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From citrus coolers to party punches, discover festive cocktails designed to fuel all-day Holi dancing, colour fights and nonstop fun.
Bright, bold and refreshing cocktails crafted for high-energy Holi parties.
Before the first splash of colour hits the air and before the speakers begin to thrum, every great Holi party starts at the bar. Because this isn’t the day for polite pours or slow-sipping wine. It’s a marathon of music, movement and mayhem – sun on your skin, colour in your hair, bass in your chest. The drinks have to match that mood: lively, chilled, and impossible to stop at just one.
Think citrusy coolers that cut through the heat, sparkling highballs that keep you light on your feet, and fruit-forward punches made to be passed around in big, generous pitchers. These are cocktails designed to refresh between dance breaks, revive after colour fights, and fuel hours of high-energy celebration without weighing you down.
Mai-Tai: Camikara Aged Rum 3YO
Ingredients
- Camikara 3YO Aged Rum (pure cane juice rum) – 60ML
- Monin Blood Orange syrup – 10ML
- Monin Almond syrup – 10ML
- Lime Juice – 15ML
- Orange Juice – 50ML
- Pineapple Juice – 50ML
- Glass: Collins
- Finish: Garnish with an orange slice
Method: Add the rum and all the other ingredients in the mentioned quantity
Longitude77 Kashmiri Saffron Sour
Ingredients
- Longitude 77 Indian Single Malt Whisky – 60ml
- Kashmiri Saffron Syrup – 30ml
- Lime Juice – 20ml
- Egg White / Magic Velvet – 3 drops
- 1 Lemon Green
- Grapes
- Garnish: Kashmiri Chilli Oil, Kashmiri Saffron Strands
Method:
1. Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker and dry shake.
2. Add ice and shake well.
3. Fine strain in a chilled Nick & Nora glass.
4. Garnish with saffron/chilli oil using a dropper.
Lotus Flower Martini
Ingredients
- Ice Cubes
- 30 ml Absolut Vodka
- 15 ml Lychee Liqueur
- 10 ml Blue Curacao
- 10 ml Violet Liqueur
- 1 Edible Flower
- 1 Leaf Mint Leaf
Method:
1. Fill a shaker with ice cubes.
2. Add all ingredients.
3. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass.
4. Garnish with flowers (edible) and a mint leaf.
Ballantine’s Whisky Flip
Ingredients:
- 35ml Ballantine’s 7 American Barrel Whisky
- 15ml Amaretto Liqueur
- 20ml Double Cream
- 1 Whole Egg
- Ice
- Nutmeg To Garnish
Method:
1. Add Ballantine’s, Amaretto liqueur, cream, egg, and ice to the shaker and shake vigorously for 30 seconds.
2. Strain into a chilled glass.
3. Dust with nutmeg.
DEWAR’S Highball
Ingredients:
- 60 ml DEWAR’S 12 Years
- 10 ml Ginger Syrup
- 10 ml Honey
- 20 ml Fresh Lime Juice
- Soda (to top up)
- Glassware: Highball glasses
Method:
1. Add whisky, ginger syrup, honey, and lime juice into a highball glass.
2. Fill the glass with ice.
3. Stir gently to combine.
4. Top up with soda.
5. Give it a light final stir.
6. Garnish with an orange peel.
Irish Thandai
Ingredients:
- 45 ml Teeling Whiskey
- 60 ml Thandai Milk
- 10 ml Rose Water
- Glassware: Old-fashioned/Mud pot glasses
Method:
1. Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice.
2. Shake until well chilled.
3. Strain into a mud pot or old-fashioned glass over crushed ice.
4. Garnish with grated dry almonds and cinnamon
Guava Marg
Ingredients:
- 60 ml PATRÓN Silver
- 20 ml Guava Purée
- 15 ml Honey Syrup
- 25 ml Fresh Lime Juice
- Glassware: Margarita glasses with salt rim
Method:
1. Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice.
2. Shake well until chilled.
3. Strain into a salt-rimmed margarita glass.
Delhi, India, India
March 02, 2026, 10:58 IST
