Whether you’re joining a socially distanced holiday happy hour via Zoom or looking to elevate dinner with your roommates or significant other, a festive cocktail can go a long way in enhancing any occasion. We tapped the bar teams at a few of Miami’s top-rated restaurants for recipes that only taste like they took a lot of work. Cheers!

SP11CE & Everything Nice by Zuma’s Jules Gomez

Ingredients:

1.5 ounces of E11EVEN Vodka

0.5 ounce of Italicus

Lemon juice to taste

Simple syrup to taste

A dash of cardamom bitters

Directions:

Combine all the ingredients in a small shaker and add ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass. Garnish with a lemon twist and enjoy!

Apple of my Islay by Beaker & Gray and The Sylvester’s Ben Potts

Ingredients:

1 ounce of The Botanist Islay Dry Gin

1 ounce of extra dry vermouth

1 ounce of apple cordial

1 dash of aromatic bitters

Directions:

Stir the ingredients in a mixing glass with ice, then strain into small cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

StripSteak’s El Guapo

Ingredients:

1 ounce of Gracias a Dios Espadin Mescal

1 ounce of cacao-infused Revolucion Tequila

0.75 ounce of Averna Amaro

0.75 ounce of Pineapple and Burnt Orange

2 dashes of Bitterman’s chocolate bitters

Directions:

Combine all the ingredients in a shaker full of ice, shake, and pour into a rocks glass over a large ice sphere. Express and garnish with charred orange peel.