{"id":4747,"date":"2014-05-01T19:09:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T19:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathycasey.com\/blog\/?p=4747"},"modified":"2014-05-01T19:09:17","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T19:09:17","slug":"cinco-de-mayo-celebrate-with-inspired-margaritas-and-beer-cocktails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/?p=4747","title":{"rendered":"Cinco de Mayo \u2013 Celebrate with Inspired Margaritas and Beer Cocktails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cinco_de_Mayo\">Cinco de Mayo<\/a> is just around the corner and margaritas are most likely on the menu. If you&#8217;re looking for some fun new ideas check out my Liquid Kitchen video on how to make a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dKt9tXMZ0QY\"><strong>Black and Blue Cadillac Margarita<\/strong><\/a> with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smallscreennetwork.com\/video\/436\/liquid_kitchen_grand_marnier_foam\/\">Grand Marnier foam<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<strong>My <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dKt9tXMZ0QY\">Black and Blue Cadillac Margarita<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beer cocktails are defiantly all the rage these days and especially d\u2019lish when made with our amazing local craft beers. If you\u2019re hosting a fiesta, a beer based punch is a great option to make bartending a breeze! Try my recipe for <strong>Hoppy Melon Rita Punch<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fremontbrewing.com\/43\/the-beer.html\">Fremont Summer Solstice Ale<\/a>, fresh citrus, diced watermelon, and tequila \u2013 Yum!<\/p>\n<p>And if you\u2019re looking for an alternative to the classic margarita, how about a <a href=\"http:\/\/beer.about.com\/od\/drinksmadewithbeer\/r\/chelada.htm\">chelada<\/a>! Originating over 75 years ago, this classic is now a drink staple. Made with Mexican beer, the juice of one lime, and served over ice in a salt rimmed glass. Refreshing!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michelada\">Michelada<\/a> is another variation with added spices, sauces, and peppers. Some people also make it with a splash of tomato juice, too.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Cinco de Mayo! \u2013Kathy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2924\/14080113002_e58a85365f_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Hoppy Melon sm\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 240px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 240\/160;\"><br \/>\n<strong>Photo by Kathy Casey Liquid Kitchen\u00ae<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hoppy Melon Rita Punch<\/strong><br \/>\nMakes 16 \u2013 20 servings<\/p>\n<p>zest of 2 limes (zest before squeezing for juice)<br \/>\n1 cup sugar<br \/>\n1 bottle (750 ml) silver tequila<br \/>\n1 cup fresh lime juice<br \/>\n1 cup Ruby Grapefruit Juice Cocktail<br \/>\n1 cup fresh orange juice<br \/>\n2 cups diced fresh watermelon<br \/>\n2 (12 ounce) bottles Fremont Summer Solstice Ale<br \/>\nGarnish: fresh watermelon wedges<\/p>\n<p>In a large punch bowl (or large container such as a stock pot or pitcher) combine the lime zest, sugar, tequila, juices, and watermelon. Stir to combine well. (At this point you can refrigerate the punch for service up to 3 days in advance). Present in a large punch bowl. Add ale right before serving. Serve over ice in punch cups, or fun margarita glasses.<\/p>\n<p>Recipe by Kathy Casey <a href=\"http:\/\/www.LiquidKitchen.com\">Liquid Kitchen<\/a>\u00ae.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner and margaritas are most likely on the menu. If you&#8217;re looking for some fun new ideas check out my Liquid Kitchen video on how to make a Black and Blue Cadillac Margarita with Grand Marnier foam. My Black and Blue Cadillac Margarita! Beer cocktails are defiantly all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11760,11851],"tags":[10281,5834,10276,3251,6433,10282,10277,792,859,6550,7,11855,1213,4067,10283,2987,508,10278,11876,2724,10279,10280,293,2658,4095,3620,11865,1030,6270,4408,10284,601,86,6650,10285,11874,6604,1122,3789,3457,921,7035,11857,11859,10286,10287,1198,5117,3550,1584,2248,662,88,7260,11879,6679,4782,1698],"class_list":{"0":"post-4747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-dishing-with-kathy-casey-blog","7":"category-small-screen-network","8":"tag-beer-cocktail","9":"tag-beer-cocktails","10":"tag-black-and-blue-cadillac-margarita","11":"tag-bottle","12":"tag-bottles","13":"tag-chelada","14":"tag-cinco-de-mayo","15":"tag-citrus","16":"tag-cocktail","17":"tag-cocktail-foam","18":"tag-cocktails","20":"tag-cup","21":"tag-cups","22":"tag-diced-watermelon","23":"tag-drink","24":"tag-drinks","25":"tag-fremont-summer-solstice-ale","26":"tag-fruit","27":"tag-grand-marnier","28":"tag-grand-marnier-foam","29":"tag-hoppy-melon-rita-punch","30":"tag-kathy-casey","31":"tag-kathy-casey-liquid-kitchen","32":"tag-komo-news","33":"tag-komo-news-radio","34":"tag-komo-radio","35":"tag-lime","36":"tag-limes","37":"tag-local-beer","38":"tag-local-beers","39":"tag-margarita","40":"tag-margaritas","41":"tag-mexican-beer","42":"tag-michaelada","43":"tag-my-seattle","44":"tag-news-radio","45":"tag-pepper","46":"tag-peppers","47":"tag-pitcher","48":"tag-punch","49":"tag-punches","50":"tag-recent","51":"tag-recipes","52":"tag-ruby-grapefruit-juice-cocktail","53":"tag-salt-rimmed-glass","54":"tag-sauce","55":"tag-sauces","56":"tag-silver-tequila","57":"tag-spice","58":"tag-spices","59":"tag-sugar","60":"tag-tequila","61":"tag-tomato-juice","62":"tag-videos","63":"tag-watermelons","64":"tag-wedge","65":"tag-wedges"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}