Pomegrante & Purple Basil Gin Smash

Does it seem wrong to anyone else that of the two things I made to share for Easter this year, both contain alcohol? It is after all the holiest week of the year, so don’t talk to my mom or else she will probably convince you to join her in filleting me for doing so.

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Pomegrante and Purple Basil Gin Smash

But since she doesn’t read my blog, here’s an Easter cocktail for us to share. This is a sweet and tart drink kicked up with a slight peppery bite from some purple basil. The purple basil provides a counterpoint to the tartness of the pomegrante and splash of lemon all of which are then complimented with some gin.

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Cocktail Popsicle: Mixed Berry Gimlet

Get your summer berries ready for a boozey dunk’n and freez’n for this week’s cocktail popsicles.

Mixed Berry Gimlet Cocktail Popsicle
Mixed Berry Gimlet Cocktail Popsicle

 

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Peaches and Cream Gin Fizz

Peaches and Cream Gin Fizz ~ The best of summer’s peaches lend a helping hand to this updated riff on a classic gin fizz. Replacing the traditional egg white is a little bit of heavy cream and there to assist in body is a cream soda instead of tonic water. Behind that is the juice of a full lime to flatten out the sweetness of it all and bring everything back in balance to the classic gin featuring cocktail.

Peaches and Cream Gin Fizz
Peaches and Cream Gin Fizz

This is a drink that was first introduced to me during my college years by my then bartending boyfriend. I remember initially not liking this too much at first taste and then disliking it completely once I found it was made with raw egg whites. Gross. Continue reading Peaches and Cream Gin Fizz

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