Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze

 

Boozy Watermelon Punch

Ingredients:

6 cups watermelon, seedless and cubed
4 ounces lime juice
8 ounces vodka
6 ounces simple syrup
2 cups sparkling water

For the optional garnishes:

watermelon, seedless and cubed to taste, mint, to taste, lemon, to taste, limes, to taste.

Directions:

Using a blender, blend the six cups of the watermelon until smooth.
Using a strainer, strain the watermelon juice into a bowl, discarding the remaining chunks.
In a pitcher, combine the juice, lime juice, vodka, simple syrup and sparkling water.
Mix thoroughly.  Serve over ice and garnish with your favorite toppings.

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Summer Sipper

Ingredients:

20 Ml Gin
20 Ml Elderflower Liqueur 
20 Ml Orange Liqueur
20 Ml Lime Juice
Lemon zest or lime for garnish

Preparation:

Put some ice first in the cocktail shaker and mix all the four ingredients mentioned above in the shaker.
Shake hard and strain into martini glass.
Place strips of lemon zest or a large piece of citrus for garnish.

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Vanilla Rain

Ingredients:

1 1/3 oz. Vanilla Vodka
Lemon-Lime Soda
Lime cut into wedges

Instructions:

Fill a highball glass with ice.
Add the vanilla vodka and lime wedges.
Fill with lemon-lime soda.
Garnish with lemon balm or sprig of mint.

spiritdrinks/cocktails/VanillaRain

The Drifters - Up on the Roof

 

Desert Island

Ingredients:

1 oz. Cactus Schnapps (DeKuyper Cactus Juice)
1 oz. Pucker Island Punch Schnapps
Club Soda
Glass: Highball glass

Directions:

Fill a highball glass with ice.
Add Cactus Schnapps and Pucker Island Punch Schnapps and stir.
Top with club soda

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Belmont Jewel

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Bourbon Whiskey
2 ounces Lemonade
1 ounce pomegranate juice
lemon wedge, orange zest or cherry, for garnish

Steps to make it:

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine the ingredients,
Shake vigorously, Strain over ice into a double old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a lemon wedge, orange zest or cherry and enjoy.

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Gimlet

Ingredients:

Ice cubes
2 ounces gin
1 ounce lime juice
1 teaspoon confectioner's sugar
Lime slices

Directions:

Fill a shaker three fourths full with ice. Add the gin, lime juice and confectioner's sugar;
cover and shake for 10-15 seconds or until condensation forms on outside of shaker.
Strain into an ice-filled glass. Garnish with lime.

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Gimlet Recipe photo by Taste of Home

The Easy Beats - Friday On My Mind

 

Friday Night Special

Ingredients:

1/2 oz. Light Rum

1/2 oz. Coconut Rum

1/2 oz. Dekuyper Cheri-beri pucker schnapps

Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.

Strain into a glass and serve.

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