BourbonBlog.com continues our Valentine’s Day cocktails, with colors and flavors celebrating spirits from Champagne to ports.

Saint Valentine by David Wondrich

First showcased in David Wondrich’s column for Esquire, this cocktail is great for anytime of the year.

Shake well with ice:

1 ½ oz good, flavorful white rum such as banks 5 Island
½ oz Fonseca Bin 27 Ruby Port
½ oz orange Curacao or Grand Marnier
½ oz fresh-squeezed lime juice

Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Bubbles & PINK

3 oz. chilled Croft PINK
4 oz. Champagne Laurent-Perrier Brut NV
.5 oz Cointreau
2 dashes bitters
1 lemon twist, for garnish

Pour all ingredients into a Champagne flûte and give a quick stir. Garnish with the lemon twist.

A few Valentine’s Day vodka cocktails from the love at first sight – “first glance” to the spicy romance that sparks, more Valentine’s cocktails from BourbonBlog.com

A Spicy Romance

1 1/2 parts EFFEN Black Cherry Vodka
3/4 parts DeKuyper O3 Orange Liqueur
3/4 parts Fresh Pomegranate juice
1/2 parts Lime juice
1/2 parts Simple Syrup
Dash of Angostura Bitters or Fee Brothers Whiskey Bitters

Method: Shake all with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.  For a little more romance, add a splash of Champagne.  Garnish with a thin sliced lime wheel floating on top.

First Glance

1 1/2 parts EFFEN Vodka
3/4 parts Aperol
3/4 parts Grapefruit juice
1/2 parts Fresh Pomegranate juice
1/2 parts Lemon juice
1/2 parts Simple Syrup
2 parts Prosecco

Method: Shake all except Prosecco with ice and strain into a wine glass filled ice cubes and
Prosecco.  Garnish with a lemon twist or lemon wheel.

Inspired by Mildred Pierce, the HBO miniseries with Kate Winslet, this pie Bourbon with fresh peaches, peach bitters, lemon juice, cinnamon and honey syrup)

Basil Hayden’s Mildred’s Peach Pie

1½ parts Basil Hayden’s bourbon
4 fresh peach slices
2 dashes peach bitters
¾ part lemon juice
1 pinch ground cinnamon
¾ part honey syrup* (see recipe below)

Instructions:

In a mixing tin muddle peach slices, peach bitters, lemon juice, ground cinnamon and honey syrup. Add Basil Hayden’s bourbon and shake vigorously for 7 seconds. Strain into a martini
glass and garnish with a peach sprinkled with cinnamon.

*Honey syrup: Combine 3 parts honey with 1 part hot water. Stir until completely combined.