Globally Inspired Cocktails For World Cocktail Day

May 13, 2022

Today, May 13, celebrate World Cocktail Day by mixing up some drinks inspired by your favorite destinations.

Pour a ready-made Irish rum & rye for a taste of Dublin, travel to New Zealand with a color-changing gin, and experience the exotic flavors of the Ancient Spice Route (Morocco to Malaysia) with a female-owned spiced gin.

Ready-Made Irish Rum & Rye

Ready-made Hercules Mulligan Rum & Rye (SRP $38.00) a 50:50 blend of Caribbean aged rum and home-grown American rye whiskey. This fresh, organic, ginger root is macerated in the rum & rye blend, and a splash of bitters is added, ensuring this liberating libation can be enjoyed on the rocks as a ready-made Irish Old Fashioned. Simple in its nature, yet utterly complex and delightful, this never-before-tasted composition tickles the nose and loosens the lips.

Color-Changing Gin: Scapegrace Black Gin

The New Zealand-based Scapegrace Distillery begins, like all quality gins, with intense juniper and the addition of premium, exotic botanicals. The master distiller uses a combination of local sweet potato, Aronia berries, pineapple, and saffron, as well as Butterfly pea flower, which they source from Southeast Asia, to give Scapegrace Black a flavor profile that has wowed bartenders and gin fans worldwide. The flavor profile of Scapegrace Black (SRP$ 39.99) is unique, marrying a gin drinker’s love of juniper with something dark, delightfully devious, and unexpected.

Opihr Oriental Spiced Gin, a Female-Owned, Exotic, Botanical Gin

Opihr Oriental Spiced Gin is a woman-made spiced London dry gin made with botanicals found along the Ancient Spice Route: from Morocco to Malaysia. Incredibly refreshing, this gin makes light, bright cocktails that are perfect for celebrating with Mom as well as serve as a great gift for the spirit-loving Mama in your life. Exotic cocktail recipes for a Grapefruit Spritz, Spiced Gin Sour, and a Moroccan Mojito can be found HERE. Available at caskers.com for $34.99 as well as any fine wine and spirits retailer in the U.S.