What Mom Really Wants: 6 Perfect Mother’s Day Cocktails

You were always her favorite. Here’s how to keep it that way.

It’s that time again—time to celebrate the woman who sacrificed an untold number of things in order to help you grow up into a real human, and who almost certainly dislodged a marble/M&M/Lego from your nose at some point.

You could go the obvious route and get her some flowers or a monogrammed towel or whatever. Or you could give her what she really wants this Mother’s Day: the ability to get a lil’ tipsy on a Sunday.

Get some cocktails delivered & you’re all but guaranteed to maintain your status as Her Favorite:

A Mule for Madre

Ingredients:

1.5 oz. Don Julio Blanco

.5 oz. lime juice

Ginger beer

Lime wedge (optional)

Jalapenos (optional)

Directions:

Combine tequila and lime juice in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until icy cold. Strain into a glass with fresh ice and top with ginger beer. Garnish with a lime wedge and a slice or two of jalapeno if you want a little extra kick.

The Tipsy Pitcher

Ingredients:

1.5 cups Pimm’s

1.5 cups ginger ale OR lemon-lime soda

Cucumber, cut into wedges

Orange, cut crosswise into slices

Lemon, cut crosswise into slice

Large bunch of mint

Directions:

Combine Pimm’s, orange slices, lemon slices, and mint in a large pitcher. Chill for about 10 minutes and then stir in ginger ale or lemon-lime soda. Fill pint glasses halfway with ice and add two long cucumber wedges to each glass. Add additional mint leaves to each glass, then fill with mixture from the pitcher. Garnish with extra fruit.

Serves: 6

A Mom Collins

Ingredients:

2 oz. Tanqueray London Dry Gin

.75 oz. lemon juice

.5 oz. simple syrup

Club soda

Directions:

Fill a Collins glass with ice—set it in the freezer for a few minutes if you’re really dedicated. Combine gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into the chilled Collins glass. Top off with club soda and garnish with a lemon wedge.

The Matriarch Martini

Ingredients:

2 oz. Baileys

.25 oz. Smirnoff Vodka

.25 oz. espresso

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake, shake, shake. Strain into a chilled martini glass.

Mom & Johnnie Are Mint To Be

Ingredients:

1.5 oz. Johnnie Walker Black Label

1.5 tsp. fine granulated sugar

4-5 mint springs, leaves only

Club soda

Directions:

Place mint leaves and simple syrup in the bottom of a julep cup or old-fashioned glass. Muddle mint leaves with simple syrup. Add bourbon and fill the glass with ice (preferably crushed). Top with club soda and garnish with a fresh mint sprig.

The Boozy Bouquet

Ingredients:

2 oz. Ketel One Botanical Peach & Orange Blossom

Club soda

Mint leaves

Cucumber slices (optional)

Directions:

Fill a highball glass with ice. Combine vodka and soda water and give it a good stir. Garnish with mint leaves and cucumber slices. 

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