Cocktails

Ingredients

• 2 oz vodka

• 1 oz fresh lemon juice

• ¾ oz Cointreau

• ½ oz simple syrup

• Sugar for the rim

• Lemon twist or wheel

• Ice

Directions: Rub a lemon wedge around the rim of a martini glass and dip it in sugar. Add vodka, lemon juice, Cointreau, simple syrup, and ice to a shaker. Shake until very cold, then strain into the glass. Garnish with lemon.

Ingredients

• 2 oz vodka

• 1 oz cherry liqueur

• 2 oz cranberry juice

• 1 oz lemonade

• ½ oz fresh lime juice

• Splash of lemon-lime soda

• Buc-ee’s Cherry Sours for garnish

• Ice

Directions: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add vodka, cherry liqueur, cranberry juice, lemonade, and lime juice. Shake well and strain over fresh ice. Top with a splash of lemon-lime soda. Garnish with a skewer of Cherry Sours.

Optional rim: Dip half the rim in lime juice, then into a mixture of sugar and a tiny pinch of citric acid or crushed cherry candy for that sweet-and-sour kick.

Ingredients

• 1½ oz peach vodka

• ½ oz blue curaçao

• 2 oz lemonade

• 1 oz cranberry juice

• ½ oz fresh lime juice

• Splash of lemon-lime soda

• Ice

• Lemon wheel or peach slice

Directions: Add peach vodka, blue curaçao, lemonade, cranberry and lime juice to a shaker with ice. Shake well and pour over fresh ice. Top with lemon-lime soda and garnish.

Ingredients

• 1½ oz vodka

• 1 oz peach schnapps

• 2 oz pineapple juice

• 1 oz cranberry juice

• Ice + lime wheel for serving

Directions: Add the four ingredients to a shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with lime.