Valentine’s Day Cocktails

Finding just the right cocktail to share with your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day can set the tone for the evening. Not sure what cocktail to mix-up this Valentine’s Day? No need to worry. We’ve pulled together some of our favorite Valentine’s Day cocktail recipes to share with our readers. Enjoy a lushuous Disaronna Pink Velvet, Chocolate Covered Cherry Cocktail or a STARLINO Rosé Spritz. With nine cocktails to choose from, you’re sure to find one that tickle’s your fancy! Special thanks to our spirits partners at Broken Shed, Disaronno, The Busker Irish Whiskey, Hotel STARLINO, Captain Morgan and Moersch Hospitality Group for helping us pull these Valentine’s Day Cocktail recipes together! My personal favorite is the Broken Cosmopolitan. Cheers!

Broken Cosmopolitan

1.5 oz Broken Shed Vodka

1 oz Orange Liqueur

.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice

.25 oz Cranberry Juice

Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well and double strain into a martini glass. Garnish with an orange peel.

Disaronno Pink Velvet

2 oz Disaronno Velvet

.5 oz Disaronno Originale

1 oz Red Bitter

Pinch of sea salt

Stir all ingredients over cubed ice.

 

The Busker Paloma

1 oz The Busker

2 oz Pink Grapefruit Soda

Fresh Mint Sprig

Fill a highball glass with ice, pour The Busker Irish Whiskey and top up with Pink Grapefruit Soda. Stir and garnish with Fresh Mint sprig.

Hotel STARLINO Vermouth and Aperitivos are the perfect way to celebrate Thanksgiving and will keep the festive mood going all day long. The Hotel STARLINO range of Vermouth and Aperitivos hail from Torino, Italy – the birthplace of Vermouth. Launched recently in the US they make for fabulous cocktails and with only 17% ABV are a great low alcohol alternative to the classic cocktail.

STARLINO Rosso is a classic “Vermouth di Torino” made from a blend of Italian wines and blended with a careful selection of botanicals including wormwood, bitter orange and cloves before it is aged in Bourbon Barrels for six months to give a rich, spicy, vanilla flavour. 

STARLINO Rosé is a delightful and refreshing aperitivo, made by blending Rosé wine, spirit, pink grapefruit peel, orange peel and 8 other botanicals. At 17% alcohol, both drinks in the Hotel STARLINO range capitalize on the trend for lower alcohol cocktails.

STARLINO Maraschino Cherries are de-stoned, plump, ruby red cherries made from Italian Marasaca Cherries which produce a small “pop” after every bite, with a distinct sweet cherry flavour experience. STARLINO Maraschino Cherries are the perfect bartender-standard cocktail garnish for Manhattans or Negronis and are delicious drizzled over ice cream or cheesecakes for a decadent Valentine’s Day dessert.

STARLINO Rosé Spritz

1 Part STARLINO Rosé  

1 Part Sparkling Wine 

1 part Soda

Add ice to a long stem glass followed by 1 Part STARLINO Rosé. Top up with 1 Part Sparkling Wine and 1 Part Soda and garnish with a slice of grapefruit.

STARLINO Rosso Negroni 

1 Part STARLINO Rosso 

1 Part Campri

1 part Gin 

Garnish: STARLINO Maraschino Cherries 

Add STARLINO Rosso, Campari, Gin to an Old Fashioned glass. Stir and serve with a twist of fresh orange and a STARLINO Maraschino Cherry

STARLINO Rosé Royale

1 Part STARLINO Rosé  

2 Parts Sparkling Wine 

Splash of Grapefruit Juice 

STARLINO Maraschino Cherry

Add 1 part STARLINO  Rosé  to a Flute glass and top up with 2 parts Sparkling Wine and a splash of Grapefruit Juice. Drop in a STARLINO Maraschino Cherry to garnish.

STARLINO Rosso and STARLINO Rosé RRP: $24.99 for a 75cl bottle. ABV: 17%. 

Available from: Warehouse Wines and Spirits and via Thirstie at shop-us.thestarlino.com. 

STARLINO Maraschino Cherries RRP: $14.99 for 400g jar or $27.99 for a 1kg tin. 

Chocolate Covered Cherry Cocktail

In honor of Valentine’s Day, Moersch Hospitality Group has created a recipe for a Chocolate Covered Cherry Cocktail. The cocktail is easy to make at home and made with cherry wine and cocoa chocolate milk stout. 

Ingredients:

3oz Farm Market Cherry Wine

12oz Oronoko Cocoa Chocolate Milk Stout (or a Chocolate Milk Stout)

Instructions:

Rim half of the glass with chocolate sprinkles. Pour in Cherry wine first. Fill the glass with the Oronoko Cocoa (or a Cocoa Stout of your choice).

Captain Morgan Sugar and Spice Mule

(Serves 1)

Recipe:

1.5 oz Captain Morgan Spiced Rum

2 oz ginger beer

2 oz cranberry juice

Cranberries or lime for garnish

Directions: Combine Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, Ginger Beer, and Cranberry juice in a copper mule mug over. Top with ice and garnish with fresh cranberries and lime.

 

V-Day Spiced & Sliced

(Serves 1)

Recipe:

¾ oz Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum

¾ oz Captain Morgan Sliced Apple

1 oz Cranberry Juice

¼ oz lime juice

1.5 oz Ginger Beer

Lime Wedge

Top with Cranberries 

Directions: 

Combine all ingredients into a shaker tin except for the ginger beer. Shake and strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Top with ginger beer and garnish with cranberries and lime wedge.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Stay safe and please drink responsibly!