End of Summer Refreshment Recipes

I don't know about where you live, but where we are located these last few weeks of nothing but incredibly hot days and annoyingly hot nights have begun to take their toll on our abilities to withstand wanting an ice cold libation. Ok who are we lying too, we just were looking for a reason too try out some new recipes and with the last few days of Summer sitting before us and it being so hot as of late, how many more reasons do we truly need to do some out of the box drinking, I mean thinking.

As always enjoy these recipes, RESPONSIBLY.

Between The Sheets

Listen, we are for the most part a simple group over here, but every so often we like to complicate things and order drinks or food that just isn’t that easy to make all for the fun of it. When making anything in life whether it be music, a meal or a drink you need to carefully select everything that goes into, as the final results can make or break a few days of your life. Listening to timeless groups performing their classics while cooking always makes the meal that much more enjoyable in my opinion. That being said, try cooking a steak and lobster dinner for your loved one while listening to The Isley Brothers and see just how effortlessly you glide around the kitchen. And while were on the subject of the Isley’s let us get to part 3 in our 3 part segment of Rum Flavored Libations for the day, the Between The Sheets a mixture of Bacardi® Superior Rum, Cognac, Triple Sec & Lemon Juice. If you can’t follow up on a surefire lead off hitter like the Between The Sheets, maybe you need to give up now.

Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 part Bacardi® Superior Rum

1 part Cognac (preferably Remy Martin or Hennessy)

1 part Triple Sec

1 part Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice

A few dashes of Simply Syrup

Cubed Ice

Orange Zest to Garnish

Drink Mixer / Shaker (w/ a strainer)

A Frozen Cocktail Glass

Directions:

Pour all of the ingredients (minus the Orange Zest) into the mixer / shaker.

Pour in some ice, close tightly and shake until the mixer is cold to the touch.

Double strain into the frozen cocktail glass.

Garnish w/ Orange Zest

Cognac Root Beer Floats - A Great Summertime Treat For Grownups.

Let us enjoy the warmth of the Sun, the conversation of good company and the smiles of our loved ones as the day turns into a beautiful evening. It may be Monday, but any day can be turned into a good memory, with the right ingredients. Pour up a few of these Grown Up Root Beer Floats and Enjoy the moment.

Ingredients

1 Orange

1 oz Heavy Cream

2.5 oz Bourbon or Cognac (preferably Hennessy Black)

2 dashes Orange Bitters (sold at most liquor stores and major grocery stores)

¾ cup Root Beer

1 heaping scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream (optional)

Directions:

Use a vegetable peeler to remove a long piece of zest from the orange, working your way around the fruit.

Combine the bourbon and bitters in a tall glass.

Twist the orange zest over the glass to release the oils, then drop it in.

Fill the glass halfway with ice.

Add the scoop of ice cream, if using.

Add the root beer.

Slowly pour the cream over the back of a spoon into the glass so it floats on top.

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Kaws x Hennessy Collaboration

The Grand Marnier Root Beer Float

Its hot outside, I know it is regardless of where you live it is most likely hotter than you would like it to be at this very moment. 

With that said, today is national Root Beer Float Day, so lets give ourselves a treat that will cool us off as well as fuel us up for whatever may transpire this evening.

A cold Root Beer Float goes a long way when prepared correctly, especially when you add a little Grand Marnier & a slice of Orange to spruce it up ever so discretely.

Enjoy this while relaxing poolside or after a big fat BBQ lunch / dinner feast, it will make everything sit just perfectly in the stomach.

Ingredients:

1 orange

2 oz Grand Marnier

2 dashes Orange Bitters (found at most liquor /grocery stores or Bevmo!)

¾ cup root beer

1 oz heavy cream

Directions:

Use a vegetable peeler to remove a long piece of zest from the orange, working your way around the fruit.

Combine the bourbon and bitters in a tall glass. 

Twist the orange zest over the glass to release the oils, then drop it in. 

Fill the glass halfway with ice. Add the root beer. 

Slowly pour the cream over the back of a spoon into the glass so it floats on top.

Enjoy!