Summer is here and the city and the heat is here to stay. Needs something to cool down this 4th of July with but what better way to do so than with a cocktail in hand! We found the best 4th of July cocktails for you to celebrate this Independence Day.

Sparkling Shed Berry

• 1.5 oz Broken Shed Vodka

• Splash of cranberry juice

• Fresh seasonal berries

• Club soda

Add all ingredients to rocks glass and top up with club soda. Serve over ice garnished with berries.

Portofino 75

• 1 part Portofino Dry Gin

• ½ part Amaro Amara

• ¼ part sugar syrup

• ½ part fresh mediterranean lemon juice
  Shake over ice. Pour in a chilled champagne glass. Top up with chilled prosecco. Garnish with lemon zest .

Sunset Rose

• 3 oz Whispering Angel

• 1.5 oz Belvedere Vodka

• .5 oz Lime Juice

• .25 oz Honey Water

• 3 Blackberries

• Garnish with Mint Sprig

Place Blackberries into shaker and muddle. Add remaining ingredients into shaker except the Rosé. Shake with ice and strain into rocks glass over fresh ice. Top with Rosé and garnish with Mint.

The Glenfiddich Highland Cooler

Created by Allan Roth, Glenfiddich Ambassador

• 1 part Glenfiddich 14-Year-Old Bourbon Barrel Reserve 

• 5 parts Watermelon Juice 

• Garnish: Watermelon & Mint

 This might be one of the simplest, and most delicious, drinks you can make on the 4th of July.  Simply cool the juice (pureed fruit) of a ripe, seedless watermelon, and mix it five to one with Glenfiddich 14 Year Bourbon Barrel Reserve.  Pour into a highball or rocks glass and garnish with a small watermelon wedge and some mint.  

For extra credit, stick the 5:1 mixture in the freezer.  Once it’s set, scrape it out with a fork to create a delicious watermelon Glenfiddich snow cone.

Endless Summer

• 1 ½ oz GREY GOOSE® Vodka

• ¾ oz NOILLY PRAT® Dry Vermouth

• 3 oz Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Ale

• + Orange Bitters (optional)

• + Lemon Wedge

  
  Build in a tall cocktail glass with ice. Garnish with a Lemon Wedge. For a drier option, replace Fever-Tree Ginger Ale with Fever-Tree Soda.

Summer Friday

• *This recipe is for 2 drinks*

• 3 hulled strawberries

• 5 basil leaf

• 4 oz codigo 1530 rosa

• 2 oz lemon juice

• 1.5 oz agave

• 1 oz orange liqueur

Fill blender with all ingredients full 75% full with ice. Blend and serve

Don’t Call Me Shirley

Created by Hendrick’s Ambassador Mattias Horseman

• 2 Parts Hendrick’s Gin

• ¼ Part Luxardo Maraschino Cherry Juice or Grenadine

• ¼ Part Orange Liqueur

• Top with Fever-Tree Lemon Tonic

Garnish with a squeeze of lemon, a fresh cherry, and cucumber slices in a highball glass.