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Football Cocktails

No matter which side you cheer, these recipes will score the winning touchdown with your crew.

The End Zone
1-1/2 ounces vodka
1/2 ounce Cointreau
(orange-flavor liqueur)
1/2 ounce Amaretto
(almond-flavor liqueur)
2 ounces pineapple juice
1 ounce pomegranate juice
A dash of Old Monk (Indian rum) to float

Fill a lowball glass with ice and pour in pomegranate juice. Add all other ingredients on top and garnish with a slice of pineapple.

Touchdown Punch
3/4 ounce gin
3/4 ounce vodka
3/4 ounce tequila
1/2 ounce dark rum
Lime juice (a splash)
Sugar syrup (a splash)
Red Bull (8 ounce can)
Blue Curacao (a splash)

Fill a long glass with ice and add the lime juice, sugar spirit, gin, vodka and tequila. Pour Red Bull over it. Add a splash of Blue Curacao and float a little dark rum. Garnish with two slices of lime

The Sideline
1 bottle of beer
Blue Curacao (a splash)
1 ounce of tequila
5 to 6 lime slices (thinly sliced)
7 to 8 mint leaves

Muddle lime slices and mint leaves in a tall glass. Add beer. In a shaker, combine tequila and Blue Curacao, add to beer mixture.

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