Game Day Cocktails

Looking to mix things up for Super Bowl Sunday? Allow the Trusted Experts to take your watch-party to the next level! Whether you’re a Los Angeles Rams fan, Cincinnati Bengals buff or commercial surfer, you’re guaranteed to win some extra points with these cocktails.

The R-A-M

You’ll feel the California Sunshine in this twist on the Old Fashioned made with Rum, Angostura, and maple syrup!

Tools:

• Bar spoon
• Cocktail mixing glass (a pint glass works in a pinch!)
• Hawthorne strainer
• Lighter
• Rocks glass

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Dos Maderas PX 5+5 rum
• ½ ounce maple syrup
• 2-3 dashes angostura bitters
• Orange peel for garnish

Steps:

• Place one king cube, or 2-3 ice cubes in a rocks glass
• Combine all liquid ingredients in a mixing glass filled with ice
• Stir for 20 seconds, and strain into the rocks glass
• Hold the lighter just above the glass with the orange peel in your other hand, orange side towards the flame. When you give the peel a quick squeeze the fruit’s essential oils should shoot out towards the flame, creating a small burst of fire! Give the lip of the glass a quick wipe with the peel and then drop it in.

Black and Orange

If your more of a Ben-Gal (or Ben-Guy), this striped libation might just become your new favourite!

Tools:

• Pint glass
• Bar spoon

Ingredients:

• ½ can Guinness
• ½ can Magners Original Irish Cider

Steps:

• Tilt the glass at 45 degrees and slowly pour the cider, filling the glass half way and trying to avoid any foam
• Set the glass down, and hold an inverted spoon over the top
• Gently pour the Guinness over the spoon. The beer should settle on top of the denser cider, and you’ll have a unique two-tone bevie!

Peggy’s Perfect Paloma

Courtesy of our President Peggy Perry (who is just here for the commercials), we have a fantastic rendition of this classic Mexican cocktail!

Tools:

• Pepper grinder or mortar and pestle
• Mixing glass
• Strainer

Ingredients:

• 2 oz El Tequileño Platino Tequila
• 2 oz Fever Tree Sparkling Pink Grapefruit soda
• 1 oz freshly-squeezed grapefruit juice
• 1 oz freshly-squeezed lemon juice
• 1 oz agave syrup
• Garnish (optional):
  • Pink Peppercorns
  • Flaky Salt
  • Fresh basil

Steps:

• Wet the lip of a rocks glass with lemon juice, and rim with a 1:1 mix of freshly-ground pink peppercorns and flaky salt
• In a mixing glass, add the lemon juice and agave syrup and stir until the syrup is fully dissolved.
• Fill glass with ice and add tequila, stir, then add the grapefruit juice
• Strain into the rimmed glass, leaving at least 1 inch of space at the top. Top with grapefruit soda
• Garnish with a fresh basil (clap it between your hands above the glass to release essential oils), and a slice of pink grapefruit

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