8 Best Blue Alcoholic Drinks That Will Keep You Delightfully Tipsy For Hours
If you’re a seasoned gourmet or epicure, you know you’ve near endless options, when it comes down to savoring cocktails. However, if you wish to steer clear of the hackneyed concoctions of vodka, rum or gin for your weekend poolside party, and floor your guests with some unique cocktails, go for blue alcoholic drinks. You can choose from a potpourri of blue-colored cocktails starting from ‘Blue Hawaiian’ to ‘Blue Curacao’ and from ‘Blue Lagoon’ to ‘Sex in the Driveway’ and everything in between.
Listed below are five of the most popular blue alcoholic drinks complete with ingredients and preparation instructions. You can concoct any of these blue cocktails to delight your guests as well as to uplift yourself, especially if you’ve been feeling the blues.
Blue Hawaiian Cocktail
Recipe Type: Cocktail, Prep Time: 5 minutes, and Serving: 1 Drink
Ingredients
- Coconut Rum (1 ounce)
- Blue Curacao (1 ounce)
- Pineapple Juice (2 ounces)
- Crushed Ice ( 1 cup)
- Vodka (optional)/(0.5 oz)
- Crushed Maraschino Cherries and Pineapple zests (for garnishing)
Preparation Instructions
- Blend coconut rum, vodka, pineapple juice, blue Curacao, and crushed ice in a mixer grinder or cocktail shaker. Keep blending till the ingredients have merged completely.
- Transfer the content to martini glasses or wine glasses. You can add a touch of class and make the setting fanciful by serving in a scooped out pineapple or coconut.
Blue Long Island Cocktail
Recipe Type: Cocktail
Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Serving: 1 Drink
Ingredients
- Vodka (1 ounce)
- Gin (1 ounce)
- Gold Tequila (1 ounce)
- Blue Curacao Liqueur (1 ounce)
- Juice Lime Sour Drink Mix by ‘Finest Call’ (5 ounces)
Preparation Instructions
Take a cordial glass or highball glass and fill it up with crushed ice
Transfer the vodka, gin, and gold tequila
Thereafter, pour the lime juice sour mix
Now, pour the Blue Curacao liqueur
Embellish the cocktail with a lemon slice and stir mildly using a straw
You can experiment with the sweet and sour level till it is properly balanced to suit your palate
Blue Lagoon Cocktail
Recipe Type: Cocktail
Prep Time: 3 Minutes
Serving: 1 Drink
Ingredients
- Vodka ( 1 ounce)
- Blue Curacao liqueur (1 ounce)
- Sugar Syrup (1/2 oz)
- Lemon Juice (4oz)
- Cherry toppings and lemon slices (for garnish)
Preparation Instructions
- Add 1 cup of crushed ice in a cocktail shaker or mixing glass
- Add the liqueurs (the vodka and the Blue Curacao) to the shaker and blend thoroughly until all the ingredients have mixed completely
- Drop ice cubes in Collins glasses or highball glasses
- Sieve the contents in the cocktail shaker and transfer the same to the Collins glasses
- Garnish properly using a straw or cocktail umbrella
- Wedge the lemon slice and cherry topping on the glass
- As the ingredient amounts suggested above is for a standardized mix, you can make it extra punchy by increasing the measure of vodka up to 2 oz (or 60ml). On the other hand, you can add just 2-3 oz of lime juice
Electric Blue Margarita Cocktail
Recipe: Cocktail
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Serving: 1 Drink
Ingredients
Tequila ( 2 ounces)
Blue Curacao (3/4 ounce)
Juice of freshly squeezed lime (1 ounce)
Syrup ( ½ ounce)
Preparation Instructions
- Grab a cocktail shaker and fill it up with ice till the halfway mark
- Add the 2 ounces of tequila to the cocktail shaker
- Now transfer the Blue Curacao to the contents in the shaker
- Next, add the fresh lime juice and the syrup
- Shake the contents in the glass till they blend perfectly
- Get hold of a margarita glass and transfer the contents of the shaker into the glass
- Cut a wheel of lemon and wedge it in on the glass’s edge and you’re ready to go
Sex in the Driveway
The ‘Sex in the Driveway’ cocktail is a variant of the ‘Sex on the Beach’ concoction. The cranberry juice in the ‘Sex on the Beach’ drink is replaced by Blue Curacao, to give the ‘Sex in the Driveway’ its characteristic blue color.
Recipe: Cocktail
Prep Time: 3 Minutes
Serving: 1 Drink
Ingredients
- Peach Schnapps (1 ounce)
- Blue Curacao ( 1 ounce)
- White Rum or Vodka (2 ounces)
- Sprite
Preparation Instructions
- Get hold of a Collins glass or highball glass and fill it halfway with crushed ice
- First, add the Peach Schnapps
- Next, pour the Blue Curacao
- Transfer the vodka or white rum
- Finally, add the Sprite
- Stir the contents well so that they blend
- Add a zest of lemon on the top
- Use a straw for sipping with pleasure
Electric Blue Butterfly Cocktail
Recipe Type: Cocktail
Prep Time: 3 Minutes
Serving: 1 Drink
Ingredients
- Citrus or lemon Vodka (1/2-1 ounce)
- Blue Curacao (1 oz)
- Lemonade (3 oz)
- 7-up beverage
- Crushed ice
Preparation Instructions
- Take a highball glass tumbler and fill it with crushed ice till halfway
- Add the vodka first
- Next, pour the blue Curacao
- Thereafter, transfer the lemonade
- Finally, add the 7-up beverage
- Stir in a gentle manner and transfer the mixture to a wine glass instantaneously
Witches Brew Halloween Cocktail
The Witches Brew Halloween Cocktail will surely make your Halloween party come alive and will get everybody in the mood.
Recipe: Cocktail
Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Serving: 1 Drink
Ingredients
- Vodka, preferably Grey Goose (1 ounce)
- Triple Sec ( 1 ounce)
- Blue Curacao liqueur (1 ounce)
- Squeezed juice of 1 whole lemon
- Crushed ice
- Sanding Sugar for adding sparkle
Preparation Instructions
- Transfer crushed iced to a highball glass or cocktail shaker till it fills up half the glass and shake it mildly
- Add vodka, blue Curacao, and squeezed in the listed order
- Shake the contents till they blend nicely
- Rim a martini tumbler with the sanding sugar
- Transfer the content to the martini glass