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Summer
Cocktails The farmers'
markets are brimming with ripe, fragrant fruits, vegetables and
herbs -- just the ingredients you'll need for cool summer
cocktails. |
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Drinks |
Glass |
Treatment |
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Ambrosia
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2 oz Modern Spirits Grapefruit Honey vodka
Slice of Ambrosia cantaloupe (or other highly
fragrant melon)
1 tsp sugar
1 oz Sprite |
Muddle melon and sugar
Add vodka, ice and shake
Add Sprite, stir and strain into glass
Garnish with a small basil leaf |
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Ginger
Mojito
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1 1/2
oz Modern Spirits Candied Ginger vodka
1 ounce
lemon grass-infused simple syrup
3 ounces
club soda |
Generous squeeze of lime
Stir and pour over ice
Garnish with lemongrass
stalk and lime wheel |
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Citrine
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1 oz Modern Spirits Candied Ginger
vodka
1 oz white rum
3 fresh mint sprigs
1 tsp sugar |
3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
club soda
Serve over ice |
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Intermezzo
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3 oz Modern Spirits
Three Tea vodka
1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
1 tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice
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1 tsp maple syrup
Shake well
Strain into glass
Garnish with a lemon twist
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Lavender Lemonade
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2 oz Modern Spirits Pear Lavender vodka
2 oz Lemonade
1/2 oz cranberry juice
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Splash of Sprite
Shake and serve in a pomegranate sugar-rimmed
glass over ice |
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Monrovia
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4 oz Modern Spirits Grapefruit Honey vodka
1 oz lychee syrup
1/2 oz sweet & sour
5 blueberries
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Muddle
blueberries in a shaker.
Add liquids. Shake, strain, and pour.
Garnish with a basil leaf and two speared lychees. |
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Hey Boss
Tomato Water
Bloody Mary
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1 1/2 oz Modern Spirits Celery Peppercorn vodka
2 oz Spiced Tomato Water
[preparation
below]
Shake lightly and pour into martini glass
Garnish with skewered cherry tomatoes |
Spiced Tomato Water -- Serves
8 4 large, ripe
tomatoes -- try green, yellow or red
varieties for fun
Pulse in food
processor with plenty of salt
Drain out liquid using cheese cloth
(overnight)
Measure out 12 oz
into sealable container
Add the following
Spices to the container:
- 2 1/2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/2 tsp Tabasco
- 1 1/2 tsp
Worcestershire
- 2 tsp celery salt
- 1 tsp white pepper Keep liquid chilled
for use in cocktails
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