Discover your next favourite summer cocktails
As Vancouver’s premier entertainment destination, we know cocktails. So much so our mixologists spend months curating and perfecting your next favourite drink. We invite you to give them a whirl on one (or all!) of our three sun-drenched patios, and then share the love with your friends at home.
ROSÉ SANGRIA
Makes 1 cocktail
INGREDIENTS:
4 Oz Mission Hill Rosé Wine
.25 Oz Giffard Apricot liqueur
.25 Oz St. Remy VSOP Brandy
5 Strawberries
1 Orange slice
3 Oz Ocean Spray white cranberry juice
1 Oz Simple syrup*
2 Oz Club soda
DIRECTIONS:
Combine all ingredients in a glass, add ice, top off with soda and stir. Garnish with strawberries. For fuller flavours, combine all ingredients except the soda then let sit in the refrigerator 12 to 48 hours before serving.
*Simple Syrup
INGREDIENTS:
1 Oz Sugar
1 Oz Water
DIRECTIONS:
Place equal parts of sugar and water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, then turn down to a simmer and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and allow to completely cool. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Quadruple this recipe so you can make numerous cocktails.
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Killer Queen
Makes 1 cocktail
INGREDIENTS:
1 Oz Bombay Gin
1 Oz Lot 40 Rye infused with Turmeric, Za’atar
.75 Oz Honey Syrup*
1 Oz Egg White
.75 Oz Lemon juice
1 Teaspoon Bee Pollen
DIRECTIONS:
Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously, without ice. Add in some ice and shake again. Fine strain the mixture into a glass and garnish with bee pollen. (This can be purchased at natural food stores such as Whole Foods.)
*Honey Syrup
INGREDIENTS:
1 Oz Honey
1 Oz Water
DIRECTIONS:
Place equal parts of honey and water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, then turn down to a simmer and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and allow to completely cool. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Quadruple this recipe so you can make numerous cocktails.
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Plum Wine Spritzer
Makes 1 cocktail
INGREDIENTS:
1 ½ oz. Gekkeikan plum wine
3 oz. Peller Estates Sauvignon Blanc white wine
Splash of club soda or 7up if you like it sweeter
2 dashes orange bitters, purchased at any liquor store in the liqueurs section
DIRECTIONS:
In a wine glass filled with ice, pour ingredients and top with the soda or 7up, garnish with lemon
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Lush
Makes 1 cocktail
INGREDIENTS:
1 oz. Ciroc Red Berry Vodka
½ oz. Chambord Liqueur, purchased at any liquor store in the liqueurs section
Top with Prosecco
2 blackberries
DIRECTIONS:
Pour vodka and Chambord into a chilled cocktail glass, top with prosecco. Lightly stir, garnish with a couple of blackberries.
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Emperors sour
Makes 1 cocktail
INGREDIENTS:
2 Oz Emperor’s 1908 Gin
.25 Oz Crème de Violette, purchased at any liquor store in the liqueurs section
.75 Oz Lavender Syrup*
.75 Oz Freshly squeezed lemon juice
.25 Oz Egg white
DIRECTIONS:
In a shaker, shake all ingredients over ice. Shake egg whites over ice until frothy, then strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with an edible flower.
*Lavender Syrup
INGREDIENTS:
2 Oz Water
0.5 Oz fresh or dried lavender flowers
4 Oz Sugar
DIRECTIONS:
Bring water and lavender to a boil. Stir in sugar until fully dissolved. Reduce heat and let simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let steep as it cools for 1 hour. Strain out the lavenders, place the mixture into a bottle, and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.
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Douglas fir
Makes 1 cocktail
INGREDIENTS:
1 Oz Gin
.5 Oz Limoncello – this can be purchased at any liquor store in the liqueurs section
.25 Oz Campari
.75 Oz Fresh grapefruit juice
Dash of bitters, purchased at any liquor store in the liqueurs section
Honey & Chamomile ice cubes*
DIRECTIONS:
In a shaker, shake all ingredients with over Honey & Chamomile ice cube* and pour all into a rocks glass
*Honey & Chamomile ice cube
INGREDIENTS:
24 Oz Hot water
3 Chamomile tea bags
2 Oz Honey
DIRECTIONS:
In piping hot water, steep the chamomile tea bags for 20 minutes as the water cools. Discard tea bags and mix in the honey and let the mixture cool completely. Place mixture into an ice cube tray.
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