Who doesn’t love brunch! And more importantly who doesn’t love brunch cocktails? It is the perfect meal in my opinion, you can order a breakfast dish or a lunch dish, it’s acceptable to order a cocktail at 10am, and it’s a great excuse to gather with friends.
Well if you are a fan of brunch like I am you’ll be happy to know April is National Brunch Month (who knew?) and I will certainly be celebrating.
I like brunch so much, this year I am shifting away from Easter dinner and hosting Easter brunch for my family which of course will include a mimosa and bloody Mary bar, plus one or two of these brunch cocktails.
Thanks to our friends at Cantera Negra Tequila, Bib & Tucker Small Batch Bourbon and Gray Whale Gin, for sending us recipes for the perfect brunch cocktails.
Take a look at 7 different cocktails you could make for your Easter brunch or any brunch you’re hosting:
Cantera Negra Blood Orange Mimosa
Ingredients:
- 1oz Cantera Negra Reposado Tequila
- 1oz Aperol
- 2oz freshly squeezed blood orange juice
- Champagne or sparkling wine
Instructions:
- Shake all ingredients (minus champagne).
- Strain into highball glass over ice.
- Slowly add champagne to fill.
- Garnish with a blood orange wheel
Cantera Negra Tequila Lime Mojito
Ingredients:
- 2oz Cantera Negra Silver Tequila
- 1oz lime juice
- 1oz simple syrup
- 2 to 4oz soda water
- 6 mint leaves, plus additional for garnish
Instructions:
- In a cocktail shaker, muddle the mint leaves.
- Add the lime juice, syrup and tequila and fill the cocktail shaker with ice and shake until cold.
- Place ice into a glass, and strain in the drink.
- Top off the glass with soda water.
- Garnish with additional mint leaves
Whiskey Crusta
Ingredients:
- 1.5oz Bib & Tucker Small Batch Bourbon
- .5oz 1883 Maison Routin Apple Syrup
- .25oz Luxardo Maraschino
- .25 lemon
- 2 dashes Fee Brothers Old Fashioned Bitters
Instructions:
- Shake ingredients with ice & strain into glass with sugar crusted rim.
- Garnish with long lemon peel.
Golden Fizz
Ingredients:
- 2oz Bib & Tucker Small Batch Bourbon
- 3/4 tbsp caster sugar
- 1/4 tsp lemon juice
- 1 medium egg yolk
- 4oz soda water
Instructions:
- Dry shake all ingredients (minus soda water) in a cocktail shaker.
- Add ice and shake again.
- Strain into a good sized fizz glass, and fill up the glass with seltzer. Mix well with a spoon and serve.
Gray Whale Mimosa
Ingredients:
- 2oz Gray Whale Gin
- 1.5oz fresh orange juice
- .5oz fresh lemon juice
- .5oz Pavan
- .5oz velvet falernum
- Golden Road Mango Cart Ale
Instructions:
- Combine all ingredients, except beer, into a shaking tin.
- Shake hard, then fine strain neat into rocks glass that is rimmed with Tajin Clasico seasoning.
- Top with Golden Road Mango Cart Ale.
Whale Flower
Ingredients:
- 2oz Gray Whale Gin
- .5oz elderflower liqueur
- 2oz grapefruit juice
- Soda water
Instructions:
- Combine Gray Whale Gin, elderflower liqueur and grapefruit juice into a shaker with ice and shake.
- Fine strain into a glass over fresh ice and add a splash of soda water.
- Garnish with grapefruit wedge and lavender sprig
Golden State of Mind
Ingredients:
- 1.5oz Gray Whale Gin
- .75oz Aperol
- .5oz fresh lemon juice
- .25oz simple syrup
- 2oz grapefruit kombucha
Instructions:
- Combine all ingredients, except kombucha, into a shaking tin.
- Shake, then pour cocktail over ice in a Collins glass.
- Top with grapefruit kombucha, and garnish with a grapefruit peel