Mint Mojito
Lift your spirits and muddle up some mint, lime, rum, simple syrup, and club soda for this classic campground mixology mojito cocktail recipe.
Category Cocktail Recipes
We travel with a small liquor cabinet on board. While we mostly rely on wine and beer, it’s fun to create a special event with a little mixology. So, when the time comes to celebrate, we are all ready!
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Blood Orange & Bourbon
Oh, my friends. Pull up a stump and let me share my latest discovery: I've been upping my campfire game with this Blood Orange & Bourbon cocktail. It's the perfect close to an evening!
French 75
Different drinks transport us to other times and places. The French 75 is a bubbling glass of nostalgia. It is to be held in the hand of a silver screen starlet and toasted as fireworks explode in the background. While I forgo garnish on most of my cocktails, the French 75 almost begs for it. And, best of all: it is so easy to make. Heck, if you are willing to prepare it ahead of time and keep it chilled, you don't even need the ice cubes (which is a plus for nomads such as us where ice cubes are in rare supply.) Mix up your evening with this cocktail classic.
Pomegranate Margarita
Back when I lived in NYC, one of my favorite haunts specialized in frozen Pomegranate Margaritas. They became a touchstone for a period in my early 20s that I haven't had the opportunity to revisit in years. But this last week I bought a cup of pomegranate seeds to eat and discovered that they fermented faster than I could consume them. So, here I am, unsure what to do with a bunch of partially fermented pomegranate seeds when it occurs to me: these would be great in a cocktail!
Camp-Punk Sangria
Sangria relies on some base of citrus and some other fruit mixed with a dry red wine and some liquor like brandy. This makes for a relatively simple formula that is easy to tweak for any occasion. Traditionally, the fruit is apple and orange, which I brought. I also brought raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries.
Blackberry Bourbon Smash
It's fall in the South, but the weather hasn't quite gotten the memo. I had been looking forward to our latest camping trip for a while, but found that the heat really deprived me of much motivation to do much more than sit out in my camp chair and observe: "Warm today. Warm yesterday. Warm tomorrow, too."