First Fridays: Cyber Pride

Christopher Park

Since so much of this year’s Pride is going to be spent finding ways to be together while being alone, this drink is a dressed up version of a drink nearly every one of us has ordered at a club: the Vodka Soda with a Splash of Cranberry. This is a pretty easy way to make this drink a little more celebratory than your everyday beverage using sparkling wine and a bright tart cranberry syrup.

• 1 oz Vodka
• 0.5 oz cranberry syrup
• 0.5 oz lime juice
• Sparkling wine
• Briefly shake vodka, cranberry syrup and lime.
• Pour over ice in a highball glass.
• Top with sparkling wine.
• Cranberry Syrup
• 0.25 cup cranberry juice
• 0.25 cup white sugar
• Stir together ingredients till sugar is dissolved.
• For cranberry juice do your best to try and use an unsweetened juice that is not from concentrate. The recipe easily can be doubled or more for making larger batches of drinks. This batch will make 4-6 cocktails.

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