Sweeten up your Valentine's Day and make your sweetie swoon with this craft cocktail duo of delicious grapefruit & vodka cocktails, perfect for sipping the night away.
Ingredients
Romeo Cocktail
1.5 oz. Chilled Vodka
Splash of Aperol
1 oz. Fresh squeezed Grapefruit juice
1/2 Fresh Lime-Squeezed
1/4-1/2 Cup of Ginger Beer
Romeo Garnish
Fresh Mint
Juliet Cocktail
1.5 oz. Chilled Citron Vodka
1/2 oz of Aperol
1 oz. of Fresh squeezed Grapefruit juice
3/4 oz. Fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz. Rosewater
1 Egg white (using a pasteurized egg)
Juliet Garnish
1 Three inch long lemon peel x 1/2" wide and a cocktail stick- for heart peel garnish (see notes below)
Directions
Romeo Method
Combine all ingredients excluding the ginger beer and shake vigorously with ice.
Poor in a rocks glass tumbler 3/4 full with one large ice cube and top with ginger beer.
Garnish with lime zest & fresh mint.
Juliet Method
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with chipped ice and shake vigorously until the egg whites have emulsified & frothy.
Strain into a coupe glass, and spoon foam on top.
Garnish with fresh mint and lemon-heart peel. ( See below notes for how to make your lemon peel heart garnish.)
Enjoy!
