Showing posts with label mint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mint. Show all posts

Jim Beam Apple Mule Drink Recipe

Jim Beam Apple Mule Drink Recipe



Ingredients:
2 parts Jim Beam Apple
4 mint leaves
1/2 part apple cider
Ginger Beer

Directions:
Muddle mint leaves with cider. Add bourbon and ice. Shake. Strain into mule glass filled with ice. Top with ginger beer. Add green apple garnish.

Watermelon Lemonade Drink Recipe

While visiting MarthStewart.com, I came across this Watermelon Lemonade Drink Recipe that sounded delicious. So, I just had to share!

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Watermelon Lemonade

Ingredients:
2 lemons, quartered
1 cup fresh mint leaves
1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
1/2 medium seeded watermelon (about 9 pounds), rind removed, flesh cut into chunks
1 cup vodka (optional)

Directions:
Squeeze lemons into a large pitcher. Add squeezed lemon quarters. Add mint and sugar. Mash with a wooden spoon until mint is bruised and sugar is dissolved. In a blender, puree watermelon in batches until smooth. Pour through a fine-mesh sieve into pitcher (you should have about 8 cups of juice). Stir to combine. (Refrigerate covered up to 3 days.) Add vodka (if using). Serve over ice.

Pinnacle Minty Melon Vojito Drink Recipe

Pinnacle Minty Melon Vojito



Ingredients:
2 ounces Pinnacle Cucumber Watermelon flavored vodka
1 ounce fresh lime juice
1 ounce sugar syrup
mint leaves
5 chunks fresh watermelon (seedless)
splash of soda water

Directions:
Muddle mint leaves, watermelon, sugar syrup and fresh lime juice. Mix together in a southern jar filled with ice. Add Pinnacle Cucumber Watermelon flavored vodka. Top with a splash of soda. Garnish with chunks of watermelon and mint sprig.
Pineapple Honey Mojito Drink Recipe





Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 ounces Little Black Dress Pineapple Honey Vodka
  • 1 ounce agave nectar
  • 2 lime wedges
  • 3 mint leaves
  • 4 ounces soda water

Directions:
Muddle lime wedges in bottom of shaker.  Add ice, agave nectar, Little Black Dress Pineapple Honey vodka, and mint leaves.  Shake to mix.  Remove shaker top, add soda water and roll to mix.  Pour into high ball glass.  Garnish with a pineapple wedge.

Mint Julep Drink Recipe

With the Kentucky Derby just around the corner, I decided to post the Mint Julep Drink Recipe for you.

Mint Julep Drink Recipe



Ingredients:


  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups water
  • Sprigs of fresh mint
  • Crushed ice
  • Early Times Kentucky Whisky
  • Silver Julep Cups


  • Directions:

    Make a simple syrup by boiling sugar and water together for five minutes. Cool and place in a covered container with six or eight sprigs of fresh mint, then refrigerate overnight. Make one julep at a time by filling a julep cup with crushed ice, adding one tablespoon mint syrup and two ounces of Early Times Kentucky Whisky. Stir rapidly with a spoon to frost the outside of the cup. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint.

    The date for the Kentucky Derby is May 6th, 2016, this year.  Visit the site of the Kentucky Derby for more information on Kentucky Derby traditions!

    Enjoy and please remember to drink responsibly!