Valentine's Cocktails

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                                 Valentine's Cocktails

Cherry and Cilantro Mojito

  • 1 C. fresh lime juice, about 6 Limes
  • 10 fresh cherries, pitted
  • 4 Tbsp. simple syrup
  • 8 sprigs of cilantro
  • Seltzer
  • 6 oz. white rum

In a small pitcher, combine lime juice, cherries, and 4 sprigs of cilantro; muddle and strain. Add rum and stir to combine. Place crushed ice in 4 tall cocktail glasses, Pour cocktail into the two glasses; top off with seltzer. Garnish cocktail with cilantro sprigs and lime slices.

        Cherry Jerry

  • 1 part Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum
  • 3 parts lemon-lime soda
  • Grenadine or Cherry Heering floater
  • Garnish with a Jerry Cherry

Shake and serve over ice, then garnish with a Jerry Cherry (see below).

Jerry Cherry Recipe: Drain a 10 oz. jar of Maraschino cherries of their liquid. Fill with Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum. Return the lid and refrigerate for at least 1 week.

        Romance Caribeño Cocktail

  • 1 1/2 oz. Malibu Rum
  • 1 oz. Cointreau, or Grand Marnier
  • 1/2 oz. fresh lime juice
  • 1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
  • 3 oz. chilled lemon-lime soda
  • dash of Grenadine, for color
  • lemon wheel

Add rum, Cointreau and juices into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake for five seconds. Pour into a chilled fluted glass. Fill the rest of the glass with lemon-lime soda. Add a dash of grenadine, and garnish the rim with a lemon wheel.

Cruzan Valentine’s Sparkler

  • 1 1/2 parts Cruzan Aged Light Rum
  • 1 1/2 part vanilla simple syrup
  • 1/2 part unsweetened fresh cranberry juice
  • 2 parts sparkling wine

Combine all ingredients in a champagne flute and stir twice. Garnish with an orange peel cut in the shape of a heart.

         Hemingway in Love Daiquiri

  • 1 1/2 oz. light rum
  • 1/4 oz. Muroise du Val de Loire (Loganberry Liqueur)
  • 1/2 oz. grapefruit juice
  • 3/4 oz. lime juice
  • 1/4 oz. simple syrup

Combine all ingredients together in a shaker with ice and shake. Strain into a daiquiri glass. Garnish with fresh lime and blackberry.

         Bushwacker

  • 1 oz dark rum 
  • 1 oz coffee liqueur
  • 1 oz creme de cacao
  • 2 oz cream of coconut
  • 2 oz whole milk
  • Chocolate Syrup to garnish

Combine all ingredients in a blender with 1 cup of ice and blend until smooth.  Pour into a hurricane glass and garnish the top with chocolate syrup.