SIGNATURE DRINKS FRIDAY!

It's "Signature Drinks Friday!"....I will be posting FAB drink recipes for you every Friday..or other Fridays lol :o) Feel free to use them at your wedding or next party that you host! Get creative with it....sky's the limit! Enjoy!



1. Watermelon cooler

Ingredients

• 4 cups 2-inch cubes watermelon
• 1 cup vodka, chilled
• 2 tablespoons honey (see note)
• Garnish: small watermelon wedges with rind (optional)

Directions

Freeze the watermelon chunks in a zip-top plastic bag until just frozen, about 1 hour. Remove from the freezer and add to a blender. Pour in the vodka and honey. Process until blended and pour into frosted cocktail or jelly glasses. Garnish, if desired.

2. Blackberry smash

Ingredients

• 10 fresh mint leaves
• 16 fresh blackberries
• 1/2 cup rye whiskey
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons simple syrup
• 1/2 cup ginger ale, plus more for topping off
• Garnish: skewers of fresh blackberries (optional)

Directions

Muddle the mint and blackberries in a cocktail shaker. Add the whiskey, lemon juice, simple syrup, and ½ cup ginger ale. Add ice and mix with bar spoon (don’t shake—remember there’s ginger ale in there). Pour into wide-mouth or tall cocktail glasses filled with ice. Top off with extra ginger ale to taste. Garnish, if desired.

3. Kiwi kiss

Ingredients

• 1 kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced
• 3/4 ounce lemongrass syrup
• 1/2 ounce soju
• 6 ounces dry sparkling sake, such as Zipang
• 1 thick slice of kiwi, cut into a square, for garnish
• 6-inch section of fresh lemongrass, cleaned and peeled, for garnish

Directions

Add the peeled kiwi slices to a rocks glass along with the lemongrass syrup and soju. Using a muddler, mash the kiwi. Fill the glass three-quarters full with ice. Top with the sparkling sake. Use a metal cocktail pick to make a hole through the square slice of kiwi. Thread the kiwi slice onto the lemongrass “spear” as a garnish.

4. Blush punch

Ingredients

• One 12-ounce container frozen pink lemonade concentrate, thawed
• 4 cups cranberry juice cocktail
• 4 cups club soda, chilled
• Garnish: lemon curls (optional)

Directions
Combine the pink lemonade concentrate and cranberry juice cocktail in a large pitcher or container. Stir in the club soda just before serving. Pour into champagne flutes. Garnish, if desired.

Muddle the mint and blackberries in a cocktail shaker. Add the whiskey, lemon juice, simple syrup, and ½ cup ginger ale. Add ice and mix with bar spoon (don’t shake—remember there’s ginger ale in there). Pour into wide-mouth or tall cocktail glasses filled with ice. Top off with extra ginger ale to taste. Garnish, if desired.

Have a great 4th of July weekend!!!! Be safe!