Three Sunday Funday Brunch Cocktails You Can Make At Home
Island Time Any Time
Tropical drinks shouldn’t be relegated to just summer time, which is where the inspiration for this bright cocktail comes from, with its bold pineapple and coconut flavors. Hey, you’re eating breakfast foods past noon -- there are no rules when it comes to brunch.
No Sunday Funday is complete without brunch -- and no brunch is complete without cocktails. To help you mix up the best drinks possible, we paired up Sourced, Smirnoff’s newest line of vodka infused with real fruit juice*, and bartender extraordinaire Crystal Chasse, from an NYC cocktail lounge, to concoct a few brunch drinks worthy of Sunday Funday. Using Sourced’s three flavors, we came up with three cocktails for the next time you pile into your pal’s kitchen for some pancakes. Oh, and because you’re obviously going to be having these with your friends, we also threw in measurements for a batch that serves six -- so call your mom and ask her to borrow the fancy punch bowl.
SINGLE SERVING
- 1 1/2oz Smirnoff Sourced Pineapple Flavored Vodka
- 1 1/2oz Coconut Water
- 1/2oz Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
- 1/2oz Honey Syrup* (1:1 Honey and water)
- 1 sliced medium sized strawberry
- Ice
- Pineapple leaves for garnish
- Rocks Glass
Directions for Honey Syrup:
Because regular honey is too thick for mixing into a cocktail, creating a light syrup will help the sweet stuff play nice with the other ingredients in your drink. Take equal parts honey and water and heat in a saucepan until the honey melts into the water. Wait for it to cool and then place into an airtight container before sticking it in the fridge.
BATCH COCKTAIL
- 9oz Smirnoff Sourced Pineapple Flavored Vodka
- 9oz Coconut water
- 3oz Fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 3oz Honey syrup* (1:1 honey and water)
- 6 Sliced medium sized strawberries
Sweater Weather
Pumpkin spice may be having a moment, but the humble apple and its good friend the cranberry are the unsung heroes of fall flavor -- especially in this drink. This mix takes that a step further with a nod to edible coziness with grated cinnamon and aromatic bitters for that “the heater is on” feeling. Ginger beer tags along for just the right kind of kick.
SINGLE SERVING
- 1 1/2oz Smirnoff Sourced Flavored CranApple Vodka
- 3/4oz Fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1 Orange slice
- 2 dashes aromatic bitters
- Top with 3 oz of ginger beer
- Mason jar
- Grated cinnamon
- Cinnamon stick
BATCH COCKTAIL
- 9oz Smirnoff Sourced Cranberry Flavored Apple Vodka
- 4 1/2oz Fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 6 Orange slices
- 12 dashes aromatic bitters
- Top with 18oz of ginger beer
Thank Goodness It’s Sunday (TGIS)
Brunch foods and light, easily pairable sparkling wine cocktails are made for each other -- and this one, a twist between the mintiness of an Old Cuban and the grape-fruitiness of a Paloma, is definitely going to be a regular at your gatherings. We’ll bet on it.
SINGLE SERVING
- 1 1/2oz Smirnoff Sourced Ruby Red Grapefruit Flavored Vodka
- 3/4oz Fresh lime juice
- 1/2oz Honey syrup* (1:1 honey and water)
- 7-10 Mint leaves
- Top with sparkling wine
- Collins glass
- Grapefruit peel
BATCH COCKTAIL
- 9oz Smirnoff Sourced Ruby Red Grapefruit Flavored Vodka
- 4 1/2oz Fresh lime juice
- 3oz Honey syrup* (1:1 honey and water)
- 50-60 Mint leaves (a little less than an entire bunch)
- Top with half a bottle of dry sparkling wine