Mini cocktails are perfect for Fourth of July celebrating

This year on Independence Day, make your cocktail game just a little easier with simple recipes that don’t require a lot of measuring. Those mini 50ml bottles at your local liquor store allows you to just grab a cup of ice, a little bit of ingredients and an entire mini bottle, topped off with soda. Not only are they simple and delicious, they’re also festively colorful!

RED: Stars and Stripes 

• 1 bottle (50 ml) Jose Cuervo Tradicional 
• 50 ml grapefruit juice 
• 10 ml Campari 
• 10 ml Fresh Lime Juice 
• 10 ml Simple Syrup 

Build the drink in an ice-filled mason jar, top with club soda and garnish with an orange slice.

WHITE: Boodles the Beautiful 

• 1 bottle (50 ml) Boodles Gin 
• 10 ml Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur 
• 10 ml Fresh Lemon Juice 
• 1 can San Pellegrino Pompelmo 

Build the drink in an ice-filled mason jar. Add the gin, liqueur and lemon juice, then top with San Pellegrino Pompelmo.

BLUE: Fresh Picked Freedom 

• 1 bottle (50 ml) Hangar 1 Vodka 
• 20 ml Fresh Lemon Juice 
• 20 ml Simple Syrup Club Soda 
• Handful of Blueberries, plus more for garnish 
• 6 Fresh Mint Leaves, plus more for garnish 

Add the blueberries, mint, lemon juice and simple syrup into a mixing tin, give it a quick muddle, then add the vodka. Add ice and shake. Strain into an ice-filled mason jar and top with club soda and garnish with a mint sprig and some blueberries.