Labor Day weekend is upon us, bringing with it an opportunity to kick up your feet and relax with an adult beverage in hand.

If you’re a whiskey fan, rejoice! Many of the drinks in this list of cocktail recipes include Manhattan Moonshine for its base.

“Manhattan Moonshine is the world’s first luxury silver Whiskey and has been designed to be the perfect Whiskey for cocktails and for new Whiskey drinkers,” according to product’s website.

So put on your mixology hat, break open your shakers, get out your glasses, and check out these drinks!

[ H/T Manhattan-moonshine.com ]

Lady Jane

 

Lady Jane

1 egg white

2 ounces earl grey tea infused Manhattan Moonshine

3/4 ounce lavender simple syrup

3/4 ounce fresh squeezed lemon juice

Lavender sprig for garnish

 

Add all ingredients except the garnish to a cocktail shaker and shake without ice. Open shaker, fill with ice and shake once more.

Jasmine Blossoms

Jasmine Blossoms

1 small apricot, pit removed

1-1/2 ounces jasmine tea infused Manhattan Moonshine

1/2 ounce Salers

1/2 ounce fresh squeezed lemon juice

1/4 ounce simple syrup (1:1)

1 dash orange bitters (for example Regan’s Orange Bitters #6)

Mint leaf for garnish

 

Place apricot in a cocktail shaker and muddle. Add remaining ingredients except for garnish and fill shaker with ice.

Watermelon Tarragon Margarita

 

Watermelon Tarragon Margarita

1/4 cup watermelon chunks

3/4 ounce limoncello (for example Ventura Limoncello)

1/2 ounce fresh squeezed lemon juice

Sprig of tarragon for garnish

 

Put watermelon to a cocktail shaker and muddle. Add remaining ingredients except for the garnish to a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake and double strain into a cocktail glass.

Rose Margarita

 

Rose Margarita

1 1/2 ounces 100% agave blancho tequila

1 ounce fresh lime juice

3 red organic rose petals, washed

3/4 ounce rose syrup

3/4 ounce combier or another liqueur d’orange

 

Combine all ingredients other than the rose petals in a shaker and shake hard over ice. Strain and pour over ice into a rocks glass and garnish with the rose petals. This cocktail can also be made blended by adding all ingredients to blender with ice and then garnishing with a rose petal.

Aviation

 

Aviation

2 ounces Manhattan Moonshine

1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice

1/4 ounce Luxardo maraschino liqueur

1/4 ounce Crème de Violette

 

Add all ingredients to a shaker over ice and shake hard, then strain into a martini glass and garnish with a lemon peel.

Springtime Old Fashioned

Springtime Old Fashioned

2 1/2 ounces bourbon

1/2 ounce St. Germain

2-3 dashes Angostura bitters

Strip of lemon zest, for garnish

 

Start by adding the Angostura bitters and lemon zest to a mixing glass and muddling. Then add the remaining ingredients, stir, and pour into a rocks glass over ice.

Ginger Rabbit

 

Ginger Rabbit

1/2 ounce Star Anise and Black Tea Infused Simple Syrup

1 slice fresh ginger

1 strip lemon peel

2 ounces Manhattan Moonshine

1/2 ounce Crème Yvette

1 dash Angostura bitters

 

To make cocktail, add ginger, lemon peel, and bitters to a shaker and muddle hard. Then add remaining ingredients to the shaker over ice and shake. Strain the cocktail into a rocks glass over ice.

Bees Knees

Bees Knees

2 ounces Manhattan Moonshine

1 ounce lemonade (2 parts lemon juice, 3 parts simple, 4 parts water)

1 ounce honey thyme gastrique (1 part honey, 1 part white vinegar, 1 part thyme)

 

To make cocktail, add ingredients to a shaker over ice and shake hard. Then strain into a cocktail coupe and garnish with thyme.

 

Berry Breeze

 

Berry Breeze

2 ounces Manhattan Moonshine

4-5 blackberries

1/4 ounces lime juice

ginger beer

 

Add blackberries and lime juice to a shaker and muddle hard. Then add the lime juice and Manhattan Moonshine and shake hard over ice. Strain into a cocktail coupe, top with ginger beer, and garnish with blackberries.