Tag: Batch Cocktail

Bees Knees Batch Cocktail

I am in full preparation mode for my sister’s upcoming baby shower. We are doing a honeybee theme, I’ve been working on a beehive cake, honeycomb decorations, and honey-filled beverages, including this Bees Knees Batch Cocktail.

The Bee’s Knees is a Prohibition-era cocktail made with gin, lemon juice, and honey simple syrup. This batch cocktail version adds lemon seltzer to make it more of a sip-able day cocktail with a little bit of fizziness to become a Bees Knees Batch Cocktail!

Ingredients (makes 20 servings; multiply/divide as needed):

  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1 cup honey
  • 2 cups fresh lemon juice
  • 1 (750 ml) bottle gin
  • 1 (1 L) bottle lemon seltzer

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Rosé Aperol Spritz

This past weekend, my parents threw a surprise birthday party for my sister, and asked that I make a “punch” for the  party. I’m not exactly a punch fan, but I love big batch cocktails, especially this recipe for a Rosé Aperol Spritz!

This one is perfect for the warm weather. It’s a play on a traditional Aperol Spritz, which is made with Prosecco, Aperol, and club soda.

This version, adapted from this Bon Appetit recipe, uses sparkling rosé instead of Prosecco, and “waters” it down a bit for easy drinking with some passion fruit juice and blood orange soda.

Aperol is an Italian liqueur made with oranges, gentian, rhubarb, cinchona and other ingredients that has a slightly sweet orange flavor with a touch of balanced bitterness.

Passion fruit juice can be found in the box juice section of your grocery store. Or, feel free to substitute in another juice of your choice.

Ingredients (serves 4, multiply as needed):

  • ¾ cup passion fruit juice, chilled
  • ¼ cup Aperol
  • the juice of 3 limes (about 1/4 cup)
  • 4 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 750ml bottle sparkling rosé, chilled
  • 1 (11 oz) blood orange soda, chilled
  • blood orange or grapefruit wedges, for serving

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Sparkling Honey Ginger Bourbon Lemonade

When I have friends coming to visit, I like to make a batch of cocktails beforehand so that I have a pre-made refreshment to serve. Lemonade-based drinks are a favorite of mine: I’ve made a Rhuby-Lavender Lemonade as well as a Bourbon-Peach Lemonade in the past.

 

So to keep my trend going, I decided to make this Honey, Ginger Sparkling  Lemonade with Rosemary and added in some bourbon. (My friends are big bourbon fans, if yours aren’t, vodka would work as an easy substitute). I changed the recipe a bit to fit my tastes, but you can find the original recipe here.

 

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup local honey
  • 1/2 cup water
  • the juice of 5 lemons, plus the zest of 1 lemon
  • the juice of 1 lime
  • 1/4 cup minced ginger
  • 10 full rosemary stalks
  • 2 1-liter bottles of club soda
  • 1 1/2 cups bourbon
  • Ice cubes

 

Note: Bourbon does include grains that contain gluten. However, distilled alcohol is considered gluten-free because the process of distillation removes the harmful gluten protein, which is why I have this recipe listed as gluten free. If you are highly sensitive to gluten, bourbon may be off limits for you.

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