After an NFL season that saw games played in empty stadiums, Tom Brady not wearing a New England Patriots uniform for the first time in his life, and possibly Drew Brees’ last game, it all comes down to Super Bowl LV. For the first time in Super Bowl history, the game will be played at a participating team’s home stadium – so that deserves a drink! Thankfully, we have more than thirty cocktail recipes for your party. So, as millions prepare to watch the game from home (since COVID restrictions will only allow 22,000 fans in Raymond James Stadium), figure out which one of the tasty recipes below will make your night truly super.
Even if you’re not a huge football fan, the 2021 Super Bowl will offer something for you. First off, Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan will since the “Star-Spangled Banner,” hopefully delivering a performance worth to be added to this list of all-time greatest national anthem performances – EVER! If that wasn’t enough, H.E.R. will perform “America The Beautiful.” After the second quarter finishes, get ready for what might be one of the most outrageous Halftime Shows in history, as The Weeknd will take the stage – or will he? With reports that the “Blinding Lights” performer will take advantage of the reduced capacity and take his show up into the bleachers, it’s likely that this Halftime show will be one for the history books.
So, ahead of the game, peruse the following recipes for the perfect drink to accompany your game day spread. Remember to Drink Responsibly and it’s okay to rock a mocktail during the night.
Super Bowl Vodka Cocktails
Dale Moss’s Game Day Mule
Former NFL player & Bachelor star Dale Moss has provided his favorite Game Day cocktail that you can sip through all four quarters and the halftime show!
1 ½ oz Grey Goose Vodka
½ oz Martini Riserve Rubino
½ oz Lime Juice
Fever Tree Spice Orange Ginger ale
Orange wedge
Combine the first three ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake and pour over ice in a cooper mule glass. Top with the Fever Tree Spiced Orange Ginger Ale and garnish with an orange wedge.
Grey Goose Salty Dog
1 oz Grey Goose Vodka
2 oz Freshly Squeezed Pink Grapefruit Juice
1 Lime Quarter
Combine the spirit and juice in a cocktail mixer. Shake and pour over ice in a salted-rim Collins glass. Garnish with a lime quarter
Diddy’s CÎROC Game Day Splash
1.5 oz. CÎROC Vodka
1.5 oz. Lemonade
Garnish: Lemon wheel
Glassware: Highball glass
Combine ingredients in a Highball glass filled with ice. Stir, then garnish with lemon wheel.
CÎROC Halftime Punch
6 oz. CÎROC White Grape Vodka
12 oz. Pineapple juice
6 oz. Cranberry juice
1 oz. Lemon juice
Garnish: Lime wedge and pineapple triangle
Glassware: Pitcher
Add CÎROC White Grape Vodka, pineapple juice, cranberry juice, and lemon juice into a pitcher filled with ice. Stir, then garnish with a lime wedge and pineapple triangle.
Lemon Drop Martini – Smirnoff Zero Sugar Infusions Lemon & Elderflower (Makes One)
1.5 ounces Smirnoff Zero Sugar Infusions Lemon & Elderflower Vodka
1 ounce lemon juice
½ ounce honey simple syrup
lemon wedge for garnish
Honey Simple syrup
½ cup water
½ cup honey
Add water and honey to a saucepan and cook over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a simmer and cook, swirling the pan occasionally, until the honey dissolves. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely. The syrup will stay fresh in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to 30 days.
To make the cocktail, add all of the ingredients, minus the garnish, to a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake vigorously for 20 seconds. Transfer to a martini glass and garnish with a wedge of lemon.
Cranberry Vodka Soda – Smirnoff No. 21 and Cranberry Lime Zero Sugar Seltzer (Makes One)
1.5 ounces Smirnoff No. 21 Vodka
2 ounces cranberry juice
Smirnoff Cranberry Lime Zero Sugar Seltzer
Lime wedge for garnish
Add ice to a double old-fashioned glass. Add vodka and cranberry juice. Top with seltzer and stir to combine. Garnish with a wedge of lime.
