Local cocktails

Hank's Sports Bar & Rumors Deli on Cullman's southwest side serves up true, local flavor daily, with special day and night menus and Sunday brunch.

Here are two of our favorite cocktails.

Hanky Panky 

Ingredients

• Ice
• Limes and mint sprigs
• 1 oz. Tito’s vodka
• 1 oz. Malibu rum
• 1 oz. simple syrup
• 0.5 oz. strawberry puree
• 4 oz. lemonade
• Lime and mint (for garnish)

Directions

1. Place 1 mint sprig in the bottom of the glass. Fill glass with ice.
2. In shaker, add lime 2 mint sprigs. Muddle together. Add Tito’s, Malibu, simple syrup, strawberry puree and lemonade.
3. Shake and strain into a high ball glass.
4. Garnish with lime and 1 mint sprig. 

Hankover Bloody Mary

Ingredients

• Bacon salt
• Ice
• 2 oz. Tito's vodka
• 0.5 oz. Worcestershire sauce
• 3 oz. Zing Zang
• Tony’s seasoning
• Hot sauce
• Lemon, lime, bacon slice, okra and olives (for garnish)

Directions

1. Rim pint glass with bacon salt and fill with ice.
2. In the shaker, add Tito’s, Worcestershire, Zing Zang, a few dashes of Tony’s and a dash of hot sauce.  
3. Shake and pour into a pint glass.
4. Garnish with lemon, lime, bacon slice, and sword of 1 okra and 2 olives.

Recipes provided by Hank's Owner Aaron Coombs. Hank's is located at 601 Fourth St. SW in Cullman. Connect on Facebook at www.facebook.com/rumorsdeli.