
Valentine’s Day is just two weeks away and many couples will be celebrating at home this year. Below are a couple of the best easy-to-make, cocktails lovers can shake up from the comfort of their own kitchens to share with their valentine or best gal pals. Best of all, all spirits mentioned are available nationwide for door-step delivery. (Garrison Brothers Distillery, Twang, 2021)
Garrison Brothers Distillery – the first legal whiskey distillery – Sweet-Mash Texas Bourbon Kicks Up A Decadent Chocolate Strawberry Martini
Recipe – Chocolate Covered Strawberry Martini; Glassware – Martini
Ingredients:
• 2 oz. Garrison Brothers Small Batch Bourbon
• 1.5 oz. Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
• 1 oz. half-and-half
• simple syrup to taste (1/2 oz. to 1 oz.)
• 2 whole strawberries, washed & stemmed
• 1 bottle Hershey’s dark chocolate shell
Instructions:
• prepare martini glass by dipping the rim in chocolate syrup and allowing it to harden
• swirl chocolate syrup in circular pattern inside the martini glass, place in freezer to chill
• dice one strawberry and place in bottom of mixing tin
• add bourbon, Godiva, half and half
• muddle until strawberry becomes pulp
• add ice
• Shake
• strain into martini glass
• garnish with upside down strawberry strawberry slice
Twang – Celebrate Girls’ Night In this Galentine’s Day With This DIY Cocktail
Recipe – Galentine’s Day Pink Drink; Glassware – Margarita glass
Ingredients:
• Twang-A-Rita Citrus Splash
• 4 oz. Strawberry lemonade
• 1 oz. lemon juice
• 1 oz. Dulce Vida Tequila
• 1 oz. triple sec
Instructions:
• Run a lemon along the edge of a highball glass and rim with Twang-A-Rita Citrus Splash
• Add ice, strawberry lemonade, lemon juice, triple sec, and tequila. Stir to combine
• Garnish with lemon wedge