Limoncello Collins

Tina Rupp

Ingredients

16 ounces limoncello (lemon-flavored liqueur)
12 ounces Gin
8 ounces fresh lemon juice
24-paper thin lemon slices
Ice
16 ounces chilled club soda
8 mint sprigs

In a pitcher, combine the limoncello, gin and lemon juice.  Cover and refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours.  Press 3 thin lemon slices against the inside of each of 8 Collins glasses.  Add ice to the glasses.  Stir the limoncello mixture and pour it into the glasses.  Stir 2 ounces of club soda into each drink and garnish with a mint sprig.

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The Collins was most likely named after 19th-century bartender John Collins of London's Limmer's Hote.  The Tom Collins was originally made with Old Tom, a sweet style of gin that's extremely hard to find today.

Purple Haze #3

1/2 oz. Rum
1/2 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Chambord Raspberry Liqueur
1 oz. Sweet and Sour mix
7-Up Soda

Add liquors to an ice filled margarita glass.  Add sour mix, top with 7-Up, and serve.

(drinksmixer.com)

I omitted the Tequila.

White Rabbit

Ingredients:

3 oz. Stoli Vanilla Vodka
3 oz. Vanilla Liqueur
1 oz. Milk
Ice

Directions:

Fill a glass with ice, add in the vodka, liqueur and milk.  Shake and serve.



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Peach Fuzzies

Howard L. Puckett
 

Serve these festive peach fuzzies at an early afternoon barbecue.  Frozen pink lemonade concentrate gives the drink its color and its sweet-tart flavor base.  Add vodka, water and ripe peaches for extra sweetness, then process with crushed ice.
Makes 10 cups.

Ingredients

1 (12-ounce) can frozen pink lemonade concentrate, slightly thawed and divided.
3/4 cup vodka, divided
3/4 cup water, divided
4 cups peeled and cubed fresh, ripe peaches (about 6 large), divided
Crushed ice


Preparation

Process half quantities of first 4 ingredients in a blender until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides.  Fill blender with ice to 5-cup level, and process until smooth.  Pour into a  pitcher.  Repeat procedure with remaining ingredients.  Garnish, if desired.

Ashley Strickland,
Coastal Living

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Surf Spritzer

The Surf Spritzer Cocktail Recipe:

1-1/4 parts Grey Goose L'Orange Vodka
3/4 part Aperol
3/4 part Liller Blanc
1 part Orange Juice
1 part Tonic water (or Seltzer)

1.  Add first four ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice, and shake vigorously.
2.  Strain into a highball glass filled with ice, and top with soda.
3.  Present with an orange slice.

The Surf Spritzer Cocktail is made using Grey Goose L'Orange Vodka, Aperol Bitters, Lillet Blanc, Orange Juice, Tonic Water. 

Sources:
cocktailatlas.com

cocktailsdrinkrecipes.com

La Federation

• 80 ml/2.5 oz Grey Goose Vodka
• 7/4ml/.25 oz Grand Marnier /Cointreau
• 104 ml/3.5 oz Ginger Ale
• Champagne or other French sparkling wine, such as Crémant de Bourgogne

 

 

Combine vodka and orange liqueur in a mixing glass, over ice. Stir well. Add ginger ale, swirl, and strain into cocktail glass. Top with sparkling wine, garnish with a mint leaf.

 

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Kir Royale

Ingredients:

1 oz. Creme de cassis
Champagne
Garnish: Lemon twist or blackberry

Pour Creme de cassis with Champagne. 
Garnish with lemon twist.  

(CocktailTimes.com)

Lemon Icetini

1/2 oz. Bacardi Limon Rum
1/2 oz. triple sec
1 oz. lemonade
1 oz. Sierra Mist Soda


Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass half-filled with ice cubes. 
Stir well.  Strain into a cocktail glass over crushed ice, and serve.

Strawberry Daiquri

1/2 oz. Strawberry Schnapps
1 oz. Light Rum
1 oz. lime juice
1 tsp. powdered sugar
1 oz. strawberries


Add ingredients with a bit of ice in a blender. Blend and then strain into a cocktail glass.  Garnish with a strawberry.

Star Spangled Spritzer

A refreshing summer cocktail made with grenadine, orange juice/pineapple juice, white wine or ginger ale garnished with a star shaped slice of watermelon. Cheers!

Ingredients:

4 tablespoons (2 ounces) Grenadine
6 tablespoons (3 ounces) Orange Juice/Pineapple Juice blend
6 tablespoons (3 ounces) Sparkling White Wine or Ginger Ale
Slice of watermelon for garnish

Instructions:

1. Pour Grenadine, OJ/Pineapple juice and white wine or ginger ale into glass.
2. Slice a piece of watermelon and cut out with a small star shaped cookie cutter to garnish your glass.
Serve immediately.

Serves 1.
Author: Jennifer @ Celebrating Every Day Life with Jennifer Carroll.

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