{"id":17358,"date":"2021-02-09T19:06:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T03:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/?p=17358"},"modified":"2021-02-09T19:07:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T03:07:25","slug":"mix-up-some-cocktails-with-cupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/mix-up-some-cocktails-with-cupid\/","title":{"rendered":"Mix up some cocktails with Cupid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Four mixed drinks to whip up for Valentine\u2019s Day<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Allison Vanderzanden<\/strong> | Lifestyle Editor<\/span><\/p>\n

Valentine\u2019s Day offers the perfect opportunity to enjoy a mixed drink. Celebrate with a significant other or a group of friends, or test bartending skills individually with these four Valentine\u2019s inspired cocktails.<\/span><\/p>\n

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KENTUCKY KISS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Start to finish: 3 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n

Yields: 1 serving<\/span><\/p>\n

2 strawberries, sliced<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00bd ounce lemon juice<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00bd ounce maple syrup<\/span><\/p>\n

2 ounces bourbon whiskey<\/span><\/p>\n

Splash club soda<\/span><\/p>\n

In an old-fashioned glass, add the strawberries, lemon juice and maple syrup. Muddle well until the strawberries are mashed. Add the bourbon and fill the glass with ice. Stir well.<\/span><\/p>\n

Add a splash of club soda and, if desired, garnish with a strawberry for serving.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recipe from thespruceeats.com<\/span><\/p>\n

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RED WINE MILKSHAKES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Start to finish: 5 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n

Yields: 3 servings<\/span><\/p>\n

One 1.5-quart container vanilla ice cream<\/span><\/p>\n

1 cup red wine<\/span><\/p>\n

4 ounces vodka<\/span><\/p>\n

Whipped cream, for serving<\/span><\/p>\n

Maraschino cherries, for serving<\/span><\/p>\n

In a blender, blend ice cream, red wine and vodka until smooth. Divide between glasses and garnish with whipped cream and cherries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recipe from delish.com<\/span><\/p>\n

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SEX ON THE BEACH<\/strong><\/p>\n

Start to finish: 5 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n

Yields: 1 serving<\/span><\/p>\n

2 ounces orange juice<\/span><\/p>\n

2 ounces cranberry juice<\/span><\/p>\n

1 ounce peach schnapps<\/span><\/p>\n

1 ounce vodka<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00bd ounce chambord or grenadine (optional)<\/span><\/p>\n

Orange slice, for serving<\/span><\/p>\n

Maraschino cherries, for serving<\/span><\/p>\n

In a shaker add orange juice, peach schnapps and many ice cubes. Shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Pour into a glass and fill the glass with ice to the top, and add vodka on top of the ice.<\/span><\/p>\n

If using chambord or grenadine, in a separate glass, gently mix chambord or grenadine with cranberry juice. Slowly pour this red mixture on top of ice cubes to create an ombre effect. Garnish and serve.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recipe from flawlessfood.co.uk<\/span><\/p>\n

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VALENTINE\u2019S DAY MIMOSA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Start to finish: 5 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n

Yields: 4 servings<\/span><\/p>\n

1 bottle pink champagne, chilled<\/span><\/p>\n

1 cup pomegranate juice<\/span><\/p>\n

In each champagne flute, add \u00bc cup pomegranate juice. Fill the rest of the way with pink champagne.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recipe from everydaymadefresh.com<\/span><\/p>\n

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Contact the author at avanderzanden19@mail.wou.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four mixed drinks to whip up for Valentine\u2019s Day<\/p>\n

Allison Vanderzanden | Lifestyle Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1094,"featured_media":17334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[671,156,155,682,674,675,670,154,678,681,672,673,157,680,662,660,663,679,676,677],"class_list":["post-17358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-alchohol","tag-allison","tag-allison-vanderzanden","tag-champagne","tag-cocktail","tag-cocktails","tag-drinks","tag-lifestyle","tag-milkshake","tag-mimosa","tag-mixed-drink","tag-mixed-drinks","tag-recipe","tag-schnapps","tag-valentine","tag-valentines-day","tag-valentines","tag-vodka","tag-whiskey","tag-wine"],"modified_by":"The Western Howl","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1094"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}