Blue cocktails are probably one of the most graceful and refreshing cocktails. The bright blue color of the blue cocktails instantly revitalizes the mind and these cocktails are just perfect for the summer time. Most of the blue cocktails are prepared with tropical ingredients like coconut syrup and fresh lemon juice and hence, they are normally served on the rocks in highball glass.
However, there are still some blue cocktails like the blue bikini martini which are served in fancy cocktail glass to add on to the sexiness. So, fetch your favorite glass and make yourself one of these refreshing blue cocktails.
Blue Cocktail Drink Recipes
Blue Bird Cocktail
Ingredients
1 oz. of Blue Curacao liqueur 3 oz. of Gin 1 teaspoon of bitter A dash of fresh lemon juice 1 twist of lemon, for garnishing
Bar Tools
1 cocktail shaker 1 strainer 1 ice spade 1 cocktail glass 1 jigger 1 twist knife 1 citrus press
Preparation Method
Prepare a cocktail glass by filling it up to the rim with ice, because it needs to stay chilled till you are ready to serve the drink in it. After that, take a fresh lemon and cut out a lemon twist from it with the help of a twist knife. Once done, cut the lemon in half and then throw one of the halves into a citrus press to squeeze out the juice from it.
Now take the cocktail shaker and fill it up with ice cubes. Then pour the required amounts of Gin, Blue Curacao liqueur and the bitter into the shaker. Finally, add a dash of fresh lemon juice and then shake it up until the drink turns very cold. Once done, throw the ice cubes from the cocktail glass and then pour the strained drink into it. Finally, serve the cocktail with the twist of lemon.
Blue Hawaiian Cocktail
Ingredients
1 oz. of coconut syrup 2 oz. of Vodka Fresh pineapple juice 2 oz. of Blue Curacao 1 fresh maraschino cherry, for garnishing
Bar Tools
1 jigger 1 bar strainer 1 highball glass 1 juicer 1 ice spade 1 mixing glass 1 knife
Preparation Method
Take a fresh pineapple and cut out 8-10 chunks from it. Then throw the pineapple chunks into a juicer to extract out fresh juice from them. Once done, strain the juice into a mixing glass and then set it aside. Pick up some ice cubes with an ice spade and tip those into a highball glass. Fill up the glass until the ice cubes reach to the tip of the glass and then set it aside.
Now take a jigger and measure out 2 oz. worth of Blue Curacao with the help of it. Once measured, pour that into the ice cube filled glass and then follow that by adding the vodka, coconut syrup and the freshly extracted pineapple juice. Finally, drop a maraschino cherry into the glass to serve the beautiful Blue Hawaiian cocktail.
Smurf Cocktail
Ingredients
1 oz. of Blue Curacao liqueur 1 oz. of Strawberry Vodka Lemon-lime soda A dash of freshly squeezed lime juice 1 lime wheel
Bar Tools
1 highball glass 1 jigger 1 citrus press
Preparation Method
Take a big lime and cut it in half across the rind. Then fetch a citrus press and drop one of the lime halves into it. Press the lime half to extract out juice from it and then set it aside. Now take a highball glass and fill it up entirely with ice cubes. Once done, use a jigger to measure the required quantity of Blue Curacao liqueur and then pour it into the glass.
After that, pour the strawberry vodka into the glass. Fill up the rest of the glass with the lemon-lime soda and then add a dash of the freshly extracted lime juice to it to build the drink. Finally, insert a straw into the glass and serve the drink with a wheel of lime stuck on the rim of the glass.
Bikini Martini
Ingredients
3 oz. of Gin A splash of peach schnapps 1 oz. of Blue Curacao 1 twist of lime
Bar Tools
1 Boston shaker 1 twist knife 1 ice spade 1 martini glass 1 bar strainer
Preparation Method
Fill up the tin part of a Boston shaker with ice cubes and then set it aside. After that, place the other part in front of you and then pour the required amounts of Gin, peach schnapps and Blue Curacao into that. Once done, invert the part of the shaker containing the mix over the tin part and then give it a heavy thump to lock both parts.
Now hold up the shaker and shake it until the tin part turns misty. Once done, hold a bar strainer over the shaker and pour the drink through it directly into the glass. Once ready, serve the drink with a twist of lemon.
Blue Lagoon Cocktail
Ingredients
1 oz. of Vodka A dash of freshly extracted lemon juice ½ oz. of Blue Curacao Lime-lemon soda 1 maraschino cherry, for garnishing
Bar Tools
1 Collins glass 1 ice spade 1 citrus press 1 knife
Preparation Method
Start building the drink in a Collins glass by first filling it right up to the rim with ice. After that, take a jigger to measure the Blue Curacao liqueur. Once measured, pour the Blue Curacao into the Collins glass and then pour the Vodka after that.
Once done, fill up the empty portion of the glass with the lime-lemon soda and then add a dash of freshly extracted lemon juice to it. Once prepared, garnish the drink with a fresh maraschino cherry and then serve it on the rocks with a straw.
Blue Moon Cocktail
Ingredients 1 oz. of Vodka ½ oz. of sweet and sour mix 1 oz. of Blue Curacao 1 lemon wheel
Bar Tools
1 cocktail glass 1 ice spade 1 knife 1 jigger 1 cocktail shaker 1 bar strainer
Preparation Method
Fill up a cocktail glass with ice cubes to keep the glass chilled while you prepare the drink. Now take a cocktail shaker and fill that up with ice cubes as well. Then pour the Vodka into the cocktail shaker after measuring 1 oz. worth of it with the help of a jigger.
After that, add the Blue Curacao and the sweet and sour mix. Once done, give a good shake to the mixture and then strain the drink into the chilled glass. Finally, serve the drink by attaching a wheel of lemon to the rim of the glass.