Father’s Day is an important day for most as it’s the day folks get to celebrate the quiet strength of the dad or father figures in their lives. Whether you grew up close to a dad, step-dad, abuelo, tío, or a bonus dad, there’s much they have imparted.

Some were the rey of the asado properly dominating any protein that met the flames of their grill. Others were school projects kings, diligently gluing things, and helping us build contraptions. Then, there are the father figures who share sage advice, shaping how we move through the world.

To all those men who showed up and made their love known, we salute them with one of the cocktail recipes below.

El Presidente

Ingredients:

• 1 ½  oz. BACARDÍ Reserva Ocho
• ¾  oz. Martini & Rossi Bianco Vermouth
• ½  oz. Dry Curacao
• ½  tsp. Grenadine
• Orange twist and Amarena cherry as garnish

Directions:

1. Pour the ingredients into a mixing glass with ice cubes.
2. Stir for at least two minutes to chill and dilute the drink.
3. Fine-strain the mixture into a chilled cocktail glass. 
4. Garnish with an orange twist and an Amarena cherry.

Traditional Elderfashioned

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Dewar’s 12-Year-Old Blended Whisky
• ¾  oz. St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur
• 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
• Orange Twist for Garnish

Directions: 

1. Pour the St-Germain, whisky, and bitters into a mixing glass and fill it with ice. 
2. Stir until very cold and perfectly diluted. 
3. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. 
4. Garnish with an orange twist.

A Hint of Spice in Manhattan 

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ parts The Balvenie DoubleWood 12-Year-Old
• ½ part Amaro di Angostura
• ¼ part Ancho Chile
• ¼ part Allspice Dram

Directions: 

1. Add all ingredients into a rocks or old-fashioned glass. 
2. Add ice and stir briefly. 
3. Garnish with fresh ground black pepper and/or a lemon twist.

Trans-Fiddich-Fusion 

Created by Glenfiddich West Coast Ambassador David Allardice

Ingredients:

• 1 ½  parts Glenfiddich 12-Year-Old
• 1 part Passoa 
• 2 parts cranberry juice 
• 1 part fresh lime juice 
• A few drops of Former
• Top with ginger ale

Directions: 

1. Combine all ingredients.
2. Top with ginger ale and garnish with lime wheels.

The Short King

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ oz. of Gran Coramino Cristliano
• 1 ½ oz. of bourbon
• 1 ½ oz. of fresh lime juice
• 3 oz. of mint syrup

Directions:

1. Create mint simple syrup by placing ½ cup sugar, one bunch of mint, and two cups water in a pot and simmering until the sugar is dissolved. 
2. Combine all ingredients in a shaker and serve over crushed ice with mint garnish.

The Rise and Shine

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. of Grand Brulot
• Orange Twist

Directions: 

1. Mix ingredients into a rocks glass.
2. Enjoy!

Grand Brulot Carajillo

Ingredients:

• 1 ½  oz. of Grand Brulot
• 1 shot of espresso
• 1 ½ oz. of orange liquor
• ½  oz. of vanilla syrup
• Orange twist

Directions: 

1. Mix ingredients and shake together in a circular motion to create foam. 
2. Pour in a coupe glass and garnish with an orange twist.

The Chappie

This is a spin on the IBA official paper plane cocktail.

Ingredients:

• 1 oz. of Fior Scotch
• 1 oz. of Amaro
• 1 oz. of Aperol
• 1 oz. of lemon juice

Directions:

1. Add the Fior, Amaro, Aperol, and lemon juice to a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake. 
2. Strain into a chilled glass and serve neat.

Rye & Thyme
Recipe from Loring Place, NYC

Ingredients:

• 1 ¼ oz. of  Rye
• ¾  oz. of Amaro Nonino
• ½  oz. of thyme honey (10 thyme sprigs per quart of 1:1 honey syrup)
• ½ oz. of apple cider
• ¾ oz. of lemon juice

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a shaker.
2. Add ice and shake until well chilled.
3. Double strain into a chilled coupe.
4. Garnish with sprigs of thyme.

Contraluz & Alma Finca’s Light and Soul   

Ingredients: 

•  2 oz Contraluz Cristalino Mezcal  
•  ½ oz Alma Finca Orange Liqueur  
• ½ oz Nixta Licor de Elote  
• 1 oz Lime Cordial  
• ½ oz Hagave Spiced Nectar  

Directions:

1. Add all ingredients to a shaker. 
2. Shake with ice. 
3. Strain and serve into a rocks glass with a chiltepin salt rim.    

Las Californias’ California Negroni

Ingredients: 

• 1 oz Las Californias Nativo
• 1 oz Lo Fi Gentian Amaro
• 1 oz Cocchi Rossa  

Directions:

1. Add all ingredients into a mixing glass with ice. 
2. Stir well. 
3. Strain over fresh ice into a rocks glass.
4. Garnish with a grapefruit wedge.

The Glenlivet Whisky Sour

Ingredients: 

• 2 Parts The Glenlivet 12-Year-Old 
• 1 Part Lemon Juice
• ½ Parts Simple syrup 
• ½ Parts Egg* White or Aquafaba
• 3 dashes of Angostura bitters

Directions:

1. To a cocktail shaker, add The Glenlivet, lemon juice, simple syrup, and egg white or aquafaba.
2. Shake with no ice for 15-20 seconds.
3. Add ice to your cocktail shaker and shake again until well-chilled.
4. Strain into a rocks glass over ice and garnish with bitters.

The Brownstoner
From Red Rooster Overtown

Ingredients:

• 1½ oz. of bourbon  
• ¾  oz. of St. Germaine 
• ½  of Cherry Heering

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass. 
2. Shake with ice and pour into a Martini glass. 

Diplomático Solstice 

Ingredients: 

• 2 oz Diplomatico Mantuano
• 1 oz Pineapple pureè
• ½ oz Cinnamon syrup
• ½ oz Lime juice
• Pineapple wedge
• Freshly grated Cinnamon

Directions: 

1. Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with ice.
2. Shake vigorously, then pour over new ice into a festive glass. 
3. Then, grate cinnamon over the top of the cocktail.

The Trilby

Ingredients:

• 1.5 ounces LALO Tequila
• 0.75 oz Dry Vermouth
• 0.50 oz Parfait Amor
• 2 dashes Absinthe
• 2 dashes Orange Bitters

Directions: 

1. Add all ingredients except the bitters to a coupe glass and stir to combine. 
2. Garnish with an orange twist and top with orange bitters.