These Summertime Beverages
Are A Tip Jar's Dream

Beginning with the first days of June, make sure your drink list appeals to all of those patrons in from a hot day for a cool drink. Tropical drinks are by far easier to sell in the summer, and patrons will appreciate the extra creative effort.
    In addition to setting up table tents and educating your bartenders, try placing dry erase boards or even old-fashioned chalkboards with recipe listings outside to lure patrons in off the sultry street. “Ice Cream Sundays” is a wonderful promotion to boost sales, for example. Include a free ice cream dessert with the purchase of these drinks during Happy Hour on the last day of the week.        
    Also, make sure you offer as many as you can in a virgin option for the younger crowd and those who don’t drink. There is no reason to forgo the potential profits.
    Here’s to hoping that these creative libation combinations will help finally shake off spring and herald in summer.      

Captain Crunch Shot
1 part Tequila Rose strawberry cream liqueur
1 part vanilla schnapps
1 part Kahlua coffee liqueur
1 part cream
1 splash of grenadine syrup
Pour all ingredients over ice. Shake and strain into a shot glass.

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A Monkey’s Uncle
1 ounce 99 Bananas
3 ounces Chi-Chi’s Mexican Mudslide
1 cup of ice
Blend until smooth. Pour into glass and garnish with fresh fruit.

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Muriel’s Southern Comfort
3/4 ounce peach liqueur
1 ounce Southern Comfort
Splash of orange juice
1 ounce vanilla ice cream mix
1 cup of ice
Blend until smooth. Garnish with orange twist or zest.

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Naked Rita
1 1/2 ounces Bacardi Island Breeze Key Lime
2 1/2 ounces sugar-free lemonade
1/3 ounces lime juice
1/4 ounces low-carb orange juice
Shake ingredients with ice and pour into a chilled glass.

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GranGala GranGalaxy
2 ounces Absolute Kurant
1/2 ounce Imported GranGala Triple Orange liqueur
1 ounce white cranberry juice
1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
Splash of Chambord
Pour vodka, GranGala, lemon and cranberry juices into a mixing glass. Shake with ice and strain into Martini glass. Add Chambord and garnish with orange twist.

Sour Apple Martini
2 ounces citrus vodka
1/2 ounce DeKuyper Sour Apple Pucker schnapps
1/2 ounce Cointreau orange liqueur
3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into chilled Martini glass and garnish with an apple slice.

Courtesy of drinksmixer.com