Thirsty Thursday – Strawberry and Peach Sangria

Ingredients…

1 750-ml bottle dry white wine
1 1/2 cups Essensia (orange Muscat, a sweet dessert wine)
1 1/2 cups sliced strawberries
1 cup peach liqueur
3 peaches, each cut into 12 slices
1 large orange, cut crosswise into 6 slices
1 large lemon, cut crosswise into 6 slices
1/4 cup strawberry syrup* (optional but so good!)
3 to 4 cups ice cubes

Preparation…

Mix white wine, Essensia, strawberries, peach liquor, peaches, orange slices, lemon slices, and strawberry syrup in large pitcher, smashing citrus slices slightly. Let stand at room temperature at least 2 hours or chill up to 4 hours. Serve sangria over ice.  8 Servings.

                             

*Strawberry syrup can be found near the maple syrup at some supermarkets and specialty food stores.

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Happy 4th!

 

                                                           Time For a Change

This cocktail was created by bartenders in Washington D.C.; somewhat patriotic and, given your personal political views, appropriate for July 4th or… the next election. 

But, politics aside, it’s a great, refreshing drink that has an air of creativity without using exotic ingredients that you have to hunt for.

Ingredients:

    • 2 1/2 parts Jim Beam Black Bourbon
    • 1/4 part DeKuyper Triple Sec
    • 1/2 part fresh lemon juice
    • 1/2 part blueberry juice
    • 1/2 part lavender honey simple syrup
    • dash of orange bitters
    • super-fine sugar for rimming

 

Preparation:

  1. Rim a cocktail glass with sugar.
  2. Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
  3. Shake well.
  4. Strain into a cocktail glass

 

Have a wonderful July 4th and, please, if you indulge, let someone else,  who has not…do the driving!

 

 

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Thirsty Thursday – Beer and a Smoke

Absolutely an off-the-wall cocktail but, hey…it’s Summertime and anything goes, right?

Say yes!

 

Beer and a Smoke

Start with….
1 tablespoon Kosher salt
1 tablespoon celery salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 ounce Sombra mezcal
¾ ounce lime juice
3 dashes Cholula hot sauce
1 dash celery bitters
1 bottle Victory Pilsner beer
1 teaspoon orange zest
1 teaspoon lime zest

Then….

Rim a Collins glass with salt, celery salt, and sugar.

In a shaker, add the mezcal, lime juice, hot sauce, celery bitters, and ice.

Shake and strain into glass.

Top with beer and garnish with orange and lime zest.

 

Try it.  You might like it!

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