Shake things up this year and give Mom what she really wants and deserves this year…some quiet time with a delicious cocktail!  Check out these refreshing cocktails and mocktails below:

 

Start Mom’s morning off right with a Bloody Mary!

2 oz. Vodka

4 oz. Natalie’s Tomato Reishi 

1 teaspoons Horseradish

2 dashes Tabasco sauce and Worcestershire sauce

Garnish with lime wheel and a celery stalk

Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake.  Strain into a pint glass with fresh ice and garnish with lime wheel and a celery stalk!

 

I LOVE YUZU is a mocktail by Chef Danielle Duran Zecca — as seen on the Food Network’s “Kitchen Casino” and “Beat Bobby Flay” and who has worked at award winning restaurants from Le Bernardin to the Modern and Le Coucou.  Watch her make it here!

1 0Z YUZU

0.5OZ CINNAMON SIMPLE SYRUP

Rose Water Spray

Sparkling Water

Add the ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake.  Strain content from shaker into glass, preferably a coupe.  Top with Sparkling water and a spray of Rose water.  Garnish with a flower and smoke with dry Rose Petal.

 

Queen Bee

1.5 oz Aberfeldy 12

0.75 oz lemon juice

0.75 oz honey syrup

Mint leaves

1 dash Angostura bitters

1 dash orange bitters

Top with prosecco or sparking wine

Garnish with a mint sprig and bee pollen

Add all ingredients to shaking tin, taking care to slap your mint prior to adding it to release its oils. Add ice and shake vigorously.  Strain through a fine mesh strainer into a coupe and top with sparkling wine. Garnish with a mint sprig and bee pollen.

 

Earthy Beet by Jayme Henderson

2 oz Wilderton Earthen

1.5 oz beet juice

.5 oz lemon juice

.5 oz ginger-honey syrup 

Dianthus flowers, for garnish

 In a mixing tin, combine Earthen, beet juice, lemon juice, and ginger-honey syrup. Add ice and shake well. Double-strain into a coupe and garnish with the dianthus blooms.

A Bedtime Story

1.5 oz chamomile tea-infused Broken Shed Vodka*

0.5 oz bergamot liqueur

0.75 oz fresh lemon juice

0.5 oz simple syrup

1 egg white

Edible flower

Dry shake all the ingredients, then shake again with ice. Double strain into a chilled Nick & Nora glass, and garnish with an edible flower.

*Chamomile Tea Vodka

15 chamomile tea bags

750 ml Broken Shed Vodka

Add the tea bags to a glass container. Cover with Broken Shed Vodka and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Strain back into your original bottle.

Regardless if you are out, at home or working this Mother’s Day, give thanks to all the Mom’s and be sure to #TipYourBartenders !  Happy Mother’s Day!!