Anastasia Romanov
1 ounce whipped vodka
1 ounce Kaluha
1 ounce half & half
1 ounce raspberry syrup
2 ounces heavy cream
1 ounce simple syrup
1/2 ounce Los Dos Spanish Red Blend
Combine vodka, kaluha, half & half and raspberry syrup. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and add ice. For topping, combine heavy cream, simple syrup and red blend and shake until whipped. Drizzle over drink and enjoy.
— Kendra Shaw, Wicked Dame
Lori’s Driveway Diva Bucket
Clean sand pail filled with ice
1 cup Cruzan Blueberry Lemonade Rum
1 1/2 cup lemonade
1 can Red, White and Berry Smirnoff Seltzer
Combine all ingredients in pail. Garnish with frozen blueberries and red, white and blue sour Trollis and Gummy worms.
— Lori Casper, Q Casino and Hotel
Jezebel’s Spirit
Ophir Gin
Cinnamon syrup
Fresh lime juice
Ruby red grapefruit juice
Combine all ingredients to taste. Top off with seltzer water. Serve in a rocks glass with a hand-chopped ice chunk. Serve this with a crystallized lime and cinnamon sugar disk.
— Nacole Meyer, The Driftless and Fine Cocktail Catering
Cucumber Jalapeno Martini
2 ounces dry gin (or vodka if you’re not a gin fan)
1 ounce fresh grapefruit
1 ounce simple syrup
3 slice jalapeno
5 or 6 mint leaves
Diced cucumber
Additional mint leaf and cucumber slice for garnish
Place all ingredients in a shaker and do a hard shake. Double strain into a martini glass, and garnish with a mint leaf and cucumber slice.
— Tori Curoe, River Boat Lounge, Hotel Julien Dubuque
