Jersey Drinks

12/19/2023

HOLIDAY COCKTAILS || With the frenzy of shopping for gifts for everyone on your list, baking cookies and decking the halls reaching a fever pitch, we thought we would share a simple and easy Holiday cocktail for you to enjoy. Let’s just say, when it comes to cocktail recipes we always turn to our friend, Lia, at  and we are never disappointed.

Head to the link in bio for the full recipe — Cheers! ✨

         

11/22/2023

ISO: last-minute Thanksgiving cocktail? Then save this post bc we have you covered 👌🏼

This Spiked & Spiced Mulled Cider recipe is one of my favorites from the Thanksgiving archives and comes together in one pot, no fresh citrus juice or simple syrups needed 🙌🏼

While you're doing last minute grocery shopping, grab fresh cider, chai tea bags and a few other basic spices and produce for this one-pot cocktail, perfect for a crowd. Bonus: your house will smell amazing!

I served this warm, but would also be delicious served over ice once it reaches room temperature.

Cheers & enjoy!

Spiked & Spiced Mulled Apple Cider
4 cups Fresh Apple Cider
1.5 cups Bourbon, Dark Rum or Gin (I opted for )
2-3 Black Chai Tea Bags
2 Apples, sliced, reserve 1 for garnish
3-4 Orange slices
4 Fresh ginger slices, peeled
5 Cinnamon sticks, + extra for garnish
3-4 Whole star anise
2 tsp Grated nutmeg

Add everything, except preferred alcohol, to a crock pot (or large stock pot) and stir to combine. Pro tip: pull off the tea bag tag and wrap string around cinnamon sticks so they are easy to fish out before serving. Cover and set to low heat for four to five hours, stirring occasionally.

Lower the temperature to warm setting before serving (or remove to cool if serving chilled), remove tea bags and add in alcohol, stir to combine. Serve warm from a crock or stock pot, garnish with apple slices and fresh cinnamon sticks.

Strain out any remaining fruit/spices & store leftovers in an airtight container in your refrigerator for up to five days, reheat or sip cold. Enjoy!

09/12/2023

If you're ready for all things pumpkin spice, I'm back with my friends at ShopRite and sharing my go-to recipe for an easy to make DIY pumpkin spice syrup + three simple drink recipes to enjoy all season long. Cheers!

Welcome sweater weather with pumpkin spice! Join Lia as she teaches how to make your own pumpkin spice syrup using only five ingredients. Which fall cocktail...

05/06/2023

Too busy celebrating Cinco de Mayo in Tequila to be making cocktails ✌🏼

And yes, Tequila is an actual place — if you don’t know, now you know.

While Cinco is not even a holiday truly celebrated in MX, I couldn’t be more thrilled about having spent the day in the agave fields & touring the iconic La Rojena distillery where is produced.

Cheers 🍸✨

11/02/2022

Creating specialty cocktails for our wedding was one of my favorite details to plan! 🥃💍

We featured a classic Aperol Spritz bc its always . A seasonal Old Fashioned with , chai tea, spiced brown sugar syrup & cardamom bitters. And the most adorable mini pear margaritas at our taco station.

The club were saints in all of my ridiculous questions about ice and let me come in for recipe taste testing with the bar team before the big day.

Cheers to 3 years with the love of my life, Mr. Jersey Drinks 😉 ❤️🥂
(📸)

10/26/2022

It’s almost Halloweek-end and I’m honestly just here for the boo-ze 😉 This recipe is sort of a riff on the lemon drop and could work really well as a fun themed welcome shot for your guests, too.

Cheers!

Purple Haze Martini
2 oz Vodka
½ oz Ginger Liqueur (I used )
¾ oz Fresh Lemon Juice
½ oz Butterfly Pea Syrup (1:1 butterfly pea tea*/sugar)

Shake all ingredients with ice & strain into a coupe. Serve up with an expressed lemon peel garnish. Enjoy!
*find this on amazon or local health food/specialty store

10/23/2022

Some tricks, but mostly boozy treats 👻🍸

A custom curated cocktail box with plenty of potions to mix up for spooky season 🔮

09/03/2022

So long sweet summer ✨

08/28/2022

A poolside cocktail class couldn’t have been any more perfect for the last event of the 2022 summer season 👌🏻✨

08/13/2022

Putting the TIPSY into Tipsy Tie Dye 😉

Had so much fun again with my friends for our Teachy Tie Dye class featuring two tequila cocktails & of course, tie dye!

