Festive Mardi Gras Cocktails

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Mardis Gras! The parades, the food, the king cake, the cocktails, and those adorable little umbrellas! We may not be able to make it to New Orleans but that doesn’t mean we can’t throw our own mini-Mardi Gras celebration. Your local party store has beads and masks, you just provide the grub, drinks, and good times.

Of course, you need to have hurricanes but we have some other delicious cocktails for you to try too.

Hurricane

Hurricane

Ingredients:

Directions:

Add a splash of grenadine to the bottom of a hurricane glass. Layer other ingredients and stir gently. Garnish with a cherry and orange wedge.

Sazerac

Sazerac

Directions:

Sazerac is the official cocktail of New Orleans, and a perfect choice for celebrating Mardi Gras!

Rinse a rocks glass with absinthe, pouring out excess liquid, and set aside. In a mixing shaker, muddle the sugar cube, water and both bitters. Add the cognac and rye and fill with ice, and stir until well-chilled. Strain into the absinthe-rinsed glass. Twist a slice of lemon peel over the surface and then discard.

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Jim Beam Orleans

Jim Beam Orleans

Ingredients:

Directions:

Give chilled glass an absinthe rinse and set aside. Stir other ingredients in a mixing glass, strain into the chilled glass and garnish. Squeeze lime (or lemon) twist over the drink to release its essences but do not drop twist into glass. Serve neat.

Rum Swizzle

Rum Swizzle

Ingredients:

Directions:

1. Into a shaker full of crushed ice add Gosling’s Black Seal Rum, Gosling’s Gold Rum, pineapple juice, orange juice, Grenadine or Bermuda Falernum, and Angostura bitters.
2. Churn vigorously until a frothing appears or mix in a cocktail shaker.
3. Strain into a rocks glass and garnish with an orange slice and cherry