NEFT Rose Orchard
1.75 oz NEFT ultra-premium vodka
.75 oz egg white
.5 oz hibiscus & rose syrup
.25 Calvados Appellation
2 dashes rose water
Juice from ½ lemon
Dry shake all ingredients in shaker tin and then add ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a coup glass and garnish with a hibiscus flower.
Reed’s Touchdown Mule
1.5 oz vodka
3 strawberries
5-10 blueberries
4oz lime juice
6oz Reed’s Real Ginger Ale
1 cup of crushed ice
Muddle blueberries and strawberries in the bottom of a moscow mule mug. Add vodka and lime juice. Add crushed ice. Add Reed’s Real Ginger Ale & stir. Garnish with strawberry and serve.
White Cranberry Vodka Cocktail
5 ounces Ocean Spray® White Cranberry Juice Drink
2 ounces vodka
2 ounces ginger ale
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Lemon twist, garnish
Combine all ingredients except garnish in a tall glass with ice. Garnish with lemon twist.
Super Bowl Tequila Cocktails
The Kansas City Kicker
1 oz Cointreau
2 oz Blanco Tequila
0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
2 slices Jalapeño
2 slices fresh cilantro
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake until well-chilled. Stain into a chilled Old Fashioned glass. Garnish with a jalapeño pepper
The People’s Margarita from Teramana Tequila
2 oz. Teremana Blanco
.75 oz. Lime Juice
.5 oz. Agave Nectar
1 oz. Pineapple Juice (to taste)
Shake with ice in a cocktail shaker. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a lime wheel, pineapple leaves & sea salt (as desired).
Cranberry-Ginger Jalisco Mule from Curamia Tequila
2 oz. Curamia Tequila Blanco
1.5 oz. Cranberry Juice
0.5 oz. Fresh Lime
Juice
3 oz. Ginger Beer
1 Handful fresh or frozen cranberries
Combine tequila, lime and cranberry juice in a copper mug filled with crushed ice. Top with ginger beer and stir. Garnish with a lime and cranberries.
The Tangy Tampa Margarita
1 oz Cointreau
2 oz Blanco Tequila
1 oz Celery Juice
0.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice
0.5 oz Fresh Orange Juice
Add all ingredients to shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with orange peel and/or wheel.
1800 Touchdown
2 oz. 1800 Cristalino
¾ oz. ginger syrup
¾ oz. lime
1 tsp. Allspice Dram
Splash of soda
Add all ingredients except soda to a cocktail shaker. Shake with ice. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
1800 Midfield Martini
1 ½ oz. 1800 Silver
1 ½ oz. blanco vermouth (like Dolin Blanc)
Add all ingredients to a mixing glass. Stir with ice. Strain into a chilled Nick and Nora glass.
HAIL MILAGRO MARY
2 parts Milagro Reposado
1.5 parts jicama juice
1 part tomatillo juice
.5 parts fresh lime juice
6 drops chipotle sauce
1 rib of celery
A pinch of black salt
Build in highball glass with ice. Garnish with celery, cherry tomatoes and lime wedge.
Mijenta’s Yard Line
1.5oz Mijenta Tequila Reposado
.75oz roasted Asian Pear puree
.75oz lemon juice
.5oz Agave syrup
1 bar spoon St. Elizabeth Dram
Shake all ingredients with plenty ice, strain into a rocks glass with a large ice cube, and garnish with a dehydrated pear slice
Mijenta’s Ball Control
1oz Mijenta Tequila Blanco
.5oz Mezcal Espadin
.25oz Martini Bitter
1.5oz watermelon shrub
.25oz simple syrup
Shake all ingredients with plenty ice, strain into a rocks glass rimmed with salt and garnish with a mint sprig
Camarena Salsa-Rita
2 oz. Camarena Silver
1 oz. Lime Juice
.5 oz. Agave Nectar
2 oz. Pineapple Juice
3-4 Cilantro Leaves
Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice, and shake together to combine/chill. Strain into an ice-filled glass, and garnish with Cilantro, Lime, and Pineapple Frond.