Thanks to everyone for joining us, can’t wait to do it again soon 🍸✨

07/21/2022

‘Tis finally the season for once again 🙌🏼 Tales is the SXSW basically for the liquor industry & I am beyond thrilled it’s back IRL after a 2 year hiatus 😍 So blessed & thankful to be heading back to NOLA on Tuesday, regardless of the heat 😳 … I can’t wait to see my industry friends there & bring you all along for the ride!

Here’s a flash back of Tales past, see you then!

Cheers!

06/22/2022

Happy Summer Solstice! 🌞🌻

To celebrate the official start of summer and lavender season just about to be in full bloom here in NJ, I am so excited to share this recipe 💃🏻☺️ It is definitely a new go-to while my dried culinary lavender lasts!

Last summer, I picked & dried culinary lavender from Princeton Lavender farm and used it to make a simple syrup. It is delicious in a latte and perfect for this Lavender Lemonade Mezcal Marg. I also used some of the dried lavender to create a sweet & salty rim for the glass. Check out all of the recipe details below.

Cheers & Enjoy!

Lavender Lemonade Mezcal Rita 🍋
2 oz Mezcal
1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
1 oz Lavender Lemonade*25 oz Agave

Shake all with ice in a cocktail shaker & strain into sweet & salty rimmed glass** Garnish with dried lavender and lemon wheel.

*For the lavender lemonade, start by making simple syrup with 1 cup water, 1 cup sugar in a pot over low heat stirring until sugar is dissolved, add 2 T dried lavender, shut off heat & let steep with lid on for 30 minutes. Strain and keep in an airtight container in the fridge until ready to use for up to 3 weeks. Combine 3 cups filtered water, 1 cup fresh lemon juice and 3/4 cup lavender syrup in a pitcher and stir well for your lemonade

**for sweet/salty margarita rim, mix 1 T fine sea salt, 1 T sugar & 1/2 T finely crushed dried culinary lavender together

06/20/2022

Had the absolute BEST time working with my friends ShopRite to create three specialty cocktails/mocktails to celebrate the ShopRite LPGA Classic !!

Cheers!

06/11/2022

When it’s National Rosé Day *AND* World Gin Day & you can’t decide what to drink ….. 🤯

The only answer is a rosé gin cocktail of course. This rosé gin gimlet uses rosé & a rosé wine syrup paired with & fresh lime.

Cheers! 🍸✨

Rosé Gin Gimlet
2 oz 75 oz Fresh Lime Juice 25 oz Rosé wine (any dry rosé of your choosing will work, swipe to see my pick recommended by ) 5 Rosé Syrup (a great way to use any leftover rosé! mix equal parts rosé & sugar over low heat stirring until sugar is dissolved, keep sealed in your fridge for a month!)

Shake all ingredients with ice & strain into a martini or coupe glass. Dried culinary rose petal garnish optional 🥀

06/10/2022

Jungle cat nails ✔️🐆💅🏻
Jungle Bird cocktail ✔️🦜🍹

Have you ever tried a Jungle Bird?

Tiki drinks aren’t usually my favorite, but this classic I can get behind. The recipe calls for Campari which adds bitterness to balance out the sweetness of rum & is 🔥👌🏻

Fresh pineapple & lime juice are a must here. The original recipe uses demerara sugar syrup, but I didn’t want to let my freshly pressed pineapple juice go to waste, so I made a simple syrup using equal parts pineapple juice & raw cane sugar.

Try the Jersey Drinks twist on this tiki classic below.

Cheers! 🍸✨

Jersey Jungle Bird
2 oz Rum (a blackstrap style rum or preferred dark rum)
3/4 oz Campari
1 oz Fresh Pineapple Juice
1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice
1/2 oz Pineapple Syrup

Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh cubes & garnish with lime wheel & pineapple leaf 🍍

06/07/2022

Last week I had the best time with & a group of incredible local ladies as we hosted a pilot event in what we aim to continue as a monthly series later this summer!

Heather’s expert wine skills combined with all things cocktail made for one hell of a fun night. We tasted through three rosé wines & crafted three cocktails using those wines to kick off National Rosé Day this coming Saturday.

