Dry Wines

Because dry wines are given more time to ferment than sweet wines, the yeast is able to consume more sugar from the grapes. Ultimately, this results in a lower-sugar wine.

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Hard Seltzers

Typically made of a mixture of sparkling water and a clear liquor like vodka or tequila, hard seltzers do not contain artificial preservatives or added flavoring as is common in mixed drinks. They often come with natural fruit juice essence, meaning that they are available in a variety of flavors.

Hard Kombucha

Kombucha typically has very little alcohol content, meaning that even hard kombucha is barely considered an alcoholic beverage. This beverage comes with probiotics from its fermentation process as well as plant compounds from the tea it’s made from.

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Let’s learn how to make my favorite cinnamon apple cider cocktail!

Ingredients

• 4 parts apple cider
• 2 parts bourbon
• 1 part cinnamon schnapps
• 1 part ginger ale
• Ice, to taste
• Cinnamon stick, for garnish

Instructions

Take a cocktail shaker and add the apple cider, bourbon, cinnamon schnapps, and ginger ale. If you want to add ice as well, you can do so now or after you shake the beverage.

Shake thoroughly for about 10 seconds or so, ensuring that all of the liquid ingredients have combined nicely.

Pour out the mixture into a wide-mouthed cocktail glass, add more ice if you would like, and then garnish with a cinnamon stick.

This is a great beverage to enjoy next to a campfire or while socializing with friends or family during a football game or a game night. Enjoy!

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Some of us will remember at this point the delicious strawberries we ate during the summer. If by any chance you kept some leftover strawberries in the freezer—you are very lucky. Indeed, the perfect addition to such a sunny fall afternoon is a tall, chilled glass of strawberry margarita.

Ingredients

A cup of frozen strawberries
Ice
1-2 tablespoons sugar
1 serving of excellent tequila

Preparation

Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until everything is combined and ground fully. Garnish with a sprig of rosemary or thyme sprig, or some fresh basil flowers. Drink immediately.

Changes

Strawberries can be replaced with almost any summer fruit—such as raspberries, blueberries, sweet cherries, etc. The tequila can be replaced with high quality vodka.

If the fruits are very sweet, you can reduce the sugar a bit, or just add 1-2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice for some refreshing sourness.

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Here are 3 creative variations on the gin-based cocktail for you to try at home.

Strawberry Tom Collins

Crush 4 strawberries and mix with 2 teaspoons sugar, 10ml lemon juice, 25ml gin, 20ml strawberry liqueur, 75ml soda water and crushed ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake and serve over crushed ice in a tall tumbler.

Grapefruit and Mint Mojito

Toss some mint leaves into a tumbler. Add 1/2 teaspoon sugar and 1/2 juice of a lime. Swirl the drink until the sugar has dissolved. Add ice, 50ml gin, juice of 1/2 grapefruit and 15ml Cointreau. Top the mix off with soda water and swirl it round with a straw. Garnish with a mint leaf—and voila!

Blood Orange and Elderflower

Combine 25ml gin, 80ml St Germaine Squeeze lime and 70ml Ginger Ale in a chilled glass. Top with ice, and then slowly pour in 25ml blood orange juice. Garnish your cocktail with slices of blood orange and fresh lemon thyme sprigs. Serve straight away for a refreshingly fine finish.

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While both of these drinks are quite similar and made with a base of beer and fruit beverages, there are some important differences that differentiate these two summer classics. What are they, then? Let’s find out!

Radler

A radler is a drink that originated in Germany in the early 20th century when cyclists were looking for a refreshing and hydrating brew to drink after long bike rides. A 50/50 mix of beer and lemon soda was created, but has since evolved into a drink that can be made with all kinds of fruit drinks. One of the most popular radlers on Earth is Austria’s Stiegl Radler, which is made with grapefruit juice.

Shandy

Shandies, originating in England, are a common fruit and beer mixture which is always made with a type of lemonade. These lemonades can either be carbonated or non-carbonated, but the result is always a mixture of beer and a lemon drink. The proportion of beer to lemonade sometimes varies, with beer occasionally being as low as 30% in the mixture.

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Dry Wines

Because dry wines are given more time to ferment than sweet wines, the yeast is able to consume more sugar from the grapes. Ultimately, this results in a lower-sugar wine.

