No, a Tipsy Palmer is neither a comment about Arnold Palmer’s condition after having a few with the boys after golf nor his eponymous drink with a spirit added. Rather it is something I found in that adorable Curtis Stone’s What’s For Dinner? cookbook and couldn’t wait to try. You can make this cool and refreshing cocktail by the pitcher (always a time saver, and also great for entertaining or lazy days by the pool) and it has some of my favorite ingredients: bourbon, ginger, lemon, and cucumber. What’s not to love? This is one gorgeous cocktail that can be whipped up in minutes and is sure to slake the most ravenous thirst!
Tipsy Palmer
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Author: Curtis Stone, What's For Dinner?
Recipe type: Cocktail
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1 cup good quality ginger-ale (I used Fever Tree)
- 1 cup lemonade (homemade is always best)
- ½ cup Maker's Mark bourbon
- 1 small lemon thinly sliced
- ½ English Cucumber thinly sliced
- ½ cup loosely packed fresh mint leaves
- 1 3-inch piece of fresh ginger
- ice cubes
Instructions
- In a large pitcher combine the ginger ale, lemonade, bourbon, lemon, cucumber and mint. Peel the ginger and then, using a vegetable peeler, shave the ginger lengthwise into paper-thin ribbons. Add them to the lemonade mixture and stir well to muddle the ingredients and blend all the flavors.
- Fill four large glasses with ice cubes and pour the lemonade mixture into the glass, including lemon, mint and ginger slices.
- Serve immediately.
wonderful drink!
Thanks! Hope you enjoyed it – so refreshing & great for summer entertaining.