Drink of the Week – Grapefruit Margarita

Although the weather is still a little chilly, we are already daydreaming of refreshing cocktails for spring weddings. One of the drinks we are currently dreaming of is a grapefruit margarita- delicious and fruity, this cocktail is refreshing and perfect for an outdoor wedding.

The ingredients include the following:

-Wedge of lime

-2 teaspoons coarse margarita salt

-14 ounces ruby red grapefruit juice, with pulp (about 3 medium grapefruits)

-1 ounce lime juice

-5 ounces tequila

-2 ounces triple sec

-4 slices grapefruit or twists

Combine 7 ounces grapefruit juice, one-half ounce lime juice, 2 1/2 ounces tequila and 1 ounce triple sec in a cocktail shaker. Shake over ice until chilled. Strain into two ice-filled, salt-rimmed margarita glasses.

Enjoy at any spring wedding, or any outdoor gathering with friends or family!

(Image from Confections of a Foodie Bride)

Amaretto-Cranberry Kiss

This fusion of amaretto and cranberry create this amazing, popular crowd pleaser. The colorful cocktail balances well to create a smooth, tart and not too sweet taste. Enjoy!

We suggest using this cocktail drink as a signature drink to be served at your fall or winter wedding reception. Since the Amaretto Cranberry Kiss is served in a martini glass, it would fit in perfectly with a sleek, modern winter wedding theme.

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups cranberry juice cocktail
• 1 cup vodka
• 1/2 cup of amaretto
• 2 tablespoons of fresh orange juice
• ice cubes
• clementines, peeled and separated

1. Combine cranberry juice, vodka, amaretto, and orange juice in pitcher.

2. Cover and chill until ready to serve.

To make 2 drinks, fill cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Pour in scant 1 cup vodka mixture. Cover and shake vigorously. Strain into 2 Martini glasses. Garnish each with clementine segment. Repeat 3 times with ice cubes, remaining vodka mixture, and clementine segments.

Drink of the Week: Falling Leaf Fizz

Ring in the holiday season with friends and family over a drink this weekend with this week’s drink of the week. If you’ve been busy in the kitchen mastering your latest pumpkin pie recipe and happen to have some leftover pumpkin pie spice and pumpkin butter, grab just a few more ingredients and you’re on your way to a refreshing autumn drink, Falling Leaf Fizz! With the fusion of pumpkin butter, this drink provides a natural pumpkin taste.

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Ingredients:

• 1 part Grey Goose La Poire Vodka
• 4 parts of sparkling wine
• Dash of simple syrup
• 1 heaping teaspoon pumpkin butter
• Pinch of pumpkin pie spice
• dried apple chip for garnish

Instructions:

Red, White & Yum: Fourth of July Cocktail

Are you daydreaming about 5 o’clock like we are? Kick off your Fourth of July with this refreshing and unexpected cocktail by Guy Fieri of Food Network. There are summer elements of sweet watermelon and cranberry, and a hint of a kick from a jalapeno!

What You’ll Need

• 1 ounce watermelon schnapps
• 1 big splash cranberry juice
• 1 very thin slice jalapeno or serrano pepper
• 1 slice lemon
• 1 slice lime
• 1 1/2 ounces tequila
• 1/4 ounce blue curacao
• 1/2 ounce simple syrup
• Watermelon wedge, for garnish (optional)

Directions

Mix the schnapps and cranberry juice in a shaker; pour into an ice-filled glass.

Muddle the jalapeno pepper, lemon and lime slices, tequila, blue curacao and simple syrup (to make a batch, dissolve sugar in equal parts hot water and chill) in the shaker. Slowly strain into the glass over the red layer. Garnish with watermelon, if desired.

Miércoles Happy Hour

Happy miércoles (“Wednesday” in Spanish!), and we have a refreshing cocktail for you inspired by this weekend’s Cinco de Mayo celebrations! Instead of margaritas, we found the perfect summer, tequila-infused drink to host at your next fiesta or reception. Thank you to the mixologists over at Jose Cuervo for creating the “Platino Fresco,” which we Google Translated to mean “Platinum Fresh.”

Platino Fresco

Ingredients

1 oz Jose Cuervo Platino™
1/2 oz. Elderflower liqueur
Cucumber slices
Mint leaves
Pink Grapefruit juice

Directions