Mocktail
This is a crisp and light flavoured mocktail. The best part is the ingredients used are simple and readily available. To make Watermelon Mint Mocktail, 1 mint sprigs, 106 ml watermelon juice from 1 cup of watermelon, 71 ml club soda, 10 ml sugar syrup, 1 tsp lime juice and ice are needed. First, blend the watermelons in a blender and strain them in a smooth form. Add mint, syrup, and lime juice and muddle all in a shaker. Add ice cubes in any stemmed cocktail glass, pour the liquid onto it, add the club soda, garnish with a few fresh mint leaves and serve chilled.
Cucumber Spritz Mocktail
The Cucumber Spritz Mocktail tastes a mixture of sweet, fresh, and crisp. Add 60 ml cucumber juice, 15 ml elderflower syrup or elderflower cordial, 30 ml lime juice and 300 ml soda water to make this mocktail. First, in a cocktail shaker, take cucumber, syrup, lime juice, mint and muddle. Strain the mixture into a glass with crushed ice. Top with soda water. Stir gently. Garnish with edible flowers that will make the cocktail tasty, colourful and more appealing.
If someone is hosting a summer festive party, these colourful cocktails and mocktails can be an ideal choice.
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