• Jake Sawyer
    • 2 min read

5 Original Cocktail Recipes to Shake Up Your In-Home Bar

Shake up your beverage experience with these original drink builds from the cocktail experts at Handoff!


There’s something different about whipping up your own fancy cocktail. You can impress your guests, delight your own taste buds, and develop a knack for properly improper portions of liquor 😏… But what happens when you get tired of your classic margarita recipe? We don’t want you to lose the shock and wonder that made your home-made cocktails the talk of the neighborhood.


With that in mind, we decided to create a few recipes to bring the razzle-dazzle back to your in-home bar so you can shake up some new creations for your friends and family. It’s hip, it’s now, it’s wow, and how? Well… check out some recipes below and you’ll find out 🍹


Tequila


🐊 The Steve Irwin Sting 🍊

A shot. Because, aside from margs, it’s the only way to drink tequila.

  • 1 ½ oz. Cazadores Tequila Blanco

  • ¼ oz Orange juice

  • Shake w/ ice and strain into a shot glass

  • Top with Red Bull

  • Feel the sting

  • Make another one


Vodka


🍉 Watermelon Wizbang 💥

Exactly what it sounds like, this cocktail has all the kick you need.


Rum


⛵ The Captain Jack Sparrow 🌞

“Why is all the rum gone?” -Jack Sparrow

  • 1 ½ oz. Yolo Rum

  • ½ oz Campari Liqueur

  • 1 ½ oz. Pineapple Juice

  • ½ oz fresh squeezed lime juice

  • Shake all ingredients together in a tin

  • Strain over new ice into a pint glass

  • Garnish with a pineapple slice


Gin


🍋 Gin-Lemonade Florette 🌸

A perfect combination of flavors for every gin-loving green thumb.


Whiskey


🌆The Mile-Highball 🌄

A little 5280 twist to the classic highball cocktail.


Have some great, original recipes of your own? Ping us at cheers@handofftech.com and we’ll give your submissions a try!