Over the Rainbow Refresher

photo credit:dontrey britt-Hart

Instructions:

Ingredients:
½ fresh orange
½ fresh lime
½ fresh lemon
2 fresh strawberries
4 fresh blueberries
2 fresh basil leaves
1 ½ teaspoons honey or agave syrup
2 ounces Seedlip Grove 42 non-alcoholic spirit
2 ounces ginger beer
Ice

In a Boston Shaker, add strawberries, blueberries, and basil leaves.

1. Squeeze juice from citrus fruits using a citrus squeezer or juicer and add to the Boston Shaker.

2. With a muddle stick, firmly mash the ingredients until well-mixed.

3. Add honey or agave, as well as the Seedlip Grove 42 and 1 cup of ice.

4. Cover the Boston Shaker and shake, shake, shake for the count of 8.

5. Fill an 8-oz. glass with ice and, using the strainer top, pour the drink from the Boston Shaker into the glass.

6. Top with the ginger beer, lightly swirl, then sip & savor your spritzer.

Makes one thirst-quenching glass.

Cheers!

*Music makes everything tastier and more festive, so I’ve shared a link below for some Over the Rainbow Refresher mood music. It will transport you to paradise.

My Two Cents:

My Two Cents:

• This refreshing burst of berries and citrus muddled with herbaceous notes of basil is a balanced mocktail that reminds us just how festive libations sans alcohol can be.

• Get creative with your garnishes, especially since you’ve added every color of the rainbow. Halve strawberries; plop a blueberry or two into your drink; add a slice of lemon, lime or orange to the rim of your glass; tuck a leaf of basil between cubes of ice. There’s no limit to the pretty.

• If cocktails are more your speed, substitute 2 ounces of Seedlip Grove 42 and replace it with  2 ounces of tequila, gin or vodka.

Yield: 1 thirst-quenching glass

Author: Dontrey Britt-Hart

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OVER THE RAINBOW REFRESHER

This refreshing burst of berries and citrus muddled with herbaceous notes of basil is a balanced mocktail that reminds us just how festive libations sans alcohol can be. Of course you can easily convert this mocktail into a cocktail with a simple ingredient swap.

Ingredients

• 1/2 fresh orange
• 1/2 fresh lime
• 1/2 fresh lemon
• 2 fresh strawberries
• 4 fresh blueberries
• 2 fresh basil leaves
• 1 1/2 teaspoons honey or agave syrup
• 2 ounces Seedlip Grove 42 non-alcoholic spirit
• 2 ounces ginger beer
• Ice
• *Optional garnishes*: lemon, lime or orange slices; fresh basil; blueberries; sugar rim

Instructions

1. In a Boston Shaker, add strawberries, blueberries, and basil leaves.
2. Squeeze juice from citrus fruits using a citrus squeezer or juicer and add to the Boston Shaker.
3. With a muddle stick, firmly mash the ingredients until well mixed.
4. Add honey or agave, as well as the Seedlip Grove 42 and 1 cup of ice.
5. Cover the Boston Shaker and shake, shake, shake for the count of 8.
6. Fill an 8-oz. glass with ice and, using the strainer top, pour the drink from the Boston Shaker into the glass.
7. Top with the ginger beer, lightly swirl, then sip & savor your spritzer.

Notes

My Two Cents:

• This refreshing burst of berries and citrus muddled with herbaceous notes of basil is a balanced mocktail that reminds us just how festive libations sans alcohol can be.
• Get creative with your garnishes, especially since you’ve added every color of the rainbow. Halve strawberries; plop a blueberry or two into your drink; add a slice of lemon, lime or orange to the rim of your glass; tuck a leaf of basil between cubes of ice. There’s no limit to the pretty.
• If cocktails are more your speed, substitute 2 ounces of Seedlip Grove 42 and replace it with  2 ounces of tequila, gin or vodka.

Cheers!

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