Toasting the Fourth - easy to ambitious drink recipes

During the American Revolutionary War Minute Men were first responders in times of immediate threat against the colonies. These soldiers were mobile, quick and often young. The Minute Man cocktail recipe duplicates this notion with a quick and easy recipe using trouble-free ingredients in an uncomplicated method of cocktail construction. Not only is the Minute Man straight forward, but it is light and refreshing with a wee bit of zing with the addition of ginger ale. 

 

1-1/2 ounce Oval Vodka

1-1/2 ounce fresh sweet & sour

1/4 ounce simple syrup

Splash of ginger ale

Garnish with a lemon wheel

 

Shake first three ingredients with ice in a shaker; strain into an iced highball glass, top with ginger ale, garnish with lemon wheel.

 

Molyvos in New York City created the Red, White & Blue Cocktail to celebrate the spirit of America. While the stars and stripes on the American flag symbolize the present number of states and original colonies, there is no legally defined symbolism for the red, white and blue colors represented on the flag. Traditions and presumptions abound regarding the colors.

 

2 ounces Oval Vodka

3/4 ounce Cointreau

3 Table Spoon of Macerated Strawberries*

A Splash of Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice

A Splash of Simple Syrup

 

Shake all ingredients with some ice poor into chilled martini glass with sugar rim through a strainer with a drop of blue Curacao.

 

1 Pint of Strawberries, Washed and sliced

1 tablespoon of sugar

dash of balsamic vinegar

 

For those full of ambition and the American Dream as the driving force in their soul to become the next All American Mixologist Extraordinaire… Well, maybe that’s just a bit much. The Golden Cup indeed speaks to the American Dream. Rising above easy to achieve dreams and goals definitely takes a little more elbow grease, determination, creativity and good old fashioned hard work. This drink recipe entails a little more effort to create as there is dicing and bruising involved, but the pay-off is in the taste. 

 

2 ounces Beefeater 24

1 ounce Hiram Walker Orange Curacao

1 ounce Amontillado Sherry

1/8 Granny Smith apple (diced)

1 inch cucumber (diced)

Soda to top

 

Bruise apple and cucumber. Add ice and other ingredients. Stir and decant into a wine or Collins glass. Garnish with a mint sprig