Valentine’s Day Deserves a Bit of Sparkle and Flavor!
Mix up these cocktails for a tasty celebration!
Grand Sidecar
Ingredients:
1.5 parts Grand Marnier® Cordon Rouge
.5 part Cognac
.5 part Fresh Lemon Juice
Method:
Combine Grand Marnier® Cordon Rouge, cognac and fresh lemon juice in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously until well chilled. Strain into prepared coupe glass and serve.
Grand Old Fashioned
Ingredients:
1 part Grand Marnier® Cordon Rouge
1 part Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon
3 dashes aromatic bitters
Large ice cube
Method:
First, combine aromatic bitters, Grand Marnier®, and, finally, whiskey in an old fashioned glass. | Add large ice cube and stir until cold and well incorporated. Garnish surface of liquid with orange twist, expressing oils over glass rim.
Grand Margarita
Ingredients:
1 part Grand Marnier® Cordon Rouge 1 part Tequila .5 part Fresh Lime Juice Ice cubes Lime Garnish
Method:
Fill a wide, shallow dish with 2-3 mm of fine salt. Cut a lime in half at the width and rub around half of the rim of a margarita glass. Cut a thin, crosswise slice from one of the lime halves for garnish. Holding glass upside down, dip wet half delicately into the salt. Shake Grand Marnier®, tequila and lime juice with ice in a cocktail shaker. Strain into glass and apply lime garnish to rim.
MAKE ME BLUSH
Ingredients:
1 part SVEDKA Peach
1/2 part Cranberry Juice
1/2 part Orange Juice
1/2 part Triple Sec
Method:
Pour SVEDKA Peach, cranberry juice, orange juice, and triple sec into a shaker filled with ice.| Shake vigorously. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a peach slice.
The Honeypot — Created by Erik Delanoy, Bartender
Ingredients:
2.0 oz The Macallan Double Cask 12 Years Old
3/4 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Murray’s Chestnut Honey
1 Dash Angostura Bitters
Method:
Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker, Add ice, shake until chilled, Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
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