The holiday season is rapidly approaching, and it’s time to cheers to the festivities!
Whether you are looking for the perfect Thanksgiving drink or pondering what to serve at your holiday gathering, CASCAL, the foodie-favorite fermented soft drink made from all-natural juices, are ready to quench your thirst!
CASCAL is debuting several brand new cocktails for the upcoming holiday season including the Cranberry Carousel, Brooding Cherries, High Seas and Chocolate Rouge.
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Cranberry Carousel
1 ½ oz Grand Marnier
2.5 oz Cascal Ripe Rouge Natural Soft Drink
Fresh cranberries
Method: Fill a Highball glass with ice, pour in Grand Marnier, then CASCAL. Stir gently. Garnish with fresh cranberries.
An option here is to macerate the cranberries in dark rum the night before. In doing this you can muddle the cranberries into the bottom of the glass. Also, cranberries steeped in dark rum make for a great side garnish and most appropriate for the holidays. Warm notes, simple but perfect for the holidays.
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Brooding Cherries
1 ¾ oz vodka
4 Blood cherries
Juice of half a lemon
Dash of Cherry Heering
Top up with CASCAL Berry Cassis Natural Soft Drink
Method:
Add 3 barspoons of macerated cherries into bottom of stirring glass. Squeeze in lemon and muddle lightly. Add ice, and dash of Cherry Heering. Shake hard and strain into Highball glass filled with ice. Top with Berry Cassis and garnish with a couple of cherries and a lemon twist.
Descriptor: rich, dark, broody, refreshing, macerated blood cherries
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High Seas
1 1/4 oz dark rum
1/2 oz Chambord
2 oz Ripe Rouge Natural Soft Drink
Garnish with blood cherries
Method;
Add rum and Chambord in a mixing glass over ice and stir, then strain into a glass over ice, top off with Ripe Rouge.
This can also be served up in a Cocktail glass if desired.
Descriptor: warming, deep complex flavors
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Chocolate Rouge
1 oz Frangelico
¾ oz dark rum
1 oz sweet vermouth
1 oz CASCAL Ripe Rouge Natural Soft Drink
Method:
Add all ingredients, except the CASCAL Ripe Rouge to a mixing glass with ice and shake hard. Strain into a Cocktail glass and top off with CASCAL. Garnish with a twist of orange. Can also be served in a rocks glass over ice.
Descriptor: rich, chocolaty, nutty
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