Salute the 4th with Ice Cream Cocktails and More!

Oh yum! Try a patriotic mojito, a cocktail that tastes like apple pie and more cool, tasty goodies.

-PJ Gach

Whether you’re throwing a backyard get together, rooftop shindig (so you can watch the fireworks), BBQ or just having a few friends over, we’ve found cool, tasty cocktails , (some are only 100 calories) for you including the classic rum punch—beloved by patriots, torys and pirates too!

Miss America Pie

Courtesy of Rock & Reilly’s Irish Pub

Ingredients:

1.5 ounces Old Shine Apple Pie

3 basil leaves

1 ounce cranberry juice

Small pinch of Nutmeg & cinnamon

Directions:

Muddle 2 basil leaves with ingredients. Shake well.

Serve over rocks in a rocks glass with basil leaf and lemon twist garnish.

*Repeat every hour until you hear fireworks.

Patriotic Cooler

Created by mixologist, The Cocktail Guru Jonathan Pogash

Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces Van Gogh Cool Peach Vodka

1 ounce Pomegranate juice

2 ounces Ginger Ale or Ginger Beer

Directions:

Build all ingredients over ice into a rocks glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Van Gogh Skinny Lemonade

 Ingredients:

 2 ounces of Van Gogh BLUE Vodka

4 ounces of Crystal Light Lemonade (dissolve packet into water bottle before mixing)

Directions:

Combine ingredients and shake vigorously in shaker with ice. Strain into glass and enjoy!

4th of July Firecracker

Created by mixologist Nicolas O’Connor at Apothéke in NYC.

Ingredients:

2 parts Kanon Organic Vodka

1 part fresh grapefruit juice

1 part lime juice

1 part simple syrup

pinch of fresh basil

1⁄2 teaspoon chopped chilis

Directions:

Muddle basil and chilis in simple syrup. Combine ingredients, shake and strain into a martini glass, garnish with a basil leaf.

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Major’s Freedom Punch 

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups Glen Grant ‘Major’s Reserve’ Single Malt Whisky

1 cup Campari

1/2 cup Combier Orange Liqueur

1 grapefruit (cut into slices)

2 cups Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice

1 cup Sparkling Water

Directions:

Place grapefruit wedges in a pitcher filled with ice. Add all other ingredients. Pour into a highball glass filled with ice and garnish with a grapefruit wedge.

Ice cream floats. punches and a patriotic mojito up next!