Be sweet, be passionate, be a stud after dark. Don Q Rum has enlisted the help of master mixologist, Esteban Ordoñez to create three signature cocktails for Valentine’s Day. Whether you’re attached or still searching for “the one” these cocktails will insure that with a little help from Don Q and Cupid, you set the mood and attract your mate.
Serve the Don Q Dulcinea to create an air of sweetness and romance, while the Don Q White Passion will help you find that white-hot attraction and finally the Don Q Vixen After Dark will unleash your inner Don Juan this Valentine’s Day.
Serve these cocktails to your Valentine or your friends. Who knows, Cupid could strike at any moment!
Don Q Dulcinea
2 oz DON Q CRISTAL
2 oz PINEAPPLE JUICE
1 oz ORANGE JUICE
1 oz GRAPEFRUIT JUICE
2 oz COCONUT CREAM
1/2 oz GRENADINE
Add ice, mix in blender and garnish with a slice of orange.
Don Q White Passion
1 1/2 oz DON Q PASIÓN
1/2 oz DON Q CRISTAL
1/2 oz PASSION FRUIT PURÉE
1/2 oz SIMPLE SYRUP
Top CHILLED CLUB SODA
Stir rums, passion fruit purée, simple syrup and ice. Strain into an ice filled highball glass. Top with club soda. Garnish with white chocolate shavings.
Don Q Vixen After Dark
2 oz DONQ AÑEJO
3/4 oz OLOROSO SHERRY
1/2 oz DOMAINE DE CANTON GINGER LIQUEUR
2 dashes CHOCOLATE BITTERS
1 1/2 oz FLAMED ORANGE PEEL
Mix all liquid ingredients, then fill with ice and stir. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with a flamed orange peel. To do this, use a peel with as little pith (the white part) as possible. Heat the skin up under the flame and squeeze the oils out over the glass. Rim the glass with peel.
