Summer Sippers

Strawberry Mint Julep

Makers Mark Strawberry Mint JulepIngredients:
2 parts Maker’s Mark® Bourbon
½ part simple syrup
½ part fresh lemon juice
2 sliced strawberries
6 fresh mint leaves

Garnish:
Mint leaves and strawberries

Add all ingredients to a shaker. Muddle until strawberries are broken up. Add ice. Give a quick shake and fine strain into a julep cup with ice. Garnish with mint and strawberries.

Blood Orange Sparkler

Roku Blood Orange SparklerIngredients:
1½ parts Roku Japanese Gin
½ part dry sake
1 part blood orange syrup
½ part fresh squeezed lemon juice
Sparkling wine

Garnish:
Blood orange wheel

Combine all ingredients, except sparkling wine in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a champagne flute. Top with sparkling wine. Garnish with blood orange wheel.

Pineapple Sparkler

Tres Generaciones Pineapple Margarita SparklerIngredients:
1 cup Tres Generaciones® Plata Tequila​
½ cup orange liqueur​
1 cup pineapple juice​
1 cup lime juice​
¼ cup lemon juice​
1 bottle champagne​

Garnish:
Fresh mint; salt and chipotle chili powder

Combine all ingredients, except champagne, into a pitcher over ice.​ Strain into chili-salt-rimmed glasses over ice and top each glass with champagne.​ Garnish with mint and serve. Serves 8.

Strawberry Lemonade

Truly Strawberry LemonadeIngredients:
1½ parts Truly Strawberry Lemonade Vodka
¾ parts triple sec
¾ parts fresh lemon juice
¾ parts cranberry juice

Garnish:
Lemon peel and strawberry slices

Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass. Garnish with a lemon peel and strawberry slices. Optional: Top with 2 parts of any Truly Lemonade Hard Seltzer.

Bourbon “Tee”

Jim Beam Bourbon TeeIngredients:
2 parts Jim Beam® Bourbon
5 parts unsweetened iced tea
½ part triple sec

Garnish:
Mint sprig and lemon wedge

Fill a highball glass with ice. Add the bourbon, triple sec and iced tea and stir. Garnish with the mint sprig and lemon wedge.

Tequila Sangria

Hornitos Tequila SangriaIngredients:
1 bottle of dry red wine​
¾ cup Hornitos® Plata Tequila​
¼ cup triple sec​
½ cup orange juice​
1 cup pomegranate juice​
2 tablespoon simple syrup
1 lemon and 1 orange, cut into thin wheels​
1 apple, cored and cut into small pieces​

Garnish:
Orange, apple and lime slices, quartered

Combine all ingredients and refrigerate for 24 hours.​ Serve over ice in a sugar-rimmed wine glass and garnish with fresh slices of oranges, lemons, or apples. Serves 12.

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