If you are spending an afternoon somewhere along a hot coastline or a dry place seething with heat, a chilled beach bum cocktail is all that you need! And whatever the weather, a cocktail will always come in handy if you want to relax. It is particularly great for keeping the chat going when you have friends over.
Ingredients
fresh lemon juice: 30 ml
vodka: 60 ml
Cointreau: 15 ml
liqueur: 15 ml
a dash of non-alcoholic grenadine syrup
Few sprigs of fresh mint
How To Make Calm your Nerves with A Beach Bum Cocktail
- Blend ice with all ingredients, except grenadine syrup, into a cocktail shaker.
- Add more ice cubes to a rock glass and strain chilled cocktail into the glass.
- Top up with grenadine syrup.
- Garnish with fresh mint and enjoy your beach bum!
Preparing cocktails is an art! Of course, there is a bit of food science is involved, but the actual execution boils down to how creative you allow yourself to be. Consequently, what you read in a single recipe is not cast in stone. Feel free to give our recipes your own twist!
If it is one of those days when you feel like creating a holiday atmosphere at home, all you need to do is get the dirty work out of the way early – the cooking primarily. Secure your hot food in a Vaya Tyffyn lunchbox that retains temperature for hours. Relax and gorge on some nuts while sipping your beach bum; knowing that ready food is within reach whenever you feel hungry!
Trivia
- Do you have your own signature recipe for a cocktail? Well, if you want to advertise it, say anything but refreshing! The word shouldn’t be used while talking about alcohol!
- In Texas, it is illegal to take more than three sips of beer while standing!