Liquid Kitchen
by Kyle Branche / kbranche@earthlink.net
The Lemonade Stand
Lounging on a Hot Afternoon
W
ell, here we are cookin’ in the
August sun. This cool collection of
recipes serves the warm days and
beautiful nights, with lemonade being the
main focus of attendance
Avalon In a tall glass filled with cubed or
cracked ice, this is a build-over-ice drink,
starting off with 1-1/2 oz Hamptons vodka,
1/2 oz Pisang Ambon, 2oz Martinelli’s apple
juice, 3/4 oz lemon juice, and fill with lemon-
ade. Garnish with a slice of cucumber skin
and a cherry.
Atomic Lokade In a tall glass filled with
cubed or cracked ice, shake and
strain the following: 1oz p.i.n.k.
vodka, 1/2 oz Dekuyper blue
curaçao, 1/2 oz triple
sec, and 4oz lemonade.
Garnish with a slice
of orange.
Buzzby In a sizeable tumbler
filled with ice, pour the following
over ice: 1oz each of Belvedere vodka,
Bacardi rum, and Dekuyper schnapps. Then
fill with 2oz cold lemonade and the juice of 1
fresh lime. Garnish with a slice of lime.
Citronella Cooler In a highball glass
packed with ice, pour 1oz Ketel One Citroen
vodka, 2oz Santa Cruz organic lemonade,
2oz Ocean Spray cranberry juice and a
splash of Rose’s lime juice. Garnish with a
wedge of lemon.
Escape Route In a highball glass filled with
cubed ice, this drink gets 1oz Bacardi gold
rum, 1oz Punt e Mes, 1/2 oz strawberry li-
queur, and 4oz lemonade. Pour over ice and
garnish with a mint sprig.
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Full Monty In a highball glass, this pour-
over-ice drink gets 1-1/2 oz Finlandia cran-
berry vodka, 1/2 oz Bols peach schnapps, 1/2
oz Hiram Walker blue curaçao, and fill with
ice cold lemonade. No garnish.
Funky Cold Medina Pour over cubed or
cracked ice in a tumbler glass, 1-1/2 oz Cho-
pin vodka, 2/4 oz Midori, and fill with cold
lemonade. You can also make shooters with
this drink.
Kitten Cuddler Shake and strain over
cubed or cracked in a tall glass, 1oz Stoli
vodka, 1oz Bols creme de banana, 1 tea-
spoon cloudberry liqueur, 1oz pineapple
juice, 1/2 oz lemon juice, and a splash of
grenadine. Strain in, and top with Fresca
and lemonade. Garnish with slices of orange
and lemon, and a cherry.
Loose Caboose Shake and strain this next
one in a Collins glass filled with ice. 2oz
Boru vodka, 2oz cranberry juice, 3oz lem-
onade, and a dash of grenadine at the top.
Garnish with a twist of lemon and a cherry.
On the Deck In an ice-packed pint glass,
pour over ice 1-1/4 oz Captain Morgan’s
spiced rum, 3/4 oz Lamb’s original Navy
rum, 1/2 oz Cointreau, 4oz lemonade and 1oz
cranberry juice. No garnish.
Peach Fuzz Pour over cubed or cracked ice
in a tumbler glass, 2oz Dekuyper Peachtree
schnapps, and fill with cold lemonade. Gar-
nish with a slice of peach.
Swedish Lemonade Pour this drink over
cubed ice in a pint glass. 1oz Absolut vodka,
1oz Swedish Punsch, and fill with lemonade.
Garnish with a full spiral of lemon peel.
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