Madhava Margarita
3 1/2 tablespoons Madhava Natural Sweeteners Organic Fair Trade Agave Nectar
1/2 cup fresh lime juice
1/2 cup tequila
Combine Madhava Natural Sweeteners Organic Raw Agave Nectar, fresh lime juice and tequila in a cocktail shaker. Fill shaker with ice. Cover and shake until well chilled. Divide cocktail among salt-rimmed glasses.
Super Bowl Mezcal Cocktails
Recuerdo Mezcal Lombardi
1.5oz Recuerdo Mezcal Joven
1oz passion fruit juice
1.5oz orange juice
.5oz lime juice
.25oz simple syrup
Club soda
Shake all the ingredients except for the club soda over ice, strain and serve into a highball glass with fresh ice, top off with club soda, and garnish with a slice of star fruit.
2oz. IZO Mezcal
1 Lime, Juiced 1/2 oz.
Triple SecSalt the rim, garnish with lime.
1.5 oz IZO Mezcal
3/4 oz Amargo Vallet
1/2 oz Pedro Ximenez
Sherry
Orange PeelStir, express orange peel on top after straining. Serve in a rocks glass with big cube. Garnish with orange peel.
Super Bowl Rum Cocktails
The Diplomatico Big Game Winter Highball
50 mL Diplomático Mantuano
50 mL apple juice
50 mL ginger ale
Garnish: Cinnamon sticks
Mix all ingredients in a highball glass with ice cubes. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.
JERRY’S TAILGATE PUNCH
2 parts Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum
2 parts lemonade
2 parts watermelon juice
Top with American light lager
Combine all ingredients in a pitcher or punch bowl. Garnish with lemon slices and mint.
Sailor Jerry’s Super Spiced Rum Bloody Mary
1 part Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum
2 parts tomato juice
1/3 lemon juice
1/4 part Worcestershire Sauce
1/4 part dry Sherry
Hot sauce to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
Combine all ingredients in a large pitcher (or for one, a large glass) and stir. Pour into ice filled glasses. Get creative with your garnish!
BACARDÍ Coco Conga
2 ounces BACARDĺ Superior Rum
1 ounce lime juice
12 mint leaves
2 tsp extra fine sugar
1 ounce Club Soda
Splash of BACARDĺ Coconut Flavored Rum
Add the BACARDĺ Superior Rum, lime juice sugar and mint to a highball glass. Press mint with a bar spook to release oil. Add crushed ice, almost to top, and churn. Top with Club Soda and crown with a splash of BACARDĺ Coconut Flavored Rum. Garnish with a mint sprig and lime wedge
BACARDÍ Spiced & Ginger
1½ ounces BACARDÍ Spiced Rum
3 ounces Ginger Ale
Lime wedge for garnish
Fill a highball glass with cubed ice. Pour in BACARDÍ Spiced rum, followed by ginger ale. Give it all a gentle stir. Garnish with a lime wedge and serve.
Reed’s Rumble Punch
1/2 c. light rum
1/2 c. dark rum
3/4 c. fresh orange juice
3/4 c. pineapple juice
3/4 c. cranberry juice
2 tbsp. grenadine
Ice
Orange slice
Reed’s Ginger Ale
Place the rums, orange juice, pineapple juice, cranberry juice, ginger ale and grenadine in a large pitcher and stir together. Fill four tall glasses with ice and divide the rum mixture among them. Garnish each glass with an orange slice and serve immediately! Use tart cherry and cranberry for the different colors!
RumHaven My Slice of Haven
2 oz. Rumhaven
3 oz. Club Soda
Squeeze of lime
Combine RumHaven and Club Soda in a Collins glass over ice. Squeeze lime juice to taste. Stir and enjoy!
Equiano’s Gold & Stormy
2 oz Equiano Rum
8 oz ginger ale
2 lime wedges
Large twist of orange peel
Combine Equiano and ginger ale into a tall glass with ice. Squeeze lime wedges over drink and garnish with lime and orange peel
Super Bowl Wine Cocktails
Tampa Bay Toaster
3 ounces Barefoot Red Moscato
1 1/2 ounces Cran-Raspberry Juice
2 ounces Black Cherry Soda
Place ice in tall glass. Add juice and Barefoot Red Moscato. Top with soda and garnish with cherry.
