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1. Gather the ingredients. 2. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, squeeze the juice from half a lime. 3. Pour the remaining ingredients (except the garnishes) into the shaker. 4. Shake well, until the outside of the shaker tin becomes frosty. 5. Strain into a hurricane glass filled with fresh ice. 6. Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry. Serve and enjoy.
View MoreCranberry Ginger Shandy
Gather the ingredients. In a large pitcher, combine the cranberry juice, ginger beer, and lemon juice. Stir well. Chill until you're ready to serve. Before serving, rim tall glasses with a ginger-sugar rim, wetting the rim with lemon juice and rolling it in a mix of ground ginger and sugar. Add beer to the pitcher just before serving. Pour the shandy into the prepared glasses over ice, if desired. Garnish with a lemon wedge. Serve and enjoy! Tips To make ginger sugar, combine 1 part white granulated sugar with 1/2 part ground ginger. Mix it well until you get a uniform light brown color. If your shandy is chilled, there's really no need to add ice. The other option is to add ice to the pitcher. Don't mix it up too early or you will lose some of the effervescence from the beers. You can also hold the beer, then top each glass with freshly tapped beer. You will need two whole lemons to get 3 1/2 ounces of fresh-squeezed juice.
View MoreRosé Berry Bliss Punch
1. Gather the ingredients. 2. In a large pitcher, mix the wine, blueberries, and frozen pink lemonade together. 3. Allow the flavors to marry in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour. 4. Pour into Champagne flutes and top each glass with lemon-lime soda. 5. Serve and enjoy! Tips ---- Rosé can be either a still or sparkling wine. Since the punch includes soda, the still wine is a great choice unless you want to double up on the bubbles. Depending on what's easiest at the moment, use either fresh or frozen blueberries. This recipe originally recommended "1 bag frozen blueberries" which doesn't clearly define the amount. About 1 cup of the fruit is perfect, but, by all means, add more if you like! Frozen pink lemonade is a concentrate that's typically mixed with about 64 ounces of water. This recipe uses the wine as a substitute for the water. The lemonade should thaw rather quickly but would be best if you set it out for a little bit to make it easier to stir into the punch. None the less, the punch will need to be stirred again when you take it out of the fridge. If you prefer to avoid the frozen pink lemonade (or it's unavailable near you), use about 32 ounces of pink lemonade that's already made. You can even make your own pink lemonade by sweetening fresh-squeezed lemonade with strawberry simple syrup. Add less soda and lemonade to suit your taste and the lemonade you're using. As written, the recipe should yield around 10 6-ounce servings. If you use the recommended 32 ounces of prepared lemonade, the volume will increase to about 15 servings. Recipe Variations ------------------- Other types of berries, including raspberries and strawberries, can be used with or instead of the blueberries. For an interesting twist, try the punch with half apricot juice and half apricot nectar instead of lemonade.
View MoreSpicy Pineapple Shandy
Gather the ingredients. In a pint glass, combine the jalapeño syrup, tequila, and fruit juices. Stir well. Fill the glass with ice (if desired) and top with beer. Serve and enjoy! Tips If your beer and juices are cold, there's really no need to add ice unless you'd like to. Your drink will also stay colder if you pour it into a frosty glass. Pour the beer slower than normal and stop with a little extra room at the top. The foam head will form quickly as it interacts with the pineapple juice. You can always top it off once the head relaxes. Jalapeño simple syrup is very easy to make at home. You will need a raw sugar such as demerara, two peppers, and a cup of water. It takes just 20 minutes but will need to cool before you mix with it. Fresh lemon juice is best. The average lemon yields 1 3/4 ounces of juice, so one fruit is more than enough for a few shandies. You can even simply squeeze a lemon wedge directly into the drink. You can use a juicer to make fresh pineapple juice or muddle chunks of the fruit, then strain out the juice. If you buy the juice, consider using smaller cans so any leftovers don't go bad before you get a chance to drink it. A silver (blanco) tequila is an excellent choice for this shandy. Yet, it is really interesting with the slight oakiness found in a reposado tequila.
