Written by:
Lesley Seacrist
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Vol. 17#7
It’s that time again. Try these tasty concoctions at your Post-Pride celebration.
SKYY Honeydew (or Honey Don’t) Cocktail
2 oz SKYY Melon
4 oz Fresh Orange Juice
Enjoy over ice in a tall glass.
Honey, do try to finalize an outfit the day before the pride parade. And honey, don’t wear anything that can’t be easily converted from daywear into nightwear. Honey, do keep it simple and mix that SKYY Melon with some OJ. But honey, don’t accept any cheap imitations.
SKYY Orange You Glad She’s Single
2 oz. SKYY Orange
2 oz. orange juice
1 oz. triple sec
Splash of lemon-lime soda
Serve in a tall glass over ice with an orange garnish.
The New Old Fashioned
2 parts Phillips Union Whiskey
Dash of Peychaud bitters
Splash of soda
2 maraschino cherries
Lemon wedge
Mix and serve over ice in a low ball glass garnish with a lemon wedge.
The Urban Bourbon Ball
2 parts Phillip Union Whiskey
1 part Dark Crème de Cacao
1 part Tuaca
1 Strawberry
Shake with ice, strain into a martini glass and garnish with a strawberry.
Vanilla Mint Julep
2 1/2 parts Phillips Union Vanilla Whiskey
4 fresh mint sprigs
1 tsp powdered sugar
2 tsp water
Muddle mint leaves, powdered sugar, and water in a Collins glass. Fill the glas with shaved or crush ice and add Phillips Union Vanilla. Top with more ice and garnish with a mint sprig.
Dancing Bull Zin-Gria
1 Bottle Dancing Bull Zinfandel
3 Oz. Blue Curacao
1 oz. Lemon juice – Fresh
1/2 Lemon cut into wedges
1 oz. orange Juice- Fresh
1/2 orange cut into wedges
3 oz/ white grapes juice
1/2 lime cut into wedges
Mix above ingredients with ice and garnish with orange wedge.
The Platinum Margarita
1 part El Tesoro Platinum Tequila
1/2 part Cointreau Liqueur
1/2 part fresh lime juice
Shake with ice and serve in a slat-rimmed glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.
The Platinum Lemon Drop
1 part El Tesoro Platinum Tequila
1 part fresh squeezed lemon juice
1/2 part Superfine Sugar
(1 part Lemonade can be used as a substitute for the lemon juice and sugar)
Shake with ice and serve in a sugar-rimmed martini glass. Garnish with a lemon wedge.
Kentucky Crack
Equal Parts Everglo and Makers Mark Bourbon
Fill up with ginger ale
Squeeze lemon wedge
Xellent Cosmopolitan
Xellent Swiss Vodka
Cointreau
Roses Lime Juice
Cranberry Juice
Stir and Strain
Orange twist garnish
Xellent Swiss Miss
Xellent Swiss Vodka
Chambord
Sparkling Wine
Xellent Cheri Caipiroska
Lemon quartered
Cherries
Velvet Falernum
Muddle the above ingredients. Then add Xellent Swiss Vodka
VOX Rocks
Give your tonic a citrus twist.
2 parts VOX® Vodka
4 parts tonic water or soda
Lemon
Lime
Kumquat
Mixing Instructions:
Build the ingredients over ice in a rocks glass.
Garnish:
Add a 1⁄2 kumquat slice to the rim and 4-inch lemon and lime spiral hanging over the side of the glass.
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VOX Vine Wine
Grapes and grain - there’s no better combination.
11⁄2 parts VOX® Vodka
1 part of Pinot Noir
Dash of simple syrup
1 bunch of small red grapes
Mixing Instructions:
Muddle six red grapes in a mixing glass. Add the wine, simple syrup and VOX Vodka. Add the wine, simple syrup and VOX Vodka.
Serving Instructions:
Shake sharply over ice and strain into a pre-chilled martini glass.
Asian Bull
Glass: Collins or rocks
Garnish: None
Method: Pour over ice.
2 parts Red Bull
2 parts Han Serve over ice
Bruce Lee Bomber
Glass: Pint or 2oz. shot
Garnish: None
Method: Drop shot into 1/2 full glass of Red Bull
Red Bull Energy Drink 1/2 full
2 parts HAN
Godzilla
Glass: Collins
Garnish: Lime
Method: Combine ingredients in glass filled with ice. Stir.
2 oz. HAN Asian Vodka
2 oz. Monster Energy Drink
Han Dynasty
Glass: Collins
Garnish: Lemon wedge and mint
Method: Shake over ice.
2 parts HAN Asian Vodka
3 sprigs fresh mint
2 sprigs thyme
Splash simple syrup
Squeeze fresh lemon
Fill with soda water
Bacardi Silver Watermelon
Melon Dollar Baby
12 oz Barcardi Silver Watermelon
1 cup frozen watermelon chunks
2 tbsp frozen limeade
Blend Bacardi Silver Watermelon with frozen watermelon and limeade in a blender until smooth. Pour into a festive goblety. Garnish with a slice of fresh watermelon. Use your melon and enjoy!
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