Mr. Q. Cumber G/V Spritzer

Here's an easy dinner party cocktail for your intimate occasion:


Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Total Time: 5 Minutes
Yields: 6 Cocktails

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups -  Gin or Vodka
1/3 cup - Rose's Lime Cordial
2 Tablespoons - Fresh Lime Juice
1 - Persian Cucumber, Thinly Sliced
Lime Slices
Mr. Q. Cumber

Directions:

Combine 1 1/2 cups Gin or Vodka, 1/3 cup Rose's lime cordial, 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice and 1 thinly sliced persian cucumber in a small pitcher. Divide among 6 ice-filled glasses; top with Mr. Q. Cumber and add lime slices.

Source: Adapted from: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/cucumber-gin-spritzers-recipe/index.html?oc=linkback

Mr. Q. Cumber Watermelon Cooler

There are some flavor pairings that are just natural and as lovely in their aroma as they are in taste. Watermelon and cucumber are one of those and this cocktail displays that marriage made in heaven perfectly. Aviation, the gin used here, may be the only gin that could pull this cocktail off to such perfection. It is more of a floral and citrus gin, with juniper hanging out lightly in the background, and that is an ideal situation for the watermelon-cucumber combination.

Watermelon is one of the easiest fruit to juice, so it will not take long to get what you need for the drink. The easiest way is to simply muddle a few chunks and strain for the juice. Also, don't pass by that pinch of salt, it is essential and without it this drink would be like a Bloody Mary without the black pepper: slightly bland, but tolerable.

Prep Time: 3 minutes

Total Time: 3 minutes

Yield: 1 Cocktail

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 ounces Aviation American Gin
• 2 slices cucumber chunks
• 1 1/2 ounces freshly pressed watermelon juice (or muddle 3-1" chunks)
• 1/2 oz simple syrup
• 3/4 oz freshly pressed lime juice
• Pinch salt
• 1 1/2 ounces Mr. Q. Cumber
• Cucumber slice for garnish

Preparation:

1. Press watermelon to make juice (squeeze the watermelon in a juicer or muddle in a mixing glass). Strain and reserve 1 ½ ounces of the juice.
2. Place cucumber in mixing glass and muddle.
3. Add remaining ingredients through salt.
4. Shake vigorously for 30 seconds.
5. Fine strain into a highball glass filled with ice.
6. Top with Mr. Q. Cumber.
7. Garnish with a cucumber slice on rim.

Source: http://cocktails.about.com/od/ginrecipes/r/Watermelon-Cucumber-Cooler-Cocktail-Recipe.htm

SUTTER HOME "FRENCH KISS" COCKTAIL

Looking for some SWEET while hanging out with the ladies on a hot summer afternoon? Give this one a try.  It's made with Sutter Home Pink Moscato wine which is by itself a very refreshing and crisp sparkling wine that tastes perfect in summer.

Makes 2 servings

Ingredients 

- 8 oz. Sutter Home Pink Moscato, chilled
- 2 oz. Cognac
- 2 tsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 6 small, fresh strawberries halved and frozen

Instructions 

Chill cocktail shaker and two champagne flutes in the freezer. Add ice to shaker. Pour Cognac and lemon juice into shaker and shake well. Fill each chilled glass with half of strawberries and strained Cognac mixture. Gently top with champagne and serve with a kiss.


Where can I buy Sutter Home Pink Moscato? wine.com

Mr. Q. Cumber meets Skinnygirl

GET FRESH

Citrus meets cucumber in one of the most seductive new cocktails at Andrea’s.

BY KAREN ROSE | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALEX KARVOUNIS

The delicious new soda Mr. Q Cumber was working so well in the Cucumber Fresh cocktail at Andrea’s, Wynn master mixologist Patricia Richards decided to cross-utilize this fun and fizzy new ingredient. “I thought, Why not try cucumber with tangerine as a flavor profile combination?” says Richards. “This worked out wonderfully! Then I added the vibrant Solerno Blood Orange liqueur for a little extra pop, along with fresh lime juice.” The result? A refreshing, delicious cocktail guaranteed to put a little sparkle into your night.

BRINGING SEXY BACK

2 oz. Skinnygirl Tangerine vodka

1/3 oz. Solerno Blood Orange liqueur

1/3 oz. simple syrup

1/2 oz. freshly squeezed lime juice

51/2 oz. Mr. Q Cumber cucumber soda

2 cucumber slices

3 clementine pieces

1 sprig of fresh mint

Pour the first five ingredients into an empty Collins glass. The glass should be just less than two-thirds full. Add ice, two cucumber slices, and three clementine pieces, and top with a sprig of fresh mint.