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Perfect
Cocktails To Sweeten Up Your Valentine
By FBWorld Team
Whether
you're celebrating with your special someone at home or
hosting a Valentine's Day party with your closest friends,
here are three festive cocktails you'll need if you're
looking to mix things up with something other than champagne
this year. Cheers!
Knob
Creek®
Rye Black Hawk
Ingredients:
2 parts Knob Creek®
Rye Whiskey
1 part DeKuyper®
Sloe Gin
1 Maraschino Cherry, for garnish
Procedures:
In a mixing glass half-filled with ice cubes, combine
the whiskey and gin. Stir and strain into a chilled cocktail
glass. Garnish with the cherry.
Cruzan®
Crush
(Single serving)
Ingredients:
1 part Cruzan®
Vanilla Rum
1 part Cruzan®
Aged Dark
Rum
1 1/2 parts Pineapple Juice
3/4 parts Lemon Juice
3/4 parts Apricot Simple Syrup*
Fresh Mint and Thyme
Procedures:
Combine lemon juice, apricot simple syrup and pineapple
juice into a shaker. Lightly smack 3 mint leaves and drop
into the shaker along with 1 stem of thyme and muddle
softly. Add rums, ice, and stir. Pour over crushed ice
in a tiki glass. Garnish with fresh mint and thyme.
Basil
Hayden's®
Blushing Pear
Ingredients:
1 1/2 parts Basil Hayden's®
Bourbon
1/2 part Tawny Port
3/4 part Simple Syrup
3/4 part Lemon Juice
5 Pear Slices (2 for garnish)
2 Rosemary Sprigs
Procedures:
Add 3 pear slices and 1 sprig of rosemary to a cocktail
shaker and muddle, combine all remaining ingredients in
the cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a
chilled rocks glass with ice, and garnish with a sprig
of rosemary and 2 pear slices.
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