Spanish Sangria (Cocktail)

Ingredients:

• 1 bottle red wine (if possible, get Spanish red wine)
• 1/4 cup Cognac
• 1/4 cup orange curacao
• 1/4 cup sugar syrup
• 2 oranges, sliced
• 2 peaches, sliced
• 2 lemons, sliced

Method: Place all ingredients into large jug and stir well. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours.

 

Mom's Sangria (Cocktail)

Ingredients:

• 2 bottles red wine (if possible, get Spanish red wine)
• 360ml Cognac
• 360ml Cointreau
• 360ml orange juice
• 240ml sugar syrup
• 2 broken cinnamon sticks
• 3-4 lemons, cut to wedges
• 3-4 oranges, sliced
• 12 strawberries, sliced
• 7-Up, as needed

Method: Place wine, Cognac, Cointreau, orange juice and sugar syrup in large container and stir well. Cover and refrigerate overnight. When ready, pour into ice filled pitcher to 2/3 full. Add fruits, top with 7-Up and stir gently.

 

Fresh Sour recipe

Fresh sour is another ingredient that is mostly used in sangria drinks. I'm not sure if you can buy fresh sour in stores, but if you can't then here is the recipe that I found.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1/2 cup sugar syrup

Method: In a small bowl, glass, or empty clean wine bottle; combine all the ingredients. Stir, or shake the bottle, cover and keep refrigerated until ready to use.

Vesper (Cocktail)

Ingredients:

• 45ml vodka
• 45ml gin
• 15ml dry vermouth

Method: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into glass.

 

Victory Collins (Cocktail)

Ingredients:

• 45ml vanilla-flavoured vodka
• 15ml lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 60ml grape juice

Method: Fill glass with crushed ice. Shake the vodka, lemon juice and sugar in a cocktail shaker (to dissolve) without ice. Pour mixture into the glass, add grape juice and stir.

Ab Fab (Cocktail)

Ingredients:

• 30ml vodka
• 60ml cranberry and raspberry juice
• Champagne

Method: Shake the vodka and juice in cocktail shaker with ice, and strain into glass. Top with champagne.

Witch's Kiss (Mocktail)

Ingredients:

• 150ml tropical juice
• Dash lemon juice
• Dash sugar syrup
• 15ml grenadine
• Soda water

Method: Shake all ingredients, except soda water, with ice and pour into glass. Top with the soda water.