Kansas City Sipper
3 ounces Barefoot Bubbly Extra Dry
1-1/2 ounce Blueberry Juice
1/4 ounce Lemon Juice
1/2 ounce Grenadine
Lemon Wheel Garnish
Place chilled juices and grenadine in flute.Top with Barefoot Bubbly Extra Dry. Garnish with Lemon Wheel.
Super Bowl Cognac Cocktails
D’USSE Collins
2 Parts D’USSÉ VSOP Cognac
3/4 Parts Simple Syrup
1 Part Fresh Lemon Juice
Top Club Soda
Add D’USSÉ, simple syrup and lemon juice into a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Top with club soda.
D’USSE Punch
750 mL bottle of D’USSÉ VSOP Cognac
52 oz Fresh-Brewed Tea
18 oz Simple Syrup
20 oz Fresh-Squeezed Lemon Juice
25 Dashes Angostura Bitters
Method: Add all ingredients into a punch bowl with ice, Stir until well mixed. Top with lemon wheels. The recipe makes 4-6 servings.
Super Bowl Whisky & Bourbon Cocktails
Vanilla Old Fashioned
1.5 oz Crown Royal Vanilla
.25 oz simple syrup
1-3 dash(es) house bitters
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice and stir until chilled. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice and garnish with orange peel.
Crown Gold Rush
1.5 oz Crown Royal Deluxe
.75 oz Squeezed Lemon Juice
.75 oz Honey Syrup
In a shaker with ice, add Crown Royal Deluxe, honey syrup and lemon juice. Shake and strain into an ice-filled rocks glass.
Crown Royal will celebrate Coming 2 America and heroes in the Black community with a limited-edition Crown Royal x Coming 2 America pack designed by Oscar-winning Costume Designer, Ruth E. Carter.
Harper’s Touchdown Julep
1.5 oz I.W. Harper Bourbon Whiskey
8-10 Mint Leaves
.5 oz Rosemary Syrup
Garnish: Rosemary spring and mint spring
Glassware: Julep cup or crushed ice filled old-fashioned glass
Method: Hand-clap mint and add it with all ingredients into serving glass. Stir to mix, add crushed ice and stir again, then top it with more ice.
Buchanan’s Strawberry Slam Sour
1.5 oz Buchanan’s 12-Year-Old DeLuxe Whisky
.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
.5 oz Simple Syrup
Ginger Beer for Top
Garnish: 2 Fresh strawberries and rosemary sprig
Glassware: Highball Glass
Combine Buchanan’s 12-Year-Old DeLuxe, fresh lemon juice, and simple syrup into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well and strain contents into a highball glass over fresh ice. Fill to top with ginger beer and garnish with fresh strawberries and fresh rosemary sprig.
Double Old Fashioned
2 oz Dewar’s 12-year-old
0.5 oz Orgeat Syrup
2 dashes Chocolate Bitters
Orange twist or Lemon twist
Add all ingredients to rocks glass. Add cubed ice and stir until desired dilution is achieved.
The Golden Dram
2 oz ABERFELDY 12 Years Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
½ oz Local Honey Syrup (honey syrup = 1 part honey, 1 part water)
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
2 dashes Orange Bitters
Add the honey syrup, bitters and ABERFELDY 12 Years Old to a mixing glass, then add ice and stir to dilute (~30 seconds). Pour into rocks glass and add block ice, then garnish with an orange twist expressing the oils over the drink.
SUPER SMOKE
2 parts Hudson Whiskey Back Room Deal
4 parts Bloody Mary Mix
Bloody Mary Mix recommendation:
4 parts tomato juice
2 dashes of Tabasco sauce
2 tsp prepared horseradish
2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
1 pinch celery salt
1 pinch smoked paprika
1 pinch ground black pepper (to taste)
Method: Combine the whiskey and bloody mary mix in a shaker tin. Roll the ingredients back and forth between the shakers several times to combine. Pour the mixture into a highball glass filled with ice. Top the drink with freshly ground black pepper, to taste and garnish with blue cheese olives
TRIPLE-THREAT
1 part Tullamore DEW
1 part Monkey Shoulder
.75 parts lemon juice
.5 parts Orgeat
.5 parts simple syrup
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and add ice. Shake and strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with an orange wedge.
