Ingredients:

• 1 medium orange, juiced (1 cup)
• 2 ounces triple sec
• 2 ounces vodka
• Sprite
• Lemon-lime soda
• Orange slice

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Instructions:

1. Fill a rocks glass with ice.
2. Pour the vodka into the glass, followed by triple sec and orange juice. Stir to combine.
3. Add lemon-lime soda until the glass is full and garnish with an orange slice to serve.

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Ingredients:

• 1/4 sugar ginger sliced into 1/8″ coins
• 1/4 pound sugar
• 5 ounces ginger ale
• 2 ounces whiskey
• 5 candied gingers
• Lime wheel
• Toothpick

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Instructions:

1. Place ginger in a medium-sized pan and pour enough water to cover the water. Over medium to high heat, allow the ginger to simmer for about 35 minutes, until tender.
2. Toss sugar in a pan that equals the amount of ginger. Bring the ginger to a boil before reducing the heat and stir frequently for 15 to 20 minutes.
3. Once the sugar crystallizes on the ginger, it’s time to allow the ginger to cool. Then, place it in the fridge.
4. Fill a rocks glass with ice before adding whiskey and ginger ale. Place a lime wheel on the rim and place the ginger pieces on a toothpick before plopping it into the glass before serving.

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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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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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Ingredients:

• 4 ounces espresso coffee
• 1 scoop vanilla ice cream
• 1 ounce irish cream
• 1 ounce Kahlua

Instructions:

1. Start off by brewing 4 ounces of espresso coffee. If you don’t have an espresso maker, use whatever method you have at your disposal to make the strongest coffee possible. Set aside.
2. Add one scoop of vanilla ice cream to a large martini glass. After this, pour over the 4 ounces of espresso, the ounce of Irish cream liquor, and the ounce of Kahlua. Wait for the espresso to partially melt the ice cream to add creaminess and vanilla flavor to the coffee.
3. Serve and eat first with a spoon, and then by simply drinking once everything has melted. Enjoy!

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While gin and tonics are typically only made with lime, tonic water, and gin, Spaniards like to add their own twist to this cocktail, which is hugely popular in their country. Do you want to learn how to make a Spanish gin and tonic? It’s as easy as this!

Ingredients:

• 2 parts gin
• 5 parts tonic water
• Slice of orange peel
• Slice of lemon peel
• Juniper berries
• Two cucumber slices
• 1 mint leaf
• Ice

Instructions:

1. Start off by combining the gin and tonic water in a large glass with ice. Stir these two ingredients gently to combine fully.
2. Next, add the orange peel, lemon peel, juniper berries (to taste), cucumber slices, and mint leaf to the drink. Allow them to “soak” for around 5-10 minutes in order to let the drink take on the fantastic aromatic characteristics of these very Spanish additions.
3. Once you’ve done this, you’re all ready to enjoy your Spanish gin and tonic. Salud!

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Ingredients:

• 1 medium orange, juiced (1 cup)
• 2 ounces triple sec
• 2 ounces vodka
• Sprite
• Lemon-lime soda
• Orange slice

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Instructions:

1. Fill a rocks glass with ice.
2. Pour the vodka into the glass, followed by triple sec and orange juice. Stir to combine.
3. Add lemon-lime soda until the glass is full and garnish with an orange slice to serve.

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Ingredients:

• 1/4 sugar ginger sliced into 1/8″ coins
• 1/4 pound sugar
• 5 ounces ginger ale
• 2 ounces whiskey
• 5 candied gingers
• Lime wheel
• Toothpick

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Instructions:

1. Place ginger in a medium-sized pan and pour enough water to cover the water. Over medium to high heat, allow the ginger to simmer for about 35 minutes, until tender.
2. Toss sugar in a pan that equals the amount of ginger. Bring the ginger to a boil before reducing the heat and stir frequently for 15 to 20 minutes.
3. Once the sugar crystallizes on the ginger, it’s time to allow the ginger to cool. Then, place it in the fridge.
4. Fill a rocks glass with ice before adding whiskey and ginger ale. Place a lime wheel on the rim and place the ginger pieces on a toothpick before plopping it into the glass before serving.

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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.

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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Ingredients:

• 4 ounces espresso coffee
• 1 scoop vanilla ice cream
• 1 ounce irish cream
• 1 ounce Kahlua

Instructions:

1. Start off by brewing 4 ounces of espresso coffee. If you don’t have an espresso maker, use whatever method you have at your disposal to make the strongest coffee possible. Set aside.
2. Add one scoop of vanilla ice cream to a large martini glass. After this, pour over the 4 ounces of espresso, the ounce of Irish cream liquor, and the ounce of Kahlua. Wait for the espresso to partially melt the ice cream to add creaminess and vanilla flavor to the coffee.
3. Serve and eat first with a spoon, and then by simply drinking once everything has melted. Enjoy!

The post This Spiked Affogato is a Coffee Cocktail Hit! appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

While gin and tonics are typically only made with lime, tonic water, and gin, Spaniards like to add their own twist to this cocktail, which is hugely popular in their country. Do you want to learn how to make a Spanish gin and tonic? It’s as easy as this!

Ingredients:

• 2 parts gin
• 5 parts tonic water
• Slice of orange peel
• Slice of lemon peel
• Juniper berries
• Two cucumber slices
• 1 mint leaf
• Ice

Instructions:

1. Start off by combining the gin and tonic water in a large glass with ice. Stir these two ingredients gently to combine fully.
2. Next, add the orange peel, lemon peel, juniper berries (to taste), cucumber slices, and mint leaf to the drink. Allow them to “soak” for around 5-10 minutes in order to let the drink take on the fantastic aromatic characteristics of these very Spanish additions.
3. Once you’ve done this, you’re all ready to enjoy your Spanish gin and tonic. Salud!

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