City Floral Garden Center - Denver Colorado
City Floral Garden Center
By Noel
Summer means BBQs, fireworks and the celebration of the Fourth of July. It also means that herb garden you have been growing is ready to start harvesting (if you haven’t already). We thought it would be fun to create some drink ideas for your Fourth of July party using some of those herbs.
Here’s 5 drinks that are super easy to make:
INGREDIENTS
Lemongrass Simple Syrup
½ cup sugar
½ cup water
1 piece of lemongrass
Cocktail
2 oz gin of your choice
½ oz of lemongrass simple syrup
½ oz of lime juice
Lime soda water
Fresh Thai basil
DIRECTIONS
Lemongrass Simple Syrup
Cocktail
INGREDIENTS
Drink
2 oz vodka of your choice
6 oz of lemonade
Fresh mint leaves
DIRECTIONS
Cocktail
INGREDIENTS
Oregano Simple Syrup
½ cup sugar
½ cup water
2 sprigs of oregano
Cocktail
2 oz blanco tequila
1 oz of oregano simple syrup
4 oz of grapefruit juice
Soda water
Fresh oregano
Salt (for the rim)
DIRECTIONS
Oregano Simple Syrup
Cocktail
INGREDIENTS
Thyme Simple Syrup
½ cup sugar
½ cup water
4 sprigs of thyme
Cocktail
2 oz gin
1 oz of thyme simple syrup
Tonic water
1 oz of lime juice
3 fresh blackberries
Fresh thyme
DIRECTIONS
Thyme Simple Syrup
Cocktail
INGREDIENTS
Sage Honey Syrup
1 cup water
½ cup honey
10-15 sage leaves
Cocktail
2 oz bourbon or whiskey
1 oz of sage honey syrup
½ oz of sweet vermouth
Angostura Bitters
Fresh sage
DIRECTIONS
Sage Honey Syrup
Cocktail