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The OK! Labor Day Cocktail Roundup!
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Labor Day already? We know you may be bummed about kissing that bronze goodbye, but a sendoff summer party is exactly what you need. Relive all your fun beach memories with your friends and toast to a spectacular fall, cocktail in hand!
Icy Mint Freeze
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Icy Mint Freeze
Ingredients:
1 part JDK&Sons Crave Chocolate Mint Liqueur
1 part DeKuyper Strawberry Patch Liqueur
1 part DeKuyper Blue Curacao
Directions: Mound fine crushed ice in a cocktail glass using a large ice cream scoop. Next, pour each ingredient, one by one, in stripes to create a horizontal layering of the ingredients. Serve the cocktail with a demitasse spoon.
Cucumber Watermelon Cooler
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Cucumber Watermelon Cooler, created by Lynnette Marrero
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. SMIRNOFF Sorbet Light Lemon
0.75 oz. of Lemon Juice
0.5 oz. of Agave
2 Slices of Cucumber
4 Chunks of Watermelon
Perrier Pink Grapefruit Sparkling Water
Directions: Muddle the watermelon and cucumber in a mixing glass. Combine all of the ingredients except the sparkling water. Add the ice, shake, and strain over fresh ice into a highball glass. Add agave for a sweeter taste. Top off the cocktail with Perrier Pink Grapefruit Sparkling Water and garnish with a cucumber.
Salted Caramel Popcorn Martini
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Salted Caramel Popcorn Martini
Ingredients:
2 parts EFFEN Salted Caramel Vodka
1/4 part Simple Syrup
5 Caramel Popcorn Kernels, popped
Garnish with 3 Caramel Popcorn Kernels, popped
Directions: Muddle all ingredients except vodka in a mixing glass. Add the vodka and stir with ice. Strain into a chilled rocks glass over ice. Garnish with a skewer of 3 caramel popcorn kernels.
Hintberry Margarita
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Hintberry Margarita
Ingredients:
1 Blackberry hint water
1 cup Raspberries (save a few for garnish)
3 oz. Blueberry Vodka
Ice
Directions: Add ice, blackberry hint water, raspberries, and the blueberry vodka to a blender. Blend the mixture until its at your desired consistency. Garnish with raspberries and serve in a margarita glass.
BrewLaLa
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Owl's Brew BrewLaLa
Ingredients:
1 Part Owl's Brew Pink and Black
Fresh brewed Darjeeling Hibiscus, Strawberry, Lemon Peel, and Agave
1 Part Pilsner
Directions: Rim glass with Margarita Salt. Serve chilled in a highball glass and garnish with lime.
The Honey Bow
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The Honey Bow
Ingredients:
4 oz. Strongbow Hard Cider
1.5 oz. Apple-Flavored Vodka
1 oz. - Cranberry Juice
0.5 oz. Honey or Agave
Apple Slice
Directions: Build the cocktail in a tall glass filled with ice. Stir the cocktail and garnish with the apple slice.
Kilbeggan Waterwheel
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Kilbeggan Waterwheel, created by Darren McGettigan, resident mixologist at Bar Beoga of the Menlo Park Hotel
Ingredients:
1 ¼ Parts Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey
2 ½ Parts Pressed Apple Juice
1 ¼ Parts Pressed Pineapple Juice
6 Fresh Blueberries
1 Dash of Cherry Bitters
1 Bar Spoon of White Sugar
Marg Up, Served at the Hard Rock Cafe
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Marg Up, Served at the Hard Rock Cafe
Ingredients:
2 oz. Patron Silver Tequila
1 oz. Grand Marnier
2 oz. Margarita mix
1 Orange Wedge and 1 Lime Wedge—Squeeze and Discard)
½ Salted Rim and Lime Wheel for Garnish
Montauk
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Montauk, created by Theo Lieberman, Milk & Honey in NYC
Ingredients:
1 oz. NOLET’S Silver Dry Gin
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1 oz. Dry Vermouth
Directions: Build the cocktail in a glass over ice. Serve it with a twist of lemon.
The Beach House
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The Beach House
Ingredients:
2 parts Pinnacle Tropical Punch Vodka
1 part DeKuyper Triple Sec Liqueur
3 parts Cranberry Juice
Splash Fresh Lime Juice
Directions: Mix in a glass with ice and garnish with lime wedge.
Sauza Blue Oasis
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Sauza Blue Oasis
Ingredients:
3 parts Sauza Sparkling Margarita
1 part DeKuyper Pucker Island Blue Liqueur
Directions: Build the cocktail over ice in a Collins glass. Garnish with a lime wheel on the rim.
Sunset Strawberry Lemonade
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Sunset Strawberry Lemonade
Ingredients:
2 parts Skinnygirl Bare Naked Vodka
2 Large Muddled Strawberries
1 part Powdered Lemonade Mix
Splash of Club Soda
Directions: Pour the mixture over ice and top with club soda.
SVEDKA's Easy Breezy
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SVEDKA's Easy Breezy
Ingredients:
2 parts SVEDKA Orange Cream Pop
1 part Heavy Cream or Milk)
Splash of Orange Juice
Directions: Pour SVEDKA Orange Cream Pop and the cream into a shaker filled with ice. Add a splash of juice. Shake this vigorously and pour into a rocks glass. Top it off with orange zest.
Just Peachy
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Just Peachy
Ingredients:
2 oz. SKYY Vodka
1 oz. Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
1 ½ oz. Ginger solution (1 Ginger: 1 Water: 1 Sugar)
1 ½ oz. Peach Liquor
Directions: Blend and double strain. Shake all ingredients, except the soda. Strain over ice and top with soda. Garnish the cocktail with mint and peach slices.
Raspberry Fizz
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Raspberry Fizz
Ingredients:
2 oz. Barrymore Wine
3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
1/2 oz. Agave
4 Raspberries
Top with Ginger Beer
Directions: Muddle raspberries in a shaker. Next, add the Barrymore Pinot Grigio, lemon juice, agave and ice. Shake vigorously. Double strain the mixture into a collins glass and top with Ginger Beer. Garnish the cocktail with a lemon wheel.