Bourbon & Honey Mint Julep
For the Honey-Mint Syrup
5-8 mint leaves
1/4 cup Madhava Natural Sweeteners Organic Pure & Raw Honey
1/4 cup water
For the Honey Mint Julep
2-3 mint leaves
1/2 ounce Honey-Mint Syrup
2 1/2 ounces bourbon
Crushed iceGarnish: sprig of fresh mint
In a 1-quart saucepan over medium heat, add honey and water and stir constantly until honey is dissolved. Remove from heat, stir in mint leaves, and set aside to cool for at least 1 hour. Remove the mint leaves and store in an air-tight container and refrigerate until ready to use.
Add mint leaves to your glass and gently muddle the leaves. Add 1/2 ounce of the honey-mint syrup, bourbon, and crushed ice, and stir. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint to serve
Super Bowl Gin Cocktails
Pomegranate Negroni
1 ¼ oz Beefeater Dry
1 oz Campari
¾ oz Lillet Blanc
¼ oz pomegranate juice
2 dashes orange bitters
Add all ingredients into a mixing glass and add ice. Stir until chilled. Strain into glass and add ice. Garnish with orange. Top with soda (optional).
HENDRICK’S FANTASY PUNCH
1.5 parts Hendrick’s Gin
.25 parts Maraschino Liqueur
.5 parts Elderflower Cordial
.5 parts freshly squeezed lemon juice
3 parts apple cider
Build in punch bowl over block of ice. Stir and serve.
Touchdown Punch
1 ½ oz Beefeater Gin
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
1 ½ oz Pressed Apple Cider
½ oz Lemon Juice
2 oz Ginger Beer
Build in glass. Ice. Stir.
Juniper Mule
1 ½ oz Beefeater Dry
4 ½ oz ginger beer
Add Beefeater gin to glass. Add ice and top with ginger beer. Garnish with fresh mint and a lime wheel.
Peroni Negroni
0.5 oz. Bitter Italian Aperitif
0.5 oz. of Gin
0.5 oz. of Sweet Vermouth
6 oz. of Peroni
Pour all ingredients in a Collins glass. Fill with ice. Garnish with orange twist. Enjoy!
Super Bowl Mocktails
MAD CIDER
8 ounces apple juice, organic
2 T. lemon juice
1 T. honey
1 cinnamon stick, broken in half
1 star anise
6 juniper berries, lightly toasted
1 apple, thinly sliced (on a mandolin if possible)
8 ounces sparkling apple juice, chilled
1 can Mad Tasty (any flavor)
Combine the following into a pitcher: apple juice, lemon juice, honey, cinnamon sticks, star anise, berries, and apple slices. Mix, then let sit covered 6 hours or up to overnight.
Just before serving, remove apple slices, and add ice to a shaker along with the macerated juice. Shake vigorously until cold, strain into two glasses. Pour chilled sparkling juice and Mad Tasty over top the glasses. Give a stir, and then serve. Garnish with dried apple chips if desired.
MAD Fizzy (one serving)
6 ounces MAD TASTY grapefruit
1 ½ oz. grapefruit juice (fresh squeezed)
½ oz. simple syrup
1 sprig rosemary
4 raspberries
Place half of the MAD TASTY, the grapefruit juice, the syrup, and the rosemary into a shaker. Shake vigorously. Strain into an ice-filled glass, top with the other half of MAD TASTY. Add raspberries for garnish.
Cherry-Pom MADhattan (one serving)
2 oz. strong black tea
3 oz. Pom-Cherry juice
2 tsp. grenadine
6 oz. MAD TASTY Watermelon Kiwi
3 dashes bitters
Make a cup of strong black tea, cool completely or add a cup from a RTD black unsweetened tea. Place ice into glasses. Put POM juice and grenadine into bar shaker and shake vigorously. Pour into iced glasses, top with MAD TASTY, and a splash of bitters. Serve with a cherry garnish.