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  • This Cocktail Has Been A Honey Of A Success

    This Cocktail Has Been A Honey Of A Success

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    This cocktail has made the rounds on social media and events….and has become a raging success.

    This cocktail has been a honey of a success…and a refreshing change at sporting events. The Grey Goose Honey Deuce is the official cocktail of the US Open.  The drink returned this year to a roaring success. The name comes from a word play on the tennis term deuce (a tie score of 40-40) and the honeydew melon garnish.  Refreshing, intoxicating and popular – the drink has been gushing out of court side bars at $23 a pop.

    The US Open is a premier tennis tournament sponsored by big hitters like American Express, Mercedes Benz, IHG Hotels and Resorts, Rolex and Emirates Airlines. The well heeled, the super rich and the famous flock to the stands. Anna Wintour was there along with celebrities at Arthur Ashe stadium. Spotted at the event was Phoebe Dynevor, Hugh Jackman, Zoey Deutch, Lindsay Lohan, Alec Baldwin, Kerry Washington, and Alicia Keyes. The crowd knows how to drink and drink well…and this cocktail has done well.  This year they ordered over 550,000 Honey Deuces, over 100,000 more than last year.  Roughly $12.65 million plus tips were spent over the two weeks of the tournament.

    But you don’t have to fly to New York and hobnob with the crowd to have your own.  You can make it at home and imbibe. Here is how to make your own Grey Goose Honey Deuce.

    Ingredients

    • 1 1.4 oz Grey Goose Vodka
    • Fresh Lemonade
    • Premium Raspberry Liqueur
    • Honeydew Melon Balls

    Create

    1. Fill a chilled highball glass with cubed ice and add Grey Goose Vodka
    2. Top with fresh lemonade and raspberry liqueur
    3. Garnish with a skewer of 1 or multiple frozen honeydew melon balls

    Beer has been the staple of sporting events, but stadiums around the country have been changing their drinks menu while adding sponsorship dollars to the coffers. In 1989 Evian water wanted to reach hot and thirsty affluent customers, so they became an official sponsor of the US Open. The tennis set has had beverage-centric partnerships ever since. And this has translated to other events from the Kentucky Derby to football adding it to their menu.

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  • Big Game Essentials: Enjoy Super Bowl LVIII With Bossip’s Big Game Drink Guide

    Big Game Essentials: Enjoy Super Bowl LVIII With Bossip’s Big Game Drink Guide

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    Source: George Rose / Getty

    The day is here it’s finally time for Super Bowl LVIII and the Usher half-time show and we’ve got your drink menu covered.

    Super Bowl LVIII is going down tonight and once again the Kansas City Chiefs are close to securing another Lombardi trophy. Hopefully, the game isn’t a blowout and the 49ers have a solid plan to stop that from happening. On the bright side at least we get Usher at half-time which is sure to be a treat. While you’re watching the game from home you’ve got to have drinks. You know we’ve got a menu for you and your guests to enjoy while watching the game. We would say take a shot every time you see or hear Taylor Swift mentioned but we don’t want any hospital visits.

    As always drink responsibly and do not drink and drive under any circumstance.

    BOSSIP’s Super Bowl LVIII Big Game Drink Guide

    Skyy's San Fran sunset

    Source: SKYY Vodak / Skyy Vodak

    SAN FRANCISCO SUNSET

    Ingredients:

    1.5 parts SKYY INFUSIONS® WATERMELON

    0.75 part Aperol®

    0.5 part lemon juice

    3 part Cinzano® Prosecco

    1 part soda water

    Method: Add ice to a wine glass and gently pour in Prosecco. Swirl in SKYY Infusions Watermelon, Aperol, and lemon juice. Top with a splash of soda water. Garnish with Mint bouquet + watermelon triangle (*optional*)

    Gran Coramino Cristalino's TASTES LIKE TEAM SPIRIT RECIPE

    Source: Gran Coramino Cristalino / Gran Coramino

    TASTES LIKE TEAM SPIRIT RECIPE

    Ingredients: (for a pitcher)

    750 ml bottle of Gran Coramino Cristalino

    2 cups fresh lime juice

    2 cups Cane Sugar

    7 cups cold premium water

    2 limes (covers Limeade base and 3 custom cup garnishes)

    Garnish: Strawberry, lemon, Raspberries, blackberries

    Method:

    · Limeade (Batch size)

    Blend the below for 1 minute

    2 cups fresh lime juice

    2 cups Cane Sugar

    Add 2 cups of water and blend for 1 minute

    Add 1 lime, quartered, and blend for 10 seconds

    Strain

    Combine with 7 cups of cold premium water in a punch bowl (1 gallon or larger container)

    Use Mountain Valley or similar that’s in a nice glass bottle but remove the label to shoot

    Add 750 ml bottle of Gran Coramino Cristalino

    Pour a serving of Limeade into a rock glass and Garnish.

