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V-Day Drinks: Hornitopolitan

Hornipolitan

2 oz Hornitos Plata

1 oz Cointreau or Triple Sec

1 oz cranberry juice

½ oz fresh lime juice

Inaugural Cocktails: Mai Tai 44

Mai Tai 44

Serve separately in a glass, or get creative and serve as a punch, this cocktail is a tribute to Barack Obama’s Hawaiian roots (where it became fabulously popular).  Polynesian in name, the Mai Tai is the quintessential  all-American cocktail, created in San Francisco in 1944 by Vic Bergeron of the notorious Trader Vic’s.  With Mount Gay Rum and Cointreau as ingredients, it’s the perfect inauguration party cocktail to honor the 44^th president.  

2 oz. Mount Gay Eclipse Rum
½ oz. Cointreau
½ oz. Orange Juice
1 oz. Pineapple Juice
Splash of fresh lime juice
Splash of grenadine
1 tbsp. Sugar

Pour into cocktail shaker.
Shake with ice.
Strained into glass filled with ice.
Add orange wedge or, for a fresh change, add a sprig of mint.