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Easter Cocktails & Mocktails

Here's a little something to make your holiday a bit more fun!

Bunny Hop

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Ingredients

  • 3 oz.  Raspberry Lemonade Sparkling Ice
  • 1 oz. vodka
  • Fresh raspberries and lemon slices for garnish
Directions

  1. Pour vodka into a chilled glass with ice.
  2. Top with Raspberry Lemonade Sparkling Ice.
  3. Garnish with fresh raspberries and lemon slices. 

Spicy Sparkling Mimosas

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Ingredients:

·         1/2 Bottle of VOGA Italia Sparkling

·         5 1/2 cups orange juice

·         2 3/4 cups pineapple juice

·         1/2 tablespoon finely grated ginger

Directions:

·         Mix orange juice and pineapple juice in a pitcher.

·         Pour VOGA Sparkling into pitcher. 

·         Add ginger.

·         Stir and enjoy!

Egg Hunt Shooters

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Ingredients:

·         4 oz Lemonade Sparkling Ice
·         6-7 Strawberries, hulled (plus more for garnish)
·         Ice

Directions:

·         Combine all ingredients into a blender and blend on high until it becomes slushy. 

·         Pour into a chilled glass (or shot glasses) and garnish with a strawberry.


Whipped Vanilla Nut Latte

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Ingredients

  • 3 oz. RealBeanz Vanilla Nut
  • 1 oz. vanilla vodka
  • 1 oz. milk
  • Coffee beans
  • Whipped Cream
Directions

  • Muddle coffee beans into the bottom of a collins glass
  • In a shaker, combine RealBeanz Vanilla Nut, vanilla vodka, and 1 tablespoon of whipped cream. Shake vigorously
  • Pour into collins glass over coffee beans, and top with milk
  • Finish with whipped cream

Mocha Beer Float

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Ingredients:

·         2 oz. RealBeanz Mocha

·         3 oz. Irish stout beer

·         1 scoop Pralines & Cream ice cream

Directions:

1.       Pour RealBeanz Mocha into glass

2.       Add in one scoop of Pralines & Cream ice cream

3.       Top with Irish stout beer

By Michael Hepworth

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What exactly is GRAND BRULOT I thought to myself as I opened the bottle for the first time just around the time this lockdown took effect. Well, Grand Brulot is listed as a VSOP Cognac Café and it can be used in Bloody Mary’s, Manhattans, Negronis, Martinis, spritzes and sidecars , just for starters. It is a blend of Ugni Blanc & Colombard that is crafted into 80 proof VSOP. Then 100% Robusta Ecuadorian coffee bean essence is extracted and blended with brandy to meld for a few months and finally, it is blended with the VSOP Cognac. There is also a whiff of peppermint, nutmeg and hot cocoa in the drink. The retail price is $42.99.

The idea for the drink was instigated in 2015 by John Bernbach who asked for the help of industry veteran Francisco Tonarely to investigate the potential of a cognac/brandy drink blended with coffee. Three year later in August 2018 Grand Brulot was launched. This cognac comes from the Tardy Cognac Group and the grapes come from its single estate. Grand Brulot also plays homage to a New Orleans specialty of the same name that is still served around town.  The name Grand Brulot was inspired by the famous French pirate Jean Lafite who helped New Orleans repel the British invaders in 1812. He would order coffee, pour cognac in the saucer, set it alight and mix it with the coffee.
Recipes:

THE RISE AND SHINE
2 oz Grand Brulot
Orange Twist

Just pour Grand Brulot over ice and the orange will highlight the flavors
of the spirit.

BRULOT BLACK MANHATTAN
1 oz Grand Brulot
1 oz Bourbon
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
3 dashes Orange Bitters

Bartender Todd Smith created this one. Stir all the ingredients together in
a mixing glass. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass with ice and garnish

with orange wheel.

FRENCH NEGRONI
1 oz Grand Brulot
1 oz  Sweet Vermouth
1 oz Campari

Build in a rocks glass over ice and garnish w/orange wheel.

GRAND BRULOT CAFÉ HOLIDAY
1 oz Grand Brulot
0.5 oz Crème de Cacao
3 oz Porter Beer or Stout
3 dashes of bitters

Throw cocktail ingredients between two cups a couple of times to mix
And ignite the foam from the beer. Pour into a highball glass over ice
And garnish with nutmeg.



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