    French Blonde

    Source: St-Germain/Bombay / Bombay

    French Blonde

    Ingredients:

    1 oz Bombay Sapphire Gin

    0.75 oz St-Germain

    0.5 oz Lillet Blanc

    1.5 oz fresh strained grapefruit juice

    1 dash of lemon bitters

    Method: Shake then pour into a coupe glass over rocks and garnish with a Grapefruit twist (optional).

    True52

    Source: Eric LeGrand Bourbon / Eric LeGrand Bourbon

    True 52

    Ingredients:

    1.5 oz. Eric LeGrand Bourbon

    .5 oz. Campari

    .25 oz. Ginger Liqueur

    .5 oz. Honey Syrup

    .5 oz. Lemon Juice

    1 oz. Black Tea

    Top with Ginger Beer

    Method: Combine ingredients except ginger beer and shake. Pour into a glass with ice. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with lime wheel.

    Mingle Cocktails

    Source: Mingle / Mingle Cocktails

    Mingle Cocktails (non-alcoholic)

    Ingredients:

    1 Variety Pack of Mingle Cocktails

    Method: Pour into a glass over rocks.

    Kansas City Ice Water

    Source: The Bedford at Paris Las Vegas / The Bedford at Paris Las Vegas

    “Kansas City Ice Water” From The Bedford at The Paris Las Vegas

    Ingredients:

    ½ lemon (cut in half)

    1 lime (cut into quarters)

    1 tablespoon superfine sugar

    1 ounce Belvedere vodka

    1 ounce Hendricks gin

    1 ounce Cointreau

    4 ounces seltzer

    1 wide strip lemon zest

    1 wide strip lime zest

    Method: Place lemon and lime pieces in a cocktail shaker. Add sugar. Muddle lime and lemon together. Add vodka, gin, and triple sec. Fill the shaker with 1 generous cup of ice, and shake until the outside of the shaker is very frosty and the mixture is very cold 30 to 40 shakes. Pour the contents of the shaker into a highball glass. Top with seltzer. Express zests over the drink, then rub the rim of the glass with zests. Skewer zests on a decorative pick. Garnish drink. Serve immediately.



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  • Happy Holidays: Curate Christmas Concoctions For The Family With BOSSIP's Holiday Cocktail Guide

    Happy Holidays: Curate Christmas Concoctions For The Family With BOSSIP's Holiday Cocktail Guide

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    Source: American Harvest / American Harvest

    We’ve got the Christmas drink menu covered with the annual BOSSIP Holiday Cocktail Guide.

    We know the holidays can be busy a time consisting of shopping, gift wrapping, and cooking, and on top of that, you might have to entertain family and friends. With that in mind, let us alleviate some of that pressure by taking care of the drink menu. As always, we’ve rounded up recipes for delicious cocktails from all your favorite brands.

    Enjoy your holiday the right way with the BOSSIP’s annual Holiday Cocktail guide!

    Be on the lookout for our NYE drink guide coming in the next few days.

    American Harvest Vodka's American Gingerbread Martini

    Source: American Harvest / American Harvest

    American Harvest Vodka’s “American Gingerbread Martini”

    Ingredients:

    1.5 oz. American Harvest Organic Vodka

    1.5 oz. Irish Cream

    2 tbsp. Gingerbread Syrup

    .25 tsp. Vanilla Extract

    1 oz. Half & Half

    Method: Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a Martini Glass/ Rim with Crushed Gingerbread Cookie and top with Whipped Cream and a Gingerbread Cookie.

