5 Easy-to-Make Cocktail Recipes for Your Next Party

We love getting together with friends and family to host little cocktail parties here at our home. When it comes to cocktails, we like all kinds of different ones. As long as they are easy-to-prepare, they are usually on our menu.

Today I have 5 easy-to-make cocktail recipes to share with all of you courtesy of the great folks over at Ketel One Vodka.

Ketel One Vodka recommends to toast the end of summer with simple, flavorful drinks that do not require much effort. For those that want to keep it to the bare minimum, drink Ketel One neat or on the rocks and enjoy the crisp flavors that are the result of the Nolet Family’s hard work to create the best tasting vodka.

KETEL ONE SUMMER BREEZE

1 ½ oz. Ketel One Oranje®
1 ½ oz. fresh orange juice
1 ½ oz. cranberry juice

Build in a rocks glass over ice. Stir. Garnish with an orange wedge.

KETEL ONE APERITIVO ESPECIAL

1.5 oz. Ketel One Oranje
.75 oz. Aperol
1 oz. fresh lemon juice
1 oz. fresh orange juice
.25 oz. honey
Prosecco

Combine first five ingredients in a mixing glass. Shake with ice and strain into a Collins glass filled with ice. Top with Prosecco. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

KETEL ONE CUCUMBER COOLER

1.5 oz. Ketel One Citroen
3 slices cucumber (seedless)
.5 oz. fresh lime juice
Ginger beer

Combine first three ingredients in a mixing glass. Shake vigorously with ice and strain into a Collins glass filled with ice. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with a cucumber slice.

KETEL ONE PK

1 oz. Ketel One Vodka
.5 oz. Pimms No. 1
1 dash Angostura bitters
3 cucumber slices
Lemon-lime soda

Place two cucumber slices at the bottom of a Collins glass. Top with ice. Add Ketel One Vodka, Pimms No. 1 and Angostura bitters. Top with lemon-lime soda. Stir. Garnish with remaining cucumber slice.

KETEL ONE CITROEN FIZZ

1.5 oz. Ketel One Citroen
.75 oz. fresh lemon juice
.5 oz. simple syrup
Club soda

Build in a Collins glass over ice. Top with club soda. Stir. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Disclaimer: The recipes and photos are courtesy of Ketel One Vodka. You must be 21 years of age or older to consume alcohol. Please drink responsibly.