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Inaugural Cocktails: Mount Gay Silver Lining

Mount Gay Silver Lining

 

What better way to celebrate a new political regime in tough economic times with a silver lining cocktail paired with Barack Obama’s Family Chile Recipe (see attached document).  Chile is a hearty meal, so your cocktail pairing should be the opposite – simple, light in flavor, tall and refreshing.  The Mount Gay Silver Lining is the perfect cocktail to pair with Barack Obama’s Family Chile recipe, also superb for Super Bowl Parties!  

1 ½ oz. Mount Gay Eclipse Silver Rum
¾ oz. St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur
1 oz. Red Grapefruit Juice
Top with tonic water

In cocktail shaker, add all ingredients except tonic water.
Add ice and shake and strain over fresh ice into a highball glass.
Top with tonic water and garnish with slice of grapefruit.

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.