    Tequila Don Julio Cinnamon Old Fashioned

    Source: Don Julio / Don Julio

    Tequila Don Julio’s “Cinnamon Old Fashioned”

    Ingredients:

    1.5 oz Don Julio Reposado

    2 Dashes Orange Bitters

    .25 oz Cinnamon Simple Syrup

    Top with Grated Cinnamon and Orange Peel

    Method: Add all ingredients to a mixing glass over ice, stir until thoroughly chilled, strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube, garnish with an orange peel, and grated cinnamon.

    Tequila Don Julio Harvest Spice

    Source: Don Julio / Don Julio

    Tequila Don Julio’s “Harvest Spice”

    Ingredients:

    1.5 oz Tequila Don Julio Añejo

    2 oz Apple Cider

    0.25 oz Agave

    0.25 oz Lemon Juice

    Dash of Cinnamon Powder

    Method: Add Tequila Don Julio Añejo, apple cider, agave, lemon juice and cinnamon powder to a shaker with ice and shake. Strain contents into a rocks glass over fresh ice and garnish with dried apple.

    D’USSE Coquito

    Source: D’usse / D’usse

    D’USSE Coquito

    Ingredients:

    2 oz D’USSE VSOP Cognac

    1 oz Whole Egg

    2 oz Whole Milk

    1 oz Coconut Cream

    1 oz Condensed Milk

    ½ oz Simple Syrup

    Method: Single-serve recipe. Shake (vigorously) all ingredients with ice for at least 15 seconds. Pour into rocks glass and garnish with freshly grated nutmeg or cinnamon.

    Grey Goose Spiced Orange Martini Cocktail

    Source: Grey Goose / Grey Goose

    Grey Goose “Spiced Orange Martini Cocktail”

    Ingredients:

    1 ¾ oz Grey Goose Vodka

    2/3 oz White Port

    1/3 oz Cointreau

    Thin Orange Slice

    Grated Cinnamon

    Star Anise

    Method: In a mixing glass, add Grey Goose Vodka, White Port and Cointreau. Fill with ice and stir with a bar spoon. Strain into a martini cocktail glass. Garnish with thin sliced orange, grated cinnamon, and star anise.

    Fraser & Thompson

    Source: Fraser & Thompson / Fraser & Thompson

    Fraser & Thompson North American Whiskey “Easy, Now Party Punch”

    (Serves 6-8 people)

    Ingredients:

    4 ounces Fraser & Thompson North American Whiskey

    1 cup pomegranate juice

    Zest of 1 orange

    1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice

    1 (750 ml) bottle of Prosecco or sparkling wine, chilled

    Arils from 1 pomegranate

    Method: In a large pitcher, combine Fraser & Thompson, pomegranate juice, orange zest and orange juice. Chill until ready to serve. Just before serving, add ice to the punch bowl and pour over the contents of the pitcher. Top with Prosecco and pomegranate arils. Enjoy!

    Tequila CAZADORES's

    Source: Tequila CAZADORES / Tequila CAZADORES

    Tequila CAZADORES’s “Posada Ponche”

    Ingredients:

    1 oz. Tequila CAZADORES Reposado

    10-12 Cups Water

    3 Cups Sugar

    1 Pilloncillos (Mexican brown sugar)

    8 Guavas (fresh or canned)

    6 Small sugar cane sticks (if available)

    1/2 of cup of raisins

    4 Slices of orange

    1 Cinnamon stick

    1 Cup hibiscus flower

    1 Sliced apple

    Method: Heat water in a pot and all ingredients. Boil together for 30 minutes and serve in a hot coffee mug. Add 1 oz. of Tequila CAZADORES Reposado, cinnamon stick, and a teaspoon to stir and eat the caramelized fruit.

    Unión Ruby Wonderland

    Source: Mezcal Unión Uno / Mezcal UNIÓN Uno

    Mezcal Unión Uno’s “Unión Ruby Wonderland”

    Ingredients:

    1 oz Mezcal Unión Uno

    1 oz Red Wine

    6 Cloves

    1 Star Anise

    1 Orange

    1 Lemon

    Sugar

    Method: Mix ingredients together and pour into a Hurricane Glass. Enjoy!

    Proper Twelve's Proper Apple Pie Martini Source: Proper Twelve / Proper Twelve

    Proper Twelve’s “Apple Pie Martini”

    Ingredients:

    2oz Proper Irish Apple

    2 oz Irish Cream Liqueur

    2 Dashes of cinnamon

    Graham cracker rim on the glass

    Method: In a Boston shaker filled with ice, add 2 oz Proper Irish Apple, 2 oz Irish Cream Liqueur, and a dash of cinnamon. Shake and strain into a martini glass rimmed with crushed graham crackers. Garnish with a dash of cinnamon.

