Friday, July 29, 2011

FRIDAY COCKTAIL - PATRIOTS ABSOLUT PEAR-fect SEASON!



FOOTBALL IS ON!!!! This cocktail complete with New England blueberries is for all the New England Patriot fans!!! Can't wait for the season to begin!


Ingredients:


2 parts Absolut Pear Vodka

1/4 part lemon juice

10 blueberries

1/2 tbl simple syrup

lemon lime soda

garnish with blueberries, raspberries and a mint sprig


Muddle the blueberries and simple syrup in a glass. Add the vodka and lemon juice. Shake and strain into a tall glass with ice. Top with lemon lime soda and garnish with blueberries, raspberries and mint.


GO PATS!

ENJOY!

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Friday, July 15, 2011

FRIDAY COCKTAIL - 46 WHISKY SMASH



Simply put - for the whisky lover in all of us! There are a few variations...but I like the one with the splash of champagne on top..of course.


Looking forward to a great week with family and friends!!!


2 oz Makers Mark

4 mint leaves

one lemon wedge

one lime wedge

splash of Pomegranate liqueur

splash of simple syrup

splash of champagne


In a glass muddle all ingredients except the champagne. Strain into a glass with ice and top with champagne. Garnish with a lemon wedge.


Happy Summer!

ENJOY!
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Friday, July 1, 2011

FRIDAY COCKTAIL - 4TH OF JULY PATRIOT!

Gotta love this holiday for all it's Patriotic meaning....but also as it inaugurates us into SUMMER!!!! This is a super refreshing cocktail and so fun if you can get the layering down. You can make big batches of the red ingredients and the blue ingredients and just put them together as you serve.

Red Ingredients:
1 oz watermelon schnapps
splash of cranberry juice


Blue Ingredients:
1 jalapeno thinly sliced
1 lemon thinly sliced
1 lime thinly sliced
1-1/2 oz tequila
1/4 oz blue curacao
1/2 oz simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water - heated until sugar dissolves)

Mix watermelon schnapps and cranberry juice in a shaker and pour over ice. In another shaker muddle (crush) the jalapeno, lemon and lime with the tequila, curacao and simple syrup. Slowly strain the blue ingredients into the glass over red ingredients with ice.

Garnish with a watermelon slice.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO ALL!
ENJOY!
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