View MoreWatermelon Beer
Gather the ingredients. In a mixing glass, muddle the watermelon to extract its juice. Strain out the fruit pieces and any seeds, leaving only the juice. Pour the vanilla syrup into a frosty pint glass, then fill halfway with watermelon juice. Top with the beer. Serve and enjoy! Tips When straining the watermelon, you can get a little extra juice by pressing the fruit into the strainer. Be sure to use a fine-mesh strainer to capture all the seeds and small pieces of fruit. If you have a juicer, use that for the watermelon to maximize the juice yield. Store any excess in a tightly sealed bottle in the refrigerator and use it within a couple of days. You can find vanilla syrup at most grocery stores because it's a popular flavor for sweetening coffee. Vanilla syrup is also very easy to make at home. All you need is 2 cups of sugar, 1 cup of water, and a vanilla bean. Stir the sugar into boiling water, reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes. Pour the syrup over a split vanilla bean in a heatproof jar. Let it steep for about 8 hours before removing the bean and bottling the syrup. It's even easier (and cheaper) with 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract added to the hot syrup. Watermelon beer can be made in any tall glass, no matter the volume. The point is to fill the glass half-way with the juice and syrup mix then fill it the rest of the way with beer. You can certainly add ice if you like. It's not necessary if you use a chilled glass and ice-cold beer, though.
View MoreTrojan Horse Mixed Drink
Gather the ingredients. Pour the Guinness into a pint glass or beer mug, filling it halfway. Top with the cola. Serve and enjoy! Tips These are two very fizzy ingredients, so pour very slowly to reduce the foamy head and a potential overflow. It's also a good idea to tilt the glass so the liquid you're pouring runs down the side rather than splashing directly in the middle. There's no need to stir the drink as the cola's carbonation will do the mixing for you. Make this drink even better by serving it in a frosty glass. Storing pints and mugs in the freezer door is a great way to ensure you always have a few on hand when needed.
View MoreRaspberry Lemonade Sangria
1 Gather the ingredients. 2 Mix the wine, berries, lemons, lemonade, and sugar in a pitcher. 3 Cover and place in the refrigerator overnight. 4 Add the lemon-lime soda just prior to serving. 5 Add ice in either the pitcher or individual glasses. 6 Garnish with a slice of lemon. 7 Serve and enjoy! Recipe Variations ------------------- Substitute the sugar in the Sangria with simple syrup. It not only mixes easier because there's no need to dissolve it, but the simple syrup is easy (and cheap) to make at home. All you need is sugar and water. Tip ----- Feel free to use a mix of white wines or stick with a single bottle. Either way, the bright citrus flavors of lemon and the sweet berry carries a refreshing blast to the palate. It's a fabulous summertime Sangria that everyone will enjoy. Beyond the wine and raspberries, lemonade is the featured ingredient in this Sangria recipe. This means that you should pay special attention to it and the best way to do so is to make fresh-squeezed lemonade. The myth is that homemade lemonade is difficult to make, however, that is completely false. The basic lemonade recipe requires just three ingredients - water, fresh lemon juice, and simple syrup - and the ratio is a simple 2:1:1. It mixes up in a matter of minutes and your Sangria will have a cleaner, fresher taste if you take the time to make it.
View MoreBlack Velvet Cocktail
Gather the ingredients. Pour the Champagne into a wine flute, filling the glass halfway. Slowly pour the stout on top to fill the glass. Serve and enjoy! Tips You can also pour this drink in a beer mug or pint glass, though the flute does add a fancy touch. No matter the glass, pour equal amounts of Champagne and stout. Since there is no ice involved in mixing this drink, it really is best when both ingredients are well-chilled. It's something you likely do for both sparkling wine and stout anyway but don't forget to do it when making the black velvet. Though traditionally made with French Champagne, any sparkling wine will create a nice black velvet. You might, for instance, pour Italy's Prosecco or Spain's cava, both of which tend to be less expensive than Champagne.
View MoreCorrido Prohibidos
Salt the rim of a chilled beer mug. Pour tequila into the glass. Tip the glass and slowly pour the beer on top. Garnish with a lime wedge.
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