Recipes:
Destination: Beaver Creek, CO
Winner – Favorite Name – 2 Nights in New York
Ingredients
1.5 oz. Spring 44 Honey Vodka
¼ slice orange
¼ oz. Pomegranate Grenadine Syrup
½ oz. Grand Marnier
2.0 oz. Club Soda
Directions
Muddle ¼ slice orange with ½ oz. pomegranate grenadine syrup. Add 1 ½ oz. Spring 44 Honey Vodka. Shake over ice. Strain into chilled serving glass. Top with 2 oz. club soda. Garnish with Luxardo Maraschino Cherries on pick.
By Dean Del Vecchio
Grapefruit Looseyfruit
Full Recipe
Destination: Naples
Ingredients
6 Grapefruit Wedges
1 ½ oz. Spring 44 Gin
Tonic
Directions
Muddle grapefruit wedges. Add 1 ½ oz. gin. Keep grapefruit wedges in glass to serve as garnish. Add ice. Top with tonic water. Garnish with lemon peel curl.
By John and Lucy Davidson
Destination: New York, NY
Winner – 2nd Place - Cabo
Ingredients
2 oz. Maker’s Mark Bourbon
Ginger Simple Syrup
Luxardo Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
Thyme
Directions
Combine ingredients in glass. Add ice and stir until chilled. Strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with spanked thyme.
By Michael and Osjha Domenicone
Destination: We need one in Moscow!
Winner – Favorite Garnish – Two Nights in New York
Ingredients
7 Raspberries
7 Blueberries
¼ Lemon Wedge
3 Mint Leaves
2 oz. Spring 44 Honey Vodka
1.5 oz. Soda Water
Directions
Muddle raspberries, blueberries, lemon and mint leaves. Add Spring 44 Honey Vodka and Grand Marnier. Strain into serving glass. Top with soda water. Garnish with one blueberry, then one mint leave, then one raspberry on pick. Balance pick on rim of cocktail glass.
By Brian and Elena Ferguson
Destination: Tanzania
Ingredients
2 oz. Appleton Estate Rum
½ oz. Ginger Simple Syrup
1 oz. Lime Juice
Directions
Add rum, ginger simple syrup and lime juice to cocktail tin. Add ice and shake until chilled. Strain into serving glass. Garnish with raspberries, blueberries and lime wedge.
By Gary Gabriel
Destination: Los Cabos
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Spring 44 Vodka
½ lime, squeezed
9 raspberries
¾ oz. Grand Marnier
Directions
Muddle raspberries in cocktail tin. Add vodka, grand marnier and lime juice. Add ice and vigorously shake. Strain into serving glass.
By Van and Carol Page
Destination: Buenos Aires
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Boca Loca Cachaca
1 ½ oz. Lime Juice
1 ½ oz. Lemon Juice
1 ½ oz. Simple Syrup
2 Mint Leaves, muddled
Directions
Topped with lemon slices, strawberry and mint.
By Joe and Vickie Riccardo
Destination: Buenos Aires
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Appleton Estate Rum
1 oz. Lime Juice
¾ oz. Blueberries
½ oz. plain Agave Nectar
Directions
Put blueberries, agave nectar and lime muice in a cocktail tin. Muddle, then add rum. Shake over ice until blended. Strain into chilled serving glass over ice through conical strainer. Garnish as desired.
By Carl and Ann Ross
