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Easy
Summertime
Cocktails

Watermelon Martini 1 1/2 oz. vodka, 1/2 oz. lime

juice, 1/2 oz. triple sec, 6 frozen watermelon cubes, 1/2
shaker of ice, 1/2 oz. chambord. Place all ingredients into
a shaker and mixed well.

Sea Breeze 2 oz. vodka, 3 oz. cranberry juice, 2 oz. grape-

fruit juice. Shake ingredients with ice and then strain into
a tall glass.

Southern Sparkler 1 1/4 oz. of each: Southern Comfort,

grapefruit juice, pineapple juice, soda. Mix together and
shake with ice.

Lemon Drops for Two 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice, 2 TB.

vodka, 1/2 tsp. sugar, crushed ice 1/2 sliced lemon, 2 sprigs
fresh mint. In a large glass, combine lemon juice, vodka
and sugar. Stir until dissolved, then pour into glasses filled
with crushed ice. Garnish with a lemon slice and sprig of
mint.

Red Rooster 2 oz. vodka, 4 oz. cranberry juice, 1/2

oz. orange juice. Pour in vodka. Fill glass to 3/4 full with
cranberry juice. Splash with orange juice. Stir.

Mojito Add a small handful of mint leaves to the bottom

of a glass. Add 1 tsp. of sugar, 1/2 a lime cut into fourths.
Muddle (crush) the mint with the sugar and lime to release
the flavor and get juice from lime. Add 2 oz, of good
golden rum, ice, and top off with club soda.

Hemingway Daiquiri for 2 Juice of 1/4 of a grape-

fruit, juice of 1 lime, 4 oz. golden or dark rum. 1-2 tsp.
sugar, 1 tsp. of marichino cherry juice. Add all this to a
shaker with ice. Shake well to make a little foam and froth
for the top. Pour out into a tall glass. Garnish with a slice
of lime.

The Moscow Mule 1 3/4 oz vodka, 1/2 oz lime juice,

ginger beer (or ginger ale), lime wedge for garnish. Pour
the vodka and lime juice into a highball glass with ice
cubes. Top off with the ginger beer. Garnish with the lime
wedge.

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