    Ciroc Passion

    Source: Ciroc / Ciroc

    CÎROC Passion

    Ingredients:

    1.2 oz CÎROC Passion

    3 oz Lemonade

    1 oz Sparkling Water

    Method: Add ice into a highball glass. Arrange lemon peel ribbon in the glass. Add CÎROC Passion, Lemonade and top with sparkling water. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

    Lobos 1707 “Bitter Not Better”

    Ingredients:

    1oz Lobos 1707 Reposado

    .75oz Cynar or Montenegro Amaro

    .75oz Grapefruit Juice

    .25oz Aperol

    Strawberry dusted glass

    Method: Stir all ingredients over ice in a mixing glass until the glass is frosted over. Whilst the drink is chilling dust the glass with strawberry dust. Strain over large rocks glass and garnish with one dried sage or bay leaf.

    *STRAWBERRY DUST*

    In a blender blitz a cup of dehydrated freeze-dried strawberries to create fine dust. Dust on top citrus brusher with a single tea strainer.

    Anteel's Holiday Blues

    Source: Anteel / Anteel

    Anteel Tequila’s “Holiday Blues”

    Ingredients:

    1.5 oz Anteel Coconut Lime Blanco

    2 oz Pineapple Juice

    1 oz Blue Curaçao

    1 oz Coconut Cream

    2 cups ice

    Coconut flakes for cocktail glass rim garnish

    Method: Add pineapple juice, blue curaçao, vodka, cream of coconut, and ice to the blender. Blend on high for 1 minute. Pour into a cocktail glass rimmed with coconut flakes.

    Southbound Tequila's 'Pomegranate Aperol with Cinnamon Sugar Brule' Sliced Orange

    Source: SouthBound Tequila / Southbound Tequila

    Southbound Tequila’s “Pomegranate Aperol with Cinnamon Sugar Brule” Sliced Orange

    Ingredients:

    3/4 ounce of fresh pomegranate

    1/4 ounce fresh lime

    1/4 ounce of fresh orange

    1/2 ounce of Aperol

    1/8 ounce of agave

    1/2 ounce of water

    1 1/2 ounce of Southbound Tequila Reposado

    Method: Place all ingredients in a shaker with ice and pour into a cocktail glass. Serve with a cinnamon sugar brûléed orange.

    Method To brûlée the orange: Sliced oranges with cinnamon and sugar sprinkled on top. Turn the broiler to medium/high. Broil for two minutes tops until the tops caramelize/ Brulé. Watch closely.

    Unión Jolly & Holly

    Source: Mezcal Unión Uno / Mezcel Unión Uno

    Unión “Jolly & Holly”

    Ingredients:

    2 oz Mezcal Unión Uno

    1 oz Club Soda

    0.5 oz Lime Juice

    0.5 oz Honey

    Method: In a rocks glass over ice, add Mezcal Unión and honey then stir to combine. Add club soda and lime juice then stir again. Garnish with berries and enjoy!

    The Mrs. Claus Margarita

    Ingredients:

    2 oz Pantalones Organic Blanco tequila

    2 oz white cranberry juice

    1 ounces fresh squeezed lime juice

    4-6 oz ginger beer (we use Betty Buzz Ginger Beer)

    Ice

    Method: Combine tequila, cranberry juice, and lime juice in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into sugar-rimmed rocks glass with ice.

    Aviation GINger bread

    Source: Aviation Gin / Aviation Gin

    Aviation American Gins “GINger Bread”

    Ingredients:

    1oz Butter Washed Gin

    .5oz Oat Milk

    .5oz Ginger Syrup

    .25oz Allspice

    .25oz Falernum

    .25oz Malt Syrup

    Method: Combine in a shaker, shake well, and pour into a Martini glass.

    Q Mixers

    Source: Q Mixers / Q Mixers

    Q Mixers

    Ingredients:

    Q Mixers

    Method: Pour and enjoy alongside Q Mixers’ “Secret Holiday Bingo Card” game by visiting the Qmixers.com website. It’s easy, all you have to do is go to the website and get a randomized card, then follow the directions.

