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The Best Easy Super Bowl Cocktails
Ready to get your game on with these Super Bowl cocktails?
It is the finale to the football season and a good chunk of the population tunes in to watch the Super Bowl. Alone, with a few friends or a full on party…it is a festive occasions (at least until the 4th quarter in a tight game) and people enjoy a beverage. The Super Bowl is a drinking day for most viewers. As you settle into the 59th annual game, try the best Super Bowl cocktails.
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Creole Bloody Mary
In a nod to the host city New Orleans, a Creole Bloody Mary is the best to pre-func and get right to start watching the game! This is a flavorful way to start the day.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup vodka
- 4-1/2 cups chilled tomato juice
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 4-6 dashes Tabasco hot sauce
- Salt and black pepper
- Celery for garnish
Create
- Fill shaker with ice
- Combine vodka, juices, Worcestershire, salt, pepper and hot sauce in shaker
- Strain and pour in a tall glass with ice
- Garnish with celery stick
Super Bowl Julep
The nice thing about the Super Bowl is you can enjoy day drinking. While a Mint Julep is the drink of the Kentucky Derby, it is refreshing enough for morning football drinking. Plus it is good for the throat after all the cheering.
Ingredients
- 4 sprigs of mint
- 1 teaspoon of powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons of water
- 2 oz. bourbon
- Fresh mint sprig, for garnish
Create
- Muddle the mint, the sugar and the water in a cup
- Add the bourbon and stir gently
- Fill a glass to the top with finely crushed ice, add the julep mix and garnish with mint
FYI, an ounce of mint simple syrup can be substituted for the mint/sugar/water mixture
Perfect Stormy
Why not combine the classic beer with the cocktail. Mix it up and enjoy this drink…rich in flavor and filling enough you don’t have too many over the course of the game.
2 oz amber rum
1 oz egg white
1 oz fresh lime juice
¾ oz ginger simple syrup
3 dashes Scrappy’s lime bitters
4 oz light beer
Glass: Highball tumbler/Collins glas
Create
- Dry shake all ingredients except the beer
- Add ice and shake
- Double strain into a collins glass with ice
- Top up with beer
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Gatorade Margarita
Everyone knows hydration is important when plays sports. It is also important for fans, especially if they are celebrating. Gatorade is part of the football culture, dive in with this take on a classic cocktail.
Ingredients
Create
- Mix the sugar and salt in a shallow dish
- Wet the rims of 4 to 6 rocks glasses with water and then dip in the sugar-salt mixture to coat
- Combine the sports drink, limeade concentrate, tequila and blue curacao in a large pitcher and stir
- Fill the rocks glasses with ice
- Pour the margarita into the glass
- Garnish each with an orange slice
Fourth Quarter Rum Countdown
When the fourth quarter hits, it can be a focus time, keep it simple with this classic drink. Quick to prepare, refreshing to drink and the soda is a little caffeine boost after tailgating.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz Bacardi Superior rum
- 3 oz cola
- Lime for garnish
Create
- Fill a highball glass with ice
- Pour in a good rum
- Add the chilled cola, stir
- Garnish with lime