Happy Hour

Let's drink our way through...

thank u, next

A recurring series where we expertly pair cocktails to our current heavy rotation.

BY PUNCH STAFF
published 04.09.19

1. Imagine

2 oz vodka   
1 oz St Germain
.5 oz peach puree
top with bubbly

Combine in a Collins glass filled with ice. Stir, and enjoy while it lasts.

2. Needy

1.5 oz bourbon    
.5 oz grenadine    
splash of cherry juice    
splash of lime juice    
top with soda

Combine ingredients in a glass with ice. Stir. Sip while you replay all the things your dumb bf did wrong today in your head. Decide you can’t live without him, & you need another drink.

3. Nasa

1.5 oz mandarin vodka
1 oz tang
2 oz energy drink

Pour Tang and vodka in a shaker filled with ice. Shake, and strain into a bucket glass. Top with the energy drink. Ignore the dude blowing up your phone while you drink this space fuel.

4. Bloodline

2.5 oz bourbon    
2 oz oj 
1.5 oz pineapple juice
splash of grenadine
dash of bitters
squeeze of lime juice

Combine all ingredients in a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a glass filled with ice. Get back to dancing to this total bop.

5. Fake Smile

6 oz vodka
6 oz water

Pour 1.5oz vodka into a shot glass. Drink, and pour another 1.5 oz. Drink, and pour another. Forget to drink the water. Leave.

6. Bad Idea

2 oz blanco tequila
0.75 oz lime juice
sliced jalapeno
5 mint leaves
squirt soda

Add tequila, mint, and jalapeno slices to a glass and muddle. Add lime juice and cubed ice to the glass. Top with squirt, and stir to mix. Down in under 5 minutes, YOLO.

7. Make Up

1 oz gin
.5 oz st germain
0.25 oz lemon juice
truly hard seltzer
edible glitter

Strain mixture into a champagne flute. Top with 4 oz truly hard seltzer lemon & yuzu—we know you have it in your fridge already, don’t lie. Garnish with a lemon twist and edible glitter, because you’re feeling extra.

8. Ghostin'

2 oz gin
.5 oz green chartreuse
.5 oz fresh lime juice

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add gin, chartreuse, and lime juice. Shake until well chilled. Strain into a cocktail glass and serve. Drink half, and leave abruptly.

9. In My Head

4-5 slices cucumber
5 mint leaves
.5 oz lime juice
.5 oz simple syrup
1.5 oz gin
2-3 oz club soda

In a cocktail shaker, muddle 3 cucumber slices with lime juice, mint, and simple syrup. Fill the shaker with ice, add gin, and shake. Place the remaining slices of cucumber into the bottom of a Tom Collins glass, fill with ice. Strain and pour ingredients from shaker, and stir in club soda. Don’t think about it.

10. 7 Rings

1.5 oz diva premium vodka
.25 oz lime juice
.25 oz triple sec
.25 oz cranberry juice

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake and strain into a martini glass.Garnish with lime. Relish in the fact that your basic bitch drink is made with one of the most expensive vodkas ($659,200) in the world. After all, you wanted it, and you got it.

11. thank u, next

2 oz bourbon
1 tbsp cherry juice
.5 tbsp grenadine
8 oz coke
maraschino cherries

Combine ingredients in a pint glass with ice. Garnish with maraschino cherries. Sip that sweet taste of nostalgia.

12. break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored

1 oz tequila
.5 oz triple sec
.5 oz cranberry juice
top with champagne

Combine all ingredients in a champagne flute. Sip while eye-fucking the babe in the corner.

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