Cocktails to Sip With Your Valentine

 From tequila, gin, and orange liqueur, to whiskey and champagne cocktails, we’ve got you covered this Valentine’s Day!

Cheers!

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The ‘Herbal Love’ 

a seductive mix for the approaching holiday


2 parts Milagro Silver

3/4 part lime juice


1/2 part oleo saccharum


1/4 part yuzu


1 dash eucalyptus tincture


2 dashes of cardamom bitters

4 basil leaves and 4 lemon verbena leaves

Garnished with a basil blossom.

Remember, great cocktails start with responsible measuring.

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Carpe Dia

2 parts of Milagro® AÑEJO

¾ part Agave Nectar

1 part Fresh Lime Juice

5 Blackberries

2 Sage Leaves

Muddle fruit and herbs in a Boston shaker glass. Add other ingredients and shake vigorously with ice. Strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice and garnish cocktail with a blackberry and sage sprig.

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Oaxaca Chakas

2 parts of Milagro® AÑEJO

¾ parts agave nectar


1 part heavy whipping cream


2 parts milk


1 part oaxacan chocolate powder


freshly whipped cream

On medium heat, combine all ingredients except for the whipped cream, stirring casually until the mixture comes to a boil. Pour heated mixture into a coffee cup and top with whipped cream. Garnish with a stick of cinnamon

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Edinburgh Rose

1 oz (25ml) Hendrick’s Gin

(Note: Hendrick’s is infused with rose petals, adding another rose-centric layer to this one!)

4-6 fresh raspberries

1 oz (25ml) lychee juice

½ oz (15ml) organic raspberry

and rose cordial

champagne

Shake it all with LOVE and

double strain into a flute.

Top up with champagne.

Garnish with a raspberry.

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The Birds and the Bees

1 pt Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur

.5 pt honey flavored vodka

2 pts plain almond milk

.5 pt fresh lemon juice

.5 pt fresh, organic egg whites*

.25 pt honey syrup (1:1)

1 bar spoon rose water

Glass:  coupe or martini

Garnish:  1 edible** rose petal

Combine all ingredients in a mixing tin and dry shake to emulsify the egg whites.  Add ice and hard shake until frothy and chilled.  Fine strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass and garnish with a single, edible rose petal

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Rosé et Reims

2 oz. Lillet Rosé 4 oz.

Perrier Jouët Champagne

Brut Grapefruit bitters

Orange twist

Served in a Champagne flute. First, add four dashes of grapefruit bitters to Champagne flute. Add Lillet Rosé, top with Champagne. Garnish with long orange twist.

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Glenfiddich Ruby Bean

2 parts Glenfiddich 12 Year Old

2 parts Lillet Rouge

1 part Licor 43

2 parts orange juice

Combine ingredients and shake well.

Strain over fresh ice in an Old Fashioned glass.

Garnish with a blood orange half-moon and rose bud.

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Chandon Rosebud

4 Raspberries

1/3 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

3/4 oz Gin

1/4 oz Simple Syrup

2 dashes Rose Water

Directions: Shake Fresh Lemon Juice, Gin, Simple Syrup and Rose Water over ice.

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