If you’re looking to entertain or just unwind after a long day or week, a drink (whether alcoholic or not) may be in order. Not sure what to make? Here are some recipes from AllRecipes.

COCKTAILS

Freezer Door Manhattan

Ingredients:

• 1 (750 milliliters) bottle rye whiskey

• 1 cup sweet vermouth (such as Cocchi Vermouth de Torino®)

• 1 teaspoon Angostura bitters

• maraschino cherries, for garnish

Directions:

1. Pour out about 1 cup whiskey from bottle to make room for remaining ingredients (reserve for another use). Using a funnel, add sweet vermouth and bitters. Seal bottle tightly, and gently invert several times to combine.

2. Transfer bottle to freezer; chill until very cold, at least 2 hours.

3. To serve, pour mixture into chilled coupe glasses. Garnish with cherries.

Elevated Appletini

Ingredients:

• ice

• 1 1/2 ounces gin

• 1 ounces applejack or apple brandy

• 1/2 ounce Lillet Blanc

• dash of orange bitters

• 1 very thin unpeeled crosswise slice from a small apple

Directions:

1. Fill a mixing glass half-full with ice. Add gin, applejack, Lillet Blanc, and orange bitters. 

2. Stir until well chilled. 

3. Strain into a cocktail glass; top with apple slice.

MOCKTAILS

Non-Alcoholic Summertime Spritz

Ingredients: 

• 1 twist lemon peel

• 5 mint leaves, or more to taste

• 1 ounce elderflower syrup (I used Belvoir® brand, but Bottlegreen® or homemade is also good!) 

• 2 ounces tonic water

• 3 ounces club soda

• ice, as needed

• 1 sprig mint, for garnish

Directions:

1. In a glass, muddle lemon peel, mint leaves, and a drop of syrup together. Pour over remaining syrup, tonic water, and club soda. Stir gently to combine.

2. Fill a glass with ice and pour elderflower spritz over it. Garnish with a mint sprig. 

Pomegranate Fizz

Ingredients:

• 5 fresh basil leaves

• 1 tablespoon agave syrup or honey

• 1 fluid ounce fresh lime juice

• 3 fluid ounces pomegranate juice

• 4 fluid ounces club soda

• ice cubes, as needed

• 1 lime wedge

Directions:

1. In a shaker, add basil leaves with lime juice and agave syrup and mash with a cocktail muddler. Add pomegranate juice to the shaker and shake well.

2. Fill a glass with ice cubes and strain shaker contents into the glass. Top with club soda and garnish with lime wedge.