    Santa Teresa

    Source: Santa Teresa / Santa Teresa

    Santa Teresa’s “Holiday Rum Cider”

    Ingredients:

    1 Gallon Apple Cider. Filtered/cold-pressed is best

    16 oz Santa Teresa Speyside Whisky Cask Finish

    ¼-½ Cup of Brown Sugar

    1 tsp. Ground Allspice

    2-3 tsp. Whole Cloves

    2 Small Oranges, cut in half

    6” Ceylon Cinnamon

    Method: Combine all in a punch bowl. Stir vigorously.

    Forever Young Rosè

    Source: Forever Young / Forever Young Rose

    Forever Young Wines

    Method: Serve in your preferred way of consumption. Enjoy!

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  • Premium vodka brand Grey Goose eyes India’s young cocktail-drinking population

    Premium vodka brand Grey Goose eyes India’s young cocktail-drinking population

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    If there is one thing that Joe McCanta likes more than anything else in the world, it’s making vodka cocktails. Little wonder then that McCanta is the global brand ambassador for Grey Goose, a leading vodka brand from Bacardi.

    McCanta was in India recently as a jury member for Grey Goose House of Change, a programme by Bacardi that focuses on providing expertise to bartenders with training sessions divided into different modules, including sessions on grooming, styling, communication, photography, personality and etiquette and social media. This year is its fourth edition and it has collaborated with the Singapore Tourism Board. A final selection of eight bartenders will travel to Singapore and train with some of the leading bartenders there.

    “The cocktail culture in India is growing and that makes India a very important market for Grey Goose,” says McCanta. “Just look at the number of Indian bars that are now in Asia’s 50 Best Bars list,” says McCanta impressed with Indian bartending talent. This year, five bars from India made it to Asia’s 50 Best Bars list. “We are a French brand. France is all about food. It is all about celebration, all about coming together. It’s all about luxury. So in a lot of ways there are a lot of similarities between India and France,” he added.

    While India is primarily a brown spirits market with whiskey enjoying maximum market share, McCanta feels that white spirits such as vodka and gin are making inroads, primarily in the metros. He credits the cocktail culture for that. “Converting a whiskey drinker into a vodka drinker is not all that difficult and I say this from personal experience,” says McCanta. He says in Europe a decade or so ago, people weren’t really drinking vodka cocktails.

    All you saw in bars across Europe were Old Fashioned and Manhattan, both whiskey-based cocktails. However, with more bartenders working with vodka and gin, their consumption has increased. “Vodka is a very versatile alcohol and a great medium for a cocktail. I doubt even the most talented bartender could do a whiskey Bloody Mary or Espresso Martini with whiskey,” smiles McCanta.

    In India the vodka market is currently around $38 million and is expected to grow annually by 4.34 per cent (CAGR 2022-2025), according to Statista. In comparison, the whiskey market is worth $17.6 billion and is expected to grow annually by 6.31 per cent (CAGR 2022-2025).  

    McCanta points out that people, especially Gen Z, are drinking less, but drinking better. In the US and UK Grey Goose has launched Grey Goose Essense which is 30 per cent ABV, 10 per cent less than regular vodka. It’s made with botanicals and fresh fruit.  

    “If every person was to have one nice cocktail instead of five bad cocktails, we would still be growing,” says McCanta adding that the plan is to convert whiskey drinkers into vodka and specifically Grey Goose drinkers and also recruit from the huge population entering the legal drinking age. “Globally we are seeing that people are drinking less beer and wine and more cocktails. So people are moving away from the binge drinking mentality and just enjoying the perfect martini.”

    While vodka is generally associated with Russia, Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, Grey Goose is French. The brand was launched in 1997 by American businessman Sidney Frank who saw a gap in the market for premium vodka. It was sold to Bacardi in 2004. Frank collaborated with cellar master Francois Thibault who was earlier making cognac. And so it was that Grey Goose came to be made in Cognac. Grey Goose uses wheat grown in Picardie – considered the breadbasket of France – and natural spring water. The distillation and filtration takes place in Cognac. A French-made vodka gave Grey Goose the premium status in the American market that Frank had wanted.

    Also read: How to dispose 70 lakh bottles of leftover liquor in Delhi? Kejriwal’s biggest challenge

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