
Cool Down with Summer Desert Cocktails
Along with the summer heat comes the perfect opportunity to hit the pool and spend the day relaxing with a cold drink in your hand. Here are just a few of our favorite adult beverages to enjoy at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort as the temperatures rise in Tucson.

Sonoran Sunset Aperol Spritz
Sonoran Sunset Aperol Spritz
– ½ ounce of Solerno Blood orange liquor
– ½ ounce of Aperol aperitif
– 2 ounces Prosecco
– ½ ounce of local prickly pear syrup
– Splash of sparkling water
– Splash of orange juice
- Combine Solerno, Aperol, prickly pear syrup, and ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake to dissolve syrup.
- Pour into white wine glass with fresh ice. Add Prosecco, sparkling water, and splash of orange juice on top.
- Garnish with an orange twist.

Prickly Pear Margarita
Prickly Pear Margarita
– 1 ¼ ounce of Herradura silver
– ½ ounce of triple sec
– ½ ounce fresh lime juice
– ¾ ounce of local prickly pear syrup
- Combine Herradura silver with triple sec, prickly pear syrup, lime juice, and ice in a shaker. Shake to dissolve the syrup.
- Pour it into a salted rim rocks glass with fresh ice.
- Garnish with a fresh lime.

Lounge Lizard
Lounge Lizard
– ¾ ounce of Malibu coconut rum
– ¾ ounce of Cruzan mango rum
– ½ ounce pineapple juice
– ½ ounce orange juice
– float of Midori
- In a shaker combine Malibu rum, Cruzan mango, pineapple juice, and orange juice.
- Shake really well.
- Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass.
- Finish with a Midori float on top.

Canyon Colada
Canyon Colada
– 1 ¼ ounce of Bacardi Superior rum
– 2 pineapple slices
– coconut shavings
– Splash of prickly pear syrup
- In a blender combine pineapples, coconut shaving, prickly pear syrup, and Bacardi superior rum.
- Blend well.
- Pour it in a white wine glass and garnish it with a pineapple.

Pama Mojito
Pama Mojito
– 1 ¼ ounce of Bacardi Silver rum
– ½ ounce of pomegranate juice
– ½ ounce of fresh lime juice
– ¾ ounce of local prickly pear syrup
– Splash of sparkling water
– Splash of orange juice
- Muddle three lime wedges, and a few mint sprigs in a shaker.
- Combine simple, Bacardi silver rum, and pomegranate juice into the shaker
- Shake until syrup is dissolved
- Pour into a highball with fresh ice and top it off with sprite.
- Garnish with either a lime wheel or fresh mint sprig.
Cheers to summer from sunny Tucson!
Rachelle