The Fresh Sunrise

The Fresh Sunrise

3 lemon wedges

1 tsp sugar

4 oz Alize Bleu

sparkling wine 

Put lemon wedges in a shaker with sugar and muddle. Pour in Alize Bleu, top with ice, and shake vigorously. Then strain into a champagne flute and top with sparkling wine.

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French 75

French 75 

1 1/2 oz gin

2 oz lemon juice

champagne

2 tsp sugar

garnish of cherry

Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice, except the champagne. Strain into a champagne flute. Top with champagne and a cherry.

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Essential Bourbon Cocktails: Mint Julep

Mint Julep    

4 fresh mint sprigs
2 1/2 oz bourbon whiskey
1 tsp powdered sugar
2 tsp water

Muddle mint leaves, powdered sugar, and water in a collins glass. Fill the glass with shaved or crushed ice and add bourbon. Top with more ice and garnish with a mint sprig. Serve with a straw.

Essential Bourbon Cocktails: Whiskey Sour

Whiskey Sour

2 oz blended whiskey
 juice of 1/2 lemons
 1/2 tsp powdered sugar
 1 cherry
 1/2 slice lemon

 Shake blended whiskey, juice of lemon, and powdered sugar with ice and strain into a whiskey sour glass. Decorate with the half-slice of lemon, top with the cherry, and serve.