This post is a twofer. It is a mix of Friday’s 5 o’clock somewhere cocktail recipe, and a fun How-To tutorial on making your own watermelon keg. Sounds fun to me and brings a whole new meaning to throwing a watermelon bash! This is definitely on my two do list once I get back to the states. First lets learn how to make the keg…
Supplies
- Whole watermelon
- Apple Corer
- Shank and faucet
Directions
Prepare your watermelon by cutting a lid from the top and scooping out the fruit (save the fruit to use later to make the drinks). Use an apple corer to drill a hole just slightly smaller than the keg shank. Attach the shank and faucet and you’re ready to add your cocktail.
Ingredients
- 4 cups watermelon chunks, pureed
- 4 oz Alizé Red Passion, or any other fruit-flavored liqueur
- 8 oz gin
- 2 cups sour mix
- Sparkling rosé
- Lime slices, for garnish
Directions
After pureeing 4 cups of watermelon chunks, strain. Stir in your fruit-flavored liqueur, gin and sour mix. Chill. Add sparkling rosé before serving. Garnish with lime slice and enjoy!
- Source: The Food Network Magazine
- Recipe Yields: 10-12 servings
With the official first day of summer just around the corner (June 2oth), I thought it was the perfect time to post a tasty version of one of my favorite summer time drinks. Sangria! My favorite thing about sangria is the fruit that not only adds so much flavor, but absorbs the alcohol for little bites of amazingness. It reminds me of my grandpa, who was a gin gimlet man. I used to love when he would give me the highly coveted olive that was infused with a hint of gin. Just enough to give a 10-year-old a little buzz. Probably not appropriate, but I loved it, which makes me like this fruity recipe even more. What’s even better, this recipe adds a bit of kick with the help of a Serrano pepper. Love, love, love everything about this recipe, created by 
This special little cocktail is very dear to my heart, and quite possibly the reason I am where I am today. It was this unsuspecting mixture that gave me the courage and lack of inhibitions to “seduce” my now Hubby during our first meeting almost 3 years ago. Basically I was drunk and he was nice enough to simply fall in love with me rather than take advantage of the very inappropriate situation this cocktail created. It was a warm summer day on the lake… Just me, my closest friends, my future Hubby and my vootbeer. The rest is history and well worth the hangover! The Hubby and I go together like peanut butter and jelly, however, we and liquor still don’t mix. It is a very tasty concoction though.
