The Scarlet and Black Online


Volume 119, Number 7 | Oct 29, 2004

Election night drinks

Patriotic red, white and blue mixed drinks and shots for election night. Remember to drink responsibly or choose the non-alcoholic alternatives.

American Flag

Ingredients:

• 1/3 grenadine

• 1/3 crème de cacao

• 1/3 Blue Curacao

Mixing instructions:

Pour in grenadine. Then pour in the crème de cacao and the Blue Curacao over a bar spoon. Looks red, white and blue and tastes like a chocolate covered cherry.

American Pie

Ingredients:

• 1 tsp grenadine

• 2 oz vodka

• 1/3 sweet and sour

• 2/3 7-Up

• 1/2 oz Blue Curacao

Mixing instructions:

Pour grenadine in glass. Add straw and ice carefully. Fill 1/3 of glass with sweet and sour. Add vodka. Fill glass almost to the rim with 7-Up. Add Blue Curacao. Do not stir.

Non-alcoholic alternatives

Red: cranberry juice, fruit punch, cherry soda, grenadine

White: milk, eggnog, soy milk, rice milk, half-and-half

Blue: Kool-Aid, blue sports beverages, prune juice

Try one of each color!