GOOOAAALLLL!!! With the World Cup in full swing, we’ve accepted the fact that we’re going to be spending the next 30 days staring at our television screens drinking copious amounts of alcohol. Lucky for us, we have specialty cocktails for all of our favorite teams. Play like a champion, drink like a champion. Recipes after the jump.
ITALY: Tuscan Sangria
One 750-milliliter bottle Tuscan red wine
24 oz fresh orange juice
6 oz Tuaca (a vanilla- and citrus-flavored liqueur)
3 oz Punt e Mes (a bittersweet Italian vermouth)
4 oz fresh lime juice
4 oz limoncello
1/4 C sugar
Ice
Orange slices and cinnamon sticks, for garnish
In a pitcher, combine the red wine, orange juice, Tuaca, Punt e Mes, lime juice, limoncello and sugar. Stir well to dissolve the sugar. To serve, fill wine glasses halfway with ice. Add the sangria and garnish each glass with an orange slice and a cinnamon stick.
BRAZIL: The Ultimate Caipirinha
8 oz Cabana Cachaça
8 tbs superfine sugar OR 4 ounces of simple syrup
5 limes quartered
Muddle the quartered limes in the bottom of a pitcher, add other ingredients and a lot of ice. Stir roughly 30 times. Makes 1 full pitcher.
USA: The Red White & Blue Shooter
1/2 oz grenadine
1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz blue curaçao
Pour ingredients in shot glasses in order in order to achieve the layering effect. First, the grenadine, then the vodka, and finally top off with the blue curacao. Use a spoon to deflect pouring, otherwise the pour will mix all three liquors together.
FRANCE: Chambord Lemonade
15 oz vodka
5 oz Chambord
30 oz sugar free lemonade
Stir ingredients together into a pitcher and add ice. Garnish with fresh berries or a lemon.
MEXICO: Corralejo Repo Margarita
30 oz of Corralejo Blanco Tequila
14 oz of fresh lime juice
10 oz of La Sierra agave nectar
Combine all ingredients and serve on the rocks or neat with a lime wheel garnish and salted rim.
ENGLAND:Blackthorn English
1 1/2 shots sloe gin
1 shot gin
3/4 shot sweet vermouth
3 dashed orange bitters
Shake ingredients in shaker with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with an orange zest.
CHILE: Pisco Sour
2 oz pisco brandy
1 oz lime juice
1/4 oz simple syrup
1/2 egg white
1 dash Angostura bitters
Shake ingredients vigorously with ice. Strain into a champagne flute, and add the bitters as an aromatic garnish.










