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  • Easter Sangria

    Our friends over at Voga recently sent us some fun recipes for Easter.  This one really resonated!  I am a really big fan of wine based cocktails, punches and Moscato.  The Easter Sangria combines all three.  Plus, you get the added bonus of being able to wow your friends and relatives with that punch bowl your grandma gave you.  I grew up in the Midwest and no self respecting woman would be caught dead on … Read more

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    Lover’s Lane

    ByPR Drinks
    Ingredients:
    2 oz Godiva Chocolate Raspberry Vodka
    1/4 oz orange liqueur
    1/2 oz fresh lime juice
    Raspberries for garnish
     
    Directions:
    Combine Godiva Chocolate Raspberry Vodka, orange liqueur and fresh lime juice into a martini glass and stir. Garnish with raspberries.
    Yield:
    1 drink

    Created by Lynn House, Chicago, IL. Courtesy of Godiva Chocolate Infused Vodka.… Read more

  • Love Machine

    Ingredients:
    1 1/4 oz vodka
    3 fresh strawberries or 1 oz of strawberry liqueur
    2 oz Cascal Ripe Rouge
    Garnish with strawberry

    Directions:
    Start by muddling strawberries with a dash of strawberry liqueur in the bottom of mixing glass. Add vodka and ice and shake hard. Pour in the Cascal, stir gently and then fine strain into a cocktail glass.

    Courtesy of Cascal Soda.… Read more

  • Passing Game Punch

    Ingredients:
    1 1/2 cups Tequila Avión Silver
    6 cups pineapple juice
    1/2 cup orange juice
    1 to 2 cups fresh fruit, sliced
    1/4 cup fresh lime juice
    1/2 cup agave nectar

    Directions:
    Combine all ingredients in a large punch bowl with ice and stir well. Serve in a tumbler with ice. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.

    Courtesy of Tequila Avión Silver.… Read more

  • Sparkling Dragon

    Ingredients:
    2 oz Dragonfruit-infused Purity Vodka
    3 oz sparkling water
    3 dashes Peychaud’s bitters

    Directions:
    Fill a highball glass with ice, dash bitters, then add infused Purity and top with soda.  Garnish with a slice of dragon fruit.

    Courtesy of Purity Vodka.… Read more

  • Year of the Dragon

    Ingredients:
    2 oz Purity Vodka
    1 oz pomegranate juice
    1 oz coconut water
    2 dashes Bitter Truth orange bitters

    Directions:
    Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice, stir until ice cold.  Strain over fresh ice in a highball glass, garnish with a slice of dragon fruit.

    Courtesy of Purity Vodka.… Read more

  • Musical Mule

    Ingredients:
    1.5 oz Russian Standard Vodka
    5 oz Regatta ginger beer
    1 lime wedge

    Directions:
    Build cocktail over ice in your Russian Standard Copper Mug Add 1.5 oz of Russian Standard Vodka. Squeeze a wedge of lime. Top with 5 oz of Regatta ginger beer.

    Courtesy of Russian Standard Vodka… Read more

  • National Apricot Day!

    ByDOTW Staff

    The apricot, a relative of the plum and the peach, has been a food staple in many cultures for a very long time. This sweet, bright-colored fruit is packed full of beta-carotene, fiber, antioxidants like vitamin A and also makes for a tasty ingredient in cocktails! Check out some of our favorite recipes:

      Apricot Fizz — this cocktail is light, refreshing and full of flavor with rum and cherry bitters. The Bubbly Apricot — you
    … Read more