Monday, February 1, 2010

Non-Alcoholic Beverages

Recipes yield one drink each.

From Le Meridien, San Francisco

Justin Juliep
1 orange tea bag
2 tsp. sugar
1/2 lemon
4 mint leaves
1 cup hot water
Steep tea in hot water with the mint leaves added. Combine sugar, leaves, and lemon in glass. Add the tea and mint leaves. Add ice cubes. Garnish with a lemon wheel and sprigs of mint.

Summer Breeze
3 oz cranberry juice
1 oz grapefruit juice
4 oz ginger ale
lime
Fill a 12 oz glass with ice cubes. Pour in juices and ginger ale. Stir gently. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Orange Fizz
3 oz fresh orange juice
3 oz sparkling mineral water
grenadine
orange
Put ingredients in a champagne flute. Add a dash of grenadine for color and sweetness. Garnish with a slice of orange.


From Parc Fifty Five, San Francisco

Frozen Virgin Tai
1 oz orgeat syrup
1 oz pineapple juice
1 oz sweet and sour mix
2 oz orange juice
Blend all ingredients with ice.

Red Dream
2 oz orange juice
2 oz half and half
3 oz strawberries
Blend with ice until slushy.


From The Marc Hopkins Intercontinental Hotel, San Francisco

Fruit Car
1 part orange juice
1 part apple juice
1 part pineapple juice
1 part grapefruit juice
grenadine
cracked ice
Fill glass with cracked ice. Add fruit juices and a dash of grenadine.

Bloody Shame
tomato juice or V8 juice
Worcestershire sauce
salt and pepper
cracked ice
carrot
lemon
Fill glass with cracked ice. Add tomato juice or V8, a dash of Worcestershire sauce, and salt and pepper. Garnish with a carrot stick and a lemon wedge.

Breathalizer
fresh mint leaves
apples juice
cracked ice
lemon
Crush the mint in the bottom of the glass. Add cracked ice. Fill the glass with apple juice. Garnish with a lemon wedge.


From Park Hyatt, San Francisco

Paradise Punch
2 oz orange juice
2 oz cranberry juice
2 oz pineapple juice
1 oz half and half
1/4 oz grenadine
Combine all ingredients. Shake well and serve.

Tropical Shake
1 mango
1 1/2 oz passion fruit nectar
club soda
Blend mango and passion fruit nectar with ice. Serve in a tall glass, and top with club soda.


From Harrah's Casino Hotel, Lake Tahoe

50/50 Bar
4 oz lemon-lime soda
4 oz orange juice
1 oz half and half
orange
Fill glass with ice. Add all ingredients and stir. Garnish with orange slice.

Holstein
8 oz cola or diet cola
4 oz half and half
2 tsp vanilla extract
cherries
Fill a glass with ice. Add all ingredients and stir. Garnish with cherry.


From Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco

Sonoma Sonata
4 oz grape juice
4 oz ginger ale
cherries
orange
Combine in a wine glass, over ice cubes. Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.

Crown Calypso
1 scoop of fine ice
1/2 small banana
1 1/2 oz cream
1 oz orange juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
mint leaves
Blend all ingredients. Serve in a tall glass. Garnish with an orange wedge, banana chunk, and mint.

Tonga Twist
3 oz pineapple juice
3 oz grapefruit juice
1/2 oz grenadine
club soda
pinapple wedge
cherries
mint leaves
Fill a tall glass with ice cubes. Add juices and grenadine. Stir. Fill glass with club soda. Garnish with pineapple wedge, cherry and mint.

Fairmont Fizz
(serves 12-15)
20 oz cranberry juice
4 oz Rose's lime juice
10 oz water
6 tsp. sugar
Stir all ingredients in a punch bowl. Add ice cubes. Garnish with orange slices.

Nautica New Orleans
(serves 4)
1 scoop fine ice
6 oz grapefruit juice
1 oz grenadine
1 oz simple syrup
2 oz cream
1 egg white
club soda
grapefruit
mint leaves
Blend first six ingredients together. Pour into a tall glass. Fill the glass with club soda. Stir. Garnish with grapefruit wedge and mint.


From Bellagio, Las Vegas

Fruit Splash
1 oz club soda
5 oz cranberry juice
splash pineapple juice
splash orange juice
Combine all ingredients and serve over ice.

Pineapple Snap
5 oz ginger ale
splash pineapple juice
juice from 1 lime
Combine all ingredients and serve chilled.


From Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco

Sunrise Surprise
3 oz orange juice
3 oz ginger ale
1 oz grenadine
cherries
orange
Combine ingredients. Garnish with a cherry and an orange slice.

Ice Breaker
4 oz herb ice tea
4 oz cranberry juice
squeeze of lime
Combine all ingredients and garnish with lime slice.


From Stein Eriksen Lodge, Park City Utah

Caramel Apple
1 oz caramel syrup
1/2 oz vanilla syrup
apple juice
caramel candy
Fill a Collins glass with ice. Add syrups and fill with apple juice. Garnish with a tall straw and a caramel candy.

For Reference: How to Make Simple Syrup
In a medium saucepan, cook two cups of sugar in one cup of water over high heat, stirring constantly to dissolve sugar.
Bring mixture to a full boil. Remove from heat and cool.
May be refrigerated up to several weeks.

Recipes collected by the American Automobile Association

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