So, for the USians here, what drinks are you serving at Thanksgiving? I always end up with a crowd as we are centrally located and have a big family. I will get a great Cabernet, a sweet white wine for my ex mother out-law who always asks for white wine then says it’s too dry, beer of course, still working on the house cocktail and non alcoholic drinks.
Always start with a spritz of some sort, mimosa or similar.
Tried a really good pineapple drink (it’s in another post) and it’s great but I don’t want to juice pineapple, andthe tepache will be too dry or gone by then.
Still thinking about this. I do have time to make more ginger beer by then. But I’m thinking to make that one of the non-intoxicating drinks.
In previous recent big gatherings I’ve made a pineapple drink, a pear and ginger, a ginger and Chartreuse. I am cooking and not willing to also be a bartender so need a pitcher of something for sure. Not many of my guests like wine, the beer drinkers are all set, they bring more than enough. I can get just about anything in terms of ingredients.
We have vegans so besides turkey the food slants toward mushrooms/potatoes/lentils.
Sorry, this got long, just looking for ideas, will put my trials in this thread and also please ask here if you are also looking for ideas.
Mojito is a good idea, there is mint in the garden.
May do a grapefruit sangria of some sort too, I ended up with an enormous bottle of Deep Eddy Grapefruit vodka so should probably leverage that.
Also, welcome to cocktails on Lemmy!
That deep Eddy will definitely work well in a sangria, good call! It’s already got a strong citric base, so it’ll be easy to get a nice balance on the tartness when adding other ingredients. Thanks for the welcome! If you ever want a hand modding, feel free to message me. I already help out a few other cool communities here.
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