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. Â The Super Bowl is a drinking day for most viewers. Â As you settle into the 59th annual competition and halftime show – game on with these 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. Â 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.
Ingredients
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. Â 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. Â 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