Thank you to everyone who joined us & special shout out to 📸for these wonderful photos 😍

How do you feel about a monthly cocktail & wine club? Drop a comment below if that sounds like your jam! 🙌🏼🍸🍷💫

05/17/2022

Want to know the secret to making delicious cocktails at home?

Well, we’ll teach you everything there is to know during one of our cocktail classes 😉 A perfect way to mix things up at your next party or celebration!

Cheers 🍸💫

05/14/2022

What is your favorite cocktail memory & where were you? 🍸🌍

In honor of I am thinking back to all the drinks I have been lucky enough to enjoy & where in the world those places were.

I’ve enjoyed many cocktails in many places but nothing quite hits like an Aperol Spritz in the hillsides of Tuscany 😊🇮🇹🍾🍊

Drop a comment with your cocktail memory below!

Cheers 🍸💫

05/12/2022

I'm so honored to share that I will be a guest panelist this coming weekend with my friends discussing my journey with Jersey Drinks and talking all things on how to generate additional income.

Swipe for more and visit the link in our bio to grab your seat with a special discount code just for the Jersey Drinks community! 😊

Cheers 🍸💫

05/05/2022

Continuing the Cinco week celebrations and highlighting one of my personal favorite tequila cocktails, the Paloma!

In fact, the Paloma is actually more popular in Mexico than the Margarita & IMHO with good reason ☺️

I love putting my own twist on the Paloma, but this recipe is pretty darn close to the original using better-for-you ingredients and is SUPER simple! 🍹

Have you ever tried a Paloma? Let us know your thoughts on this classic serve in the comments & give the below a try for Cinco!

Cheers! 🍸💫

2 oz Tequila
1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice
Q Grapefruit Soda

Add all ingredients to a tall glass and fill with ice. Top with Q grapefruit and gently stir. Garnish with grapefruit wedge or peel.

04/23/2022

“The Earth is what we all have in common.”

Happy Earth Day 🌏☮️💗

04/22/2022

Kick off Cinco de Mayo week & spend your with me back uptown with my friends for a tequila cocktail class! 🙌🏼

We’re talking more than just margs & your ticket also include guac, salsa & mini (!!) tacos 🍹🥑🌮

Grab your friends & your tickets ASAP - space is limited. Link below!

https://jerseydrinks.com/events/ola/services/pre-cinco-taco-tuesday

Cheers🍸💫

04/17/2022

Buona Pasqua 🐰💐

Easter spritzin’ with the family 🍾

04/01/2022

Name a better duo 🥰🍸

TGIF ✨

03/31/2022

Wondering why it’s still freezing in NJ & not outdoor cocktail weather yet 😑

Daydreaming of making poolside cocktails with friends ✨🍹

03/27/2022

Sunday Bloody Maria at the bar 👌🏻

03/18/2022

Join us on April 7th at Tipsy Tie Dye to craft cocktails and custom tie dye gear! 🙌🏼🍸

We'll start the evening with an interactive cocktail making experience followed by hands-on tie dying. Attendees will also enjoy an additional tie-dye themed cocktail (I mean, just look at this green tie-dy ice!😍) served from the bar while completing their tie dye creations.

A collaboration of what my boozy dreams are made of with my friends — cocktail making and tie dying, yesss please! 🥰

Grab a ticket at the link below, space is limited!

https://www.tipsytiedye.com/join-us

03/18/2022

Shamrock Shake, but make it vegan. And boozy.... 🍨🥃🍀

One last St. Patrick's Day shenanigan with a twist on McD's cult favorite treat.

Add vegan mint chip, oat milk & to a blender & blend to combine. Enjoy!

03/17/2022

If you're looking for a sign to give gin a try, this is it — the Eastside. This recipe is sort of the modern day gin gimlet with the addition of muddled mint and cucumber adding refreshing flavors for the perfect sip 👌🏻

Bonus: it is beautifully green for your St. Patrick's Day drinking festivities ;)

Enjoy! 🍸✨

Eastside
2 oz Gin ( tastes incredible in this cocktail!)
1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
3/4 oz Simple Syrup
2 Cucumber slices, quartered
4-5 Mint Leaves, destemmed

Add cucumbers, mint and simple syrup to the bottom of your cocktail shaker and muddle well. Add ice and remaining ingredients, shake well. Double strain into a Coupe or Martini glass and garnish with a thin sliced cucumber and mint leaves.