Drinks on Me: Happy 4th!

[ 0 ] July 4, 2014 | Johnna

Image via Sobieski Vodka

Hope you are eating all the grilled food your heart desires and spending time with people who make your life grand. Enjoy these fun cocktails today and impress your guests, Cheers!

Rockets Red Glare: This cocktail shines like the fireworks in the sky.

1 ½ oz. Trianon Blanco Tequila
1 ½ oz. cranberry juice
½ oz. orange liqueur
1 oz. lime juice
blue sugar and watermelon star for garnish

Add all ingredients into a blender with ice. Blend and pour into a blue sugar rimmed glass. Garnish with
watermelon star and serve.

Stars and Stripes Shooter

½ oz. grenadine
1 oz. blue curaçao
1 oz. Sobieski Vodka

In a shot glass, layer grenadine, blue curaçao, and Sobieski Vodka.

For a video using a similar layering technique click here.

Tags: cocktails, Fourth of July, recipe

Category: Alcoholic beverages, holiday cooking, Recipes

About the Author (Author Profile)

Johnna French is a Harlem NY native with deep roots in Panama, Washington, DC and North Carolina. All four places have heavily influenced her life and the foods she loves today. After graduating Howard University School of Law and beginning her life as a young professional in the city she was led to start Johnna Knows Good Food in November 2007 to keep family, friends and colleagues updated on where to go and what to eat while dining in the nation’s capitol. French, who still practices law, leads a team of three writers to cover the ever expanding Washington, DC food scene. French has been featured in print and television, appearing in Washingtonian Magazine and is a regular contributor to various local TV affiliates including WUSA 9, FOX 5 DC and WJLA (ABC Affiliate) News Channel 8. During the 2016-2017 football season, Johnna aired on Comcast Sports Mid-Atlantic (CSN) show, Redskins Life, as the weekly tailgate host. Johnna is currently a regular contributor to the FOX Baltimore Weekend morning show.