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A post shared by The Real Food Dietitians (@therealfooddietitians)

Hard Seltzers

Typically made of a mixture of sparkling water and a clear liquor like vodka or tequila, hard seltzers do not contain artificial preservatives or added flavoring as is common in mixed drinks. They often come with natural fruit juice essence, meaning that they are available in a variety of flavors.

Hard Kombucha

Kombucha typically has very little alcohol content, meaning that even hard kombucha is barely considered an alcoholic beverage. This beverage comes with probiotics from its fermentation process as well as plant compounds from the tea it’s made from.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by ＴＷＩＳＴＥＤ ＫＯＭＢＵＣＨＡ (@twistedkombucha)

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Let’s learn how to make my favorite cinnamon apple cider cocktail!

Ingredients

• 4 parts apple cider
• 2 parts bourbon
• 1 part cinnamon schnapps
• 1 part ginger ale
• Ice, to taste
• Cinnamon stick, for garnish

Instructions

Take a cocktail shaker and add the apple cider, bourbon, cinnamon schnapps, and ginger ale. If you want to add ice as well, you can do so now or after you shake the beverage.

Shake thoroughly for about 10 seconds or so, ensuring that all of the liquid ingredients have combined nicely.

Pour out the mixture into a wide-mouthed cocktail glass, add more ice if you would like, and then garnish with a cinnamon stick.

This is a great beverage to enjoy next to a campfire or while socializing with friends or family during a football game or a game night. Enjoy!

The post Try A Cinnamon Apple Cider Cocktail This Fall! appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Some of us will remember at this point the delicious strawberries we ate during the summer. If by any chance you kept some leftover strawberries in the freezer—you are very lucky. Indeed, the perfect addition to such a sunny fall afternoon is a tall, chilled glass of strawberry margarita.

Ingredients

A cup of frozen strawberries
Ice
1-2 tablespoons sugar
1 serving of excellent tequila

Preparation

Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until everything is combined and ground fully. Garnish with a sprig of rosemary or thyme sprig, or some fresh basil flowers. Drink immediately.

Changes

Strawberries can be replaced with almost any summer fruit—such as raspberries, blueberries, sweet cherries, etc. The tequila can be replaced with high quality vodka.

If the fruits are very sweet, you can reduce the sugar a bit, or just add 1-2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice for some refreshing sourness.

The post Frozen Strawberry Margarita appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Here are 3 creative variations on the gin-based cocktail for you to try at home.

Strawberry Tom Collins

Crush 4 strawberries and mix with 2 teaspoons sugar, 10ml lemon juice, 25ml gin, 20ml strawberry liqueur, 75ml soda water and crushed ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake and serve over crushed ice in a tall tumbler.

Grapefruit and Mint Mojito

Toss some mint leaves into a tumbler. Add 1/2 teaspoon sugar and 1/2 juice of a lime. Swirl the drink until the sugar has dissolved. Add ice, 50ml gin, juice of 1/2 grapefruit and 15ml Cointreau. Top the mix off with soda water and swirl it round with a straw. Garnish with a mint leaf—and voila!

Blood Orange and Elderflower

Combine 25ml gin, 80ml St Germaine Squeeze lime and 70ml Ginger Ale in a chilled glass. Top with ice, and then slowly pour in 25ml blood orange juice. Garnish your cocktail with slices of blood orange and fresh lemon thyme sprigs. Serve straight away for a refreshingly fine finish.

The post 3 Creative Gin Cocktail Ideas appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

While both of these drinks are quite similar and made with a base of beer and fruit beverages, there are some important differences that differentiate these two summer classics. What are they, then? Let’s find out!

Radler

A radler is a drink that originated in Germany in the early 20th century when cyclists were looking for a refreshing and hydrating brew to drink after long bike rides. A 50/50 mix of beer and lemon soda was created, but has since evolved into a drink that can be made with all kinds of fruit drinks. One of the most popular radlers on Earth is Austria’s Stiegl Radler, which is made with grapefruit juice.

Shandy

Shandies, originating in England, are a common fruit and beer mixture which is always made with a type of lemonade. These lemonades can either be carbonated or non-carbonated, but the result is always a mixture of beer and a lemon drink. The proportion of beer to lemonade sometimes varies, with beer occasionally being as low as 30% in the mixture.

The post What’s the Difference Between a Radler and a Shandy? appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.