Wasted On Watermelon: Local Cocktails Using The Fruit

When the summer heat begins to beat you down, there’s one summer-native fruit that can bring you back up: watermelon. Watermelon holds properties that can keep you hydrated and refreshed, so why not put it in a cocktail? Central Florida Lifestyle has a few favorite local recipe’s using the in season fruit.

**The recipes below use the same ingredients as the accompanying Orlando bars, but use different measurements according to our interpretation of each cocktail.

Mathers Social Gathering’s “Watermelon Mojito”

Ingredients:

Don Q Rum

Watermelon Juice

Mint leaves

Mathers Simple Blend

Lime

Sparkling or Club soda

Blueberries

Directions:

1. Muddle or stir two-to-three mint leaves and half an ounce of simple syrup in the bottom of a shaker.
2. Add one ounce of watermelon juice, one ounce of lime juice, and two ounces of Don Q Rum to the same shaker.
3. Add ice and the shaker’s lid, then gently shake.
4. Pour shaker contents into a glass over ice and top with your favorite sparking or club soda.
5. Garnish with mint leaves and blueberries.

Ann Teague’s Lamp Supply’s “Death Wish”

Ingredients:

Vodka

Watermelon Juice

Strawberry preserves

Aloe Vera Juice

Lemon

Directions:

1. Add one ounce of watermelon juice, one tablespoon of strawberry preserves, half an ounce of aloe vera juice, one ounce of lemon juice, and two ounces of vodka to a shaker.
2. Add ice and the shaker’s lid, then gently shake.
3. Pour shaker contents into a glass over ice.
4. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Tin Roof Orlando’s “Salty Watermelon Margarita”

Ingredients:

Ole Smokey Salty Watermelon Whisly

Triple Sec

Lime

Sweet and Sour Mix

Salt or Sugar

Directions:

1. Add one ounce of lime juice, one ounce of triple sec, one ounce of sweet and sour mix, and two ounces of Ole Smokey Salty Watermelon Whisky to a shaker.
2. Add ice and the shaker’s lid, then gently shake.
3. Rim a glass with lime juice. Repeat this process using salt or sugar.
4. Pour shaker contents into a glass over ice.
5. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Howl At The Moon’s “Skinny Summer Fling”

Ingredients:

SKYY Watermelon Vodka

Monin Hibiscus

Lime

Sparkling or Club soda

Directions: 

1. Add one ounce of lime juice, one ounce of Monin Hibiscus, and two ounces of SKYY Watermelon Vodka to a shaker.
2. Add ice and the shaker’s lid, then gently shake.
3. Pour shaker contents into a glass over ice.
4. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Shots Orlando’s “Phat Boyz”

Ingredients:

Raspberry Vodka

Watermelon Liqueur

Sprite

Sweet and Sour Mix

Gummy Bears

Directions:

1. Add one and a half ounces of raspberry vodka, one and a half ounces of watermelon liqueur, and one ounce of sweet and sour mix to a shaker.
2. Add ice and the shaker’s lid, then gently shake.
3. Pour shaker contents into a glass over ice and top with Sprite.
4. Drop two-three gummy bears into the glass.