Father’s Day is Sunday! And while Dad must love receiving those “World’s Greatest Dad” t-shirts, why not mix things up this year and celebrate Dad with these delicious cocktails that have a modern twist? This is the perfect way to show Dad just how much you care! Here are 6 great Dad-inspired drink recipes:
Like Father, Like Yum!
½ oz bourbon¼ oz Grand Marnier
¼ oz sweet vermouth
1 oz orange juice
Orange wheel for garnish
Combine all ingredients in an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake well and strain into a chilled glass. Garnish with an orange wheel and serve.
Man-tini
2 oz vodka½ oz dry vermouth
½ oz whiskey
Olives for garnish
Pour whiskey into a chilled martini glass and swirl to coat the inside of the glass. In a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice, add vodka and vermouth. Shake well and strain into your glass. Garnish with olives.
Godfather
2 oz blended scotch whiskey1 oz amaretto
Cherry for garnish
Pour ingredients over ice into a rocks glass and stir. Garnish with a cherry.
Daddy’s Swirl
12 oz Dad’s favorite lager2 oz tequila
3 oz frozen limeade
2 lime wedges
Salt to rim the glass
Rub a lime wedge around the rim of your glass and dip in the salt. Pour ingredients into an ice-filled glass and garnish with a lime wedge.
Fizz and Pops
2 oz gin1 oz lime juice
¾ oz simple syrup
5 mint sprigs
Splash of club soda
Lime wedge for garnish
Muddle mint in a cocktail shaker. Add gin, lime juice, simple syrup and ice and shake well. Strain over ice and top with club soda. Garnish with a lime wedge.
Old-Fashioned
2 oz rye or bourbon whiskey2 dashes of bitters
1 tsp water
1 tsp sugar
2 orange slices
2 cherries
Muddle one cherry, one orange slice, sugar, bitters and water in a chilled glass. Remove the orange rind. Add whiskey and ice and stir well. Garnish with the remaining cherry and orange slice.
