Festive Mardi Gras Cocktails
Mardis Gras! The parades, the food, the king cake, the cocktails, and those adorable little umbrellas! We may not be able to make it to New Orleans but that doesn’t mean we can’t throw our own mini-Mardi Gras celebration. Your local party store has beads and masks, you just provide the grub, drinks, and good times.
Of course, you need to have hurricanes but we have some other delicious cocktails for you to try too.
Hurricane
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Cruzan Aged Light Rum
- 1 oz Triple Sec
- 2 oz Pineapple Juice
- 1 Splash Grenadine
- Orange
- Maraschino Cherries
Directions:
Add a splash of grenadine to the bottom of a hurricane glass. Layer other ingredients and stir gently. Garnish with a cherry and orange wedge.
Sazerac
Ingredients:
- Rinse Absinthe
- 1 Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Ice Water
- 3 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
- 1 1/4 oz Rye Whiskey
- 1 1/4 oz Cognac
Directions:
Sazerac is the official cocktail of New Orleans, and a perfect choice for celebrating Mardi Gras!
Rinse a rocks glass with absinthe, pouring out excess liquid, and set aside. In a mixing shaker, muddle the sugar cube, water and both bitters. Add the cognac and rye and fill with ice, and stir until well-chilled. Strain into the absinthe-rinsed glass. Twist a slice of lemon peel over the surface and then discard.
Carnival Queen
Ingredients:
- 1.25 oz Crown Royal Regal Apple
- 0.25 oz Dark Berry Liqueur
- 0.25 oz Lemon Juice
- Top with Sparkling Wine
Directions:
1. Place all ingredients in a shaker tin.
2. Add ice and shake.
3. Strain into flute and top off with sparkling wine.
4. Garnish with a lemon twist.
Jim Beam Orleans
Ingredients:
- 2 Parts Jim Beam Rye
- 2 Dashes Bitters
- 0.5 Part Simple Syrup
- 1 tsp Absinthe
- For Garnish Lime
Directions:
Give chilled glass an absinthe rinse and set aside. Stir other ingredients in a mixing glass, strain into the chilled glass and garnish. Squeeze lime (or lemon) twist over the drink to release its essences but do not drop twist into glass. Serve neat.
Rum Swizzle
Ingredients:
- 1 oz Goslings Black Seal Rum
- 1 oz Goslings Gold Seal Rum
- 1 oz Pineapple Juice
- 1 oz Orange Juice
- 1 tsp Grenadine
- 1 Dash Angostura Bitters
Directions:
1. Into a shaker full of crushed ice add Gosling’s Black Seal Rum, Gosling’s Gold Rum, pineapple juice, orange juice, Grenadine or Bermuda Falernum, and Angostura bitters.
2. Churn vigorously until a frothing appears or mix in a cocktail shaker.
3. Strain into a rocks glass and garnish with an orange slice and cherry
Mango Carnivale
Ingredients:
- 1.5 Parts Mango Pineapple Svedka
- 0.5 Part Vanilla Vodka
- 0.5 Part Lime Juice
- 0.5 Part Simple Syrup
- 8 - 10 Leaves Mint
- 1 Mint
- 3 - 4 Dashes Angostura Bitters
Directions:
Place mint leaves, simple syrup, and fresh lime juice in a Collins/Pilsner glass. Add SVEDKA Mango Pineapple, Vanilla, and crushed icde. Place a layer of bitters on top. Garnish with a straw and mint sprig.