Our Favorite Summer Cocktails from The Cove at Pechanga Resort
Photo by Taylor Simpson
With several upcoming holiday weekends on the horizon and summer around the corner, many of us will be spending more time poolside, at the beach and entertaining outdoors. If you’re looking for some fun and innovative summer cocktails that will “wow” your friends, The Cove at Pechanga Resort Casino has shared six amazing recipes that taste as good as they look!
Pechanga Resort Casino’s The Cove Pool Complex Reopens
From the Jalapeño Business to a Tequila Mai Oh Mai Tai, elevate your at-home entertaining with these fun summer cocktails from The Cove at Pechanga Resort. At The Cove, these drinks are 14oz and $14 each. The Cove guests can also purchase a 48oz.carafe of each signature cocktail for $50.
The Cove is currently open from 9am to 6pm. Hours will extend to 8am to 8pm beginning Memorial Day weekend through the rest of the season.
Jalapeño Business
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. Silver Tequila
.5 oz Triple Sec
1 oz Watermelon Puree
Sweet and Sour
Fresh Jalapeño (1 slice muddled)
Directions:
Add ice and all ingredients to tin and shake.
Strain and pour over ice.
Garnish with Lime and Jalapeño.
When Life Gives You Lemons
Ingredients:
2 oz. Tito’s Vodka
1 oz Blueberry Puree
3/4 oz Lime Juice
Ginger Beer
Directions:
Build over ice (stir if needed).
Garnish with Lime.
Mint to Be
Ingredients:
2 oz. Bacardi Silver Rum
Fresh Cucumber Pulp
.75 oz Lime Juice
.5 oz Simple Syrup
Fresh Mint (5 leaves)
Topped with Club Soda
Directions:
Muddle lime wedge and mint leaves in tin.
Add all ingredients except club soda and shake.
Time Flies When You’re Having Rum
Ingredients:
1 oz. Malibu Coconut Rum
1 oz Bacardi Silver Rum
Pineapple Puree (pineapple juice is fine, though drink won’t be as thick and will melt faster)
Handful of Ice
Whipped Cream (optional)
Directions:
Pour all ingredients in heavy duty blender.
Blend until ice is fully incorporated.
Top with whipped cream or a pineapple wedge.
Tequila Oh Mai Tai
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. Reposado Tequila of your choice
.5 oz Meyers Dark Rum (acts as a floater)
.5 oz Orgeat Syrup
Equal parts orange and Pineapple Juices
Grenadine
Directions:
Add a healthy spritz of grenadine to the bottom of an ice-filled glass.
Add tequila and orgeat syrup.
Fill with orange and pineapple juices until nearly full. Stir.
Add floater of Myers rum and garnish with an orange wedge or wheel.
Mule of Thumb
Ingredients:
2 oz. Tito’s Vodka
1 oz Blueberry Puree
3/4 oz Lime Juice
Ginger Beer
Directions:
Build over ice (stir if needed).
Garnish with lime.
For more information on The Cove, click here or call 951-770-8450. To book your next visit to Pechanga Resort Casino, click here.
[Photos courtesy of Pechanga Resort Casino]
Kamala Kirk is a University of Southern California graduate and has been an editor/writer for more than a decade. She has written for E! Online, Total Beauty, TravelAge West, Malibu Times Magazine, and many more. She resides in Los Angeles and is a proud pug mom. Follow her on Instagram: @kamalakirk