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Making Spirits Bright with Merry Mixology

A trio of holiday-inspired cocktails from Vero Chicago Pizza adds a festive touch to celebrations

Holiday Mule

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 ½ ounces vodka
  • ½ ounce cranberry mixer
  • ½ ounce lime juice
  • Ginger beer
  • Mint spring and cranberries, for garnish

DIRECTIONS

  1. Fill a mason jar with ice.
  2. Add vodka, cranberry mixer and lime juice.
  3. Top with ginger beer.
  4. Garnish with mint sprig and cranberries.

Winter Wonderland

INGREDIENTS

  • Shaved coconut
  • 1 ½ ounces tequila
  • 1 ounce triple sec
  • ½ ounce coconut cream
  • ½ ounce lime juice
  • 1 ½ ounce white cranberry juice
  • Mint leaf, for garnish

DIRECTIONS

  1. Rim a rocks glass with shaved coconut.
  2. In a pint glass, fill with ice, tequila, triple sec, coconut cream, lime juice and white cranberry juice.
  3. Shake and strain into the prepared rocks glass.
  4. Garnish with one mint leaf.

Dirty Santa

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 ½ ounces vodka
  • ½ ounce lime juice
  • ¾ ounce grenadine
  • Cranberry juice
  • Sprite
  • Cranberries and lime wedge, for garnish

DIRECTIONS

  1. Build drink in a pint glass and fill with ice.
  2. Add vodka, lime juice and grenadine.
  3. Top with half cranberry juice and half Sprite.
  4. Garnish with cranberries and lime wedge.