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Liquid Lunch: Ocean Spray Mixes Refreshing Cocktails For Your Inner Celebrity

9/18/2017

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Last week Ocean Spray cheered on Hollywood's finest with a host of A-List cocktails at the Kari Feinstein's Style Lounge for the Primetime Television Awards in Los Angeles, CA and we've got the inside scoop on how to add glitz and glam to your party plans!

Ocean Spray's cranberry cocktails stole the scene as celebs gathered to celebrate the National Television Awards at the Kari Feinstein Style Lounge in Los Angeles this weekend.

​Inspire your inner diva and CELEBrate in style with specialty cocktails inspired by your favorite television genre to drink like a star!  Whether you're a Dramatic Diva, enjoy a Chuckle Chaser, boast about The Biz or relish reality Scene Stealers, we've got the goods for your star studded soiree.



"Cranberry has always been the star of some of the trendiest cocktails to hit Hollywood, like the Cosmopolitan for instance," said Kristen Borsari, Vice President of Marketing at Ocean Spray.  "We're really excited to showcase one of the most popular ways to sip and celebrate with our cranberry beverages on the big stage!"  

Give your guests a splashy entrance to your award show extravaganza with these classy cranberry cocktails created by Cocktail Academy:

AND THE WINNER FOR BEST DRAMA IS… THE DRAMATIC DIVA 

Dark and moody and dripping with DRAMA, the Dramatic Diva is a variation of a Bramble and features Ocean Spray® 100% Juice Cranberry Blueberry Blackberry juice drink and, like a good LBD, this black cocktail is super on-trend!

AND THE WINNER FOR BEST COMEDY IS… THE CHUCKLE CHASER 

Bubbly, fun and fruity, it will tickle your tastebuds! The Chuckle Chaser is a Collins variation featuring Ocean Spray® Cranberry Juice Cocktail and Craisins® Dried Cranberries.

AND THE WINNER FOR BEST REALITY SHOW IS… THE SCENE STEALER 

Wildly unique and totally unexpected….The Scene Stealer is a take on a New York Sour and features your favoriteThanksgiving flavor, Ocean Spray® Cranberry Juice Cocktail.  It has all the makings of a holiday meal including a few surprise guests! 

AND THE WINNER FOR BEST VARIETY SHOW IS… THE BIZ

Zany, colorful and bustling with flavor, The Biz is based on a Tiki Buck with layers of fresh, vibrant flavor, featuring Ocean Spray® Cran-Pineapple™ juice drink and fresh cranberries.

THE DRAMATIC DIVA
Cocktail Ingredients: 
3/4 ounce lemon juice 
2 ounces black rum  
Blueberries as garnish

Black Sesame Syrup Ingredients: 

1 cup Ocean Spray® 100% Juice Cranberry Blueberry Blackberry 
1 cup raw granulated sugar 
1/2 cup black sesame seeds
Add all syrup ingredients to a blender and blend on high for 3 minutes.  Pour into saucepan over medium heat until mixture reaches a nice simmer.  Remove from heat.  Allow to cool and transfer to a small bottle. 
Measure ¾ ounce of black sesame syrup and add to cocktail shaker full of ice.  Add remaining ingredients.  Shake and strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with three blueberries.

THE CHUCKLE CHASER

Cocktail Ingredients: 
1/2 ounce lemon juice 
1 ounce American gin 
1 ounce Ocean Spray® Cranberry Juice Cocktail 
1 ½ ounces club soda 
Craisins® Dried Cranberries as garnish
Pear Syrup Ingredients: 
4 sliced pears 
3 tablespoons raw granulated sugar 
1 cinnamon stick 
To make syrup, use a juicer to juice sliced pears.  Add pear juice and 3 tablespoons of raw granulated sugar to a saucepan over medium heat.  Stir until sugar dissolves.  Add cinnamon stick and lightly simmer for 5 minutes.  Remove from heat.  Allow to cool and transfer to a small bottle.   
Measure ½ ounce of pear syrup and combine with all other ingredients in a cocktail shaker full of ice. Shake and strain into champagne flute. Top with cranberry juice cocktail and club soda.  Garnish by floating 5 Craisins® Dried Cranberries in glass. 

THE SCENE STEALER

Cocktail Ingredients: 
3/4 ounce lemon juice 
1/2 ounce egg white 
2 ounces rye whiskey  
1.5 ounces of Ocean Spray® Cranberry Juice Cocktail 
Fresh cranberries
Brown Sugar Turkey Syrup Ingredients: 
1 cup turkey broth  
2 cups brown sugar
To make syrup, add turkey broth and brown sugar to a saucepan and simmer over medium heat for 7 minutes or until thickened.  Allow to cool and transfer to a small bottle. 
Measure ¾ ounce of turkey syrup and combine all other ingredients in a cocktail shaker and dry shake (without ice).  Add ice and shake again.  Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Using the back of a spoon, gently top with 1 ½ ounces of Ocean Spray® Cranberry Juice Cocktail.  Garnish with fresh cranberries.

THE BIZ

Cocktail Ingredients: 
1 ounce lime juice 
1 ounce Ocean Spray® Cran-Pineapple™ Juice Drink 
2 ounces blanco tequila  
Peychauds bitters 
6-7 Ocean Spray® fresh cranberries as garnish 
Pineapple leaf as garnish
Pistachio Ginger Orgeat Ingredients: 
1 cup water 
1 ginger tea bag 
1 cup sugar 
2 cups raw, shelled pistachios 
1/4 teaspoon orange flower water 
1/2 ounce vodka
To make syrup, add water and ginger tea bag to a sauce pan and heat until tea is steeped and remove tea bag.  Add sugar and continue to simmer over medium heat until sugar dissolves completely.  In a food processor, finely grind pistachios. Add pistachios to saucepan and continue to heat on low, simmering for another 3 minutes. Remove mixture from heat, cover and allow the nut mixture to infuse for at least 3 hours.  Strain through two layers of cheesecloth or fine strainer.  Stir in the orange flower water and vodka and transfer to bottle.
Place 6-7 fresh cranberries in the bottom of a highball glass. Pack glass with crushed ice.  Measure ¾ ounce of pistachio ginger orgeat syrup and add to cocktail shaker along with lime juice, cranberry pineapple juice drink and tequila. Shake and strain into glass.  Top with 3-5 dashes of peychauds bitters. Garnish with a pineapple leaf. 

SOURCE Ocean Spray

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