Lemon Drop Honey Deuce
ACTIVE TIME: 5 Minutes
TOTAL TIME: 5 Minutes (+3 day infusion time)
If you love tennis (and even if you don’t), you are going to love this refreshing official cocktail of the US Open. Check out the tips at the bottom of the recipe to make preparing for a crowd look like you might next deliver a backhand smash.
INGREDIENTS (Makes 1)
1 pint glass filled with crushed ice
1.5 ounces vodka infused Camp Craft Cocktails Lemon Drop, strained
3 ounces lemonade
½ ounce Chambord or premium raspberry liqueur
1 ounce melon baller tool
3 ounces honeydew melon balls, frozen
PREPARATION
Step 1 Fill Camp Craft Cocktails Lemon Drop with vodka and leave in refrigerator for 3 days or microwave with lid removed but never boil
Step 2 Cut a honeydew melon in half and use a melon baller tool to make at least 3 balls and place in freezer for a half hour
Step 3 Fill glass with crushed ice
Step 4 Pour 1 1/2 ounces strained Camp Craft Cocktails Lemon Drop into glass
Step 5 Add lemonade to glass
Step 6 Top with raspberry liqueur
Step 7 Add melon balls on top and top with a fun straw
TIP #1: Prep glasses with ice, straw and melon balls. Set on cookie sheet in freezer so you are ready as guests arrive.
TIP #2: Prep multiples of this cocktail in a pitcher and store in fridge, allowing you to do a quick stir and top glasses quickly.
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Pimm's Cup
ACTIVE TIME: 7 Minutes
TOTAL TIME: 7 Minutes (+3 day infusion time)
For some reason, this cocktail gets all the garnishes. Blame it on the English who like their tennis with a side of all things refreshing. Pimm’s Cup is the official cocktail of Wimbledon. We’ve created one here using Camp Craft Cocktail’s Lemon Drop, ginger ale (we don’t have English sparkling lemonade on this side of the pond), and Pimm’s No. 1, a gin-based digestif. Fun Fact: Pimm’s has operated a bar for over 50 years at the Wimbledon Stadium where they serve over 300,00 Pimm’s Cups annually, pinkies up!
INGREDIENTS (Makes 1)
1 collins glass filled with ice
1 ounce gin infused Camp Craft Cocktails Lemon Drop, strained
1 ounce Pimm’s No. 1 Digestif
1 lemon, for wheels and juicing
½ ounce lemon juice
3 ounce ginger ale
Garnishes
1 long, thin cucumber slice; slide along inside of glass – in a diagonal circuit
1 thin wedge of apple
1 lemon wheel, slide along inside of glass
1 sprig of mint, set on top of cocktail
PREPARATION
Step 1 Fill Camp Craft Cocktails Lemon Drop with gin and leave in refrigerator for 3 days or microwave with lid removed but never boil.
Step 2 Prep the garnishes and set aside on a plate to allow for quick assembly
Step 3 Fill glass with ice. This would be a great cocktail to use a long block of ice.
Step 4 Pour 1 oz strained Camp Craft Cocktails Lemon Drop into glass.
Step 5 Add Pimm’s No. 1 Digestif
Step 6 Add ginger ale, lemon juice, and stir
Step 7 Slide cucumber, apple, and lemon inside glass edge and add all other garnishes on top
TIP #1: Prep multiples in a pitcher and store in fridge, allowing you to do a quick stir and pour to impress your guests like a pro!
TIP #2: store a garnish tray in your fridge with the items in the order you need and you won’t be searching for bits and bobs as the game goes on… and on…
