Easy,
Breezy Memorial Day Cocktails
By FBWorld Team
When
it comes to your Memorial Day party plans and celebrations,
repeat after us: you are the host, not the bartender.
So here are five cocktails that will keep you mingling-not
shaking behind the bar. Enjoy!
Sunrise
In Tijuana
Cassandra Rosen, Soltado Tequila
Makes
8-10 servings
Ingredients:
12 cups Watermelon, (seeded and cubed (appx 4 lbs, depending
on water content)
1/2 cup Water*
1/4 cup Lime Juice
8 tbs Simple Syrup*
8 oz Soltado Tequila Picante
Top Soda
Garnish: Jalapenos, Lime slices
Glass: Collins
Procedures:
Add the watermelon, lime juice, simple syrup, and water
to a blender, and puree gently. Press through a mesh strainer
into a pitcher, cover and refrigerate at least two hours,
or overnight
American
Apple Pie
Cassandra Rosen, Soltado
Tequila
Serves
8-10
Ingredients:
16 oz. Spiced Apple Cider
6 oz. Soltado Tequila Picante
4 oz. Apple Brandy or Cognac
4 oz. Ginger Syrup
Garnish: Thin apple slice and cinnamon
stick
Optional: vanilla ice cream float
Procedures:
Stir all ingredients in a punch bowl, garnish with apple
slices and cinnamon. Serve over ice. Ice cream float optional.
Blue
Ice Vodka Spritzer
Ingredients:
1 Cup of Blue Ice Vodka
4 Limes
3 tbls. Sugar
1-liter Club Soda
1 Cup Blueberries
1 Cup Raspberries
Ice
Bai
Strawberry Limu Lemonade
Ingredients:
2 bottles Bai Limu Lemon
1 pint Fresh Strawberries
2 Lemons
Ice
8 oz. vodka (optional)
Procedures:
Halve and hull strawberries and slice lemons. Place into
pitcher and cover with ice. Add Limu Lemon, and stir gently
to combine.
Tip:
If you're adding vodka, try making ahead in a tupperware
bowl with a cover. Set in the freezer for a few hours
or overnight, and it will emerge slushy and refreshing.
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