The Jackson Free Press is a great place to work for so many reasons. One especially fun reason came last Wednesday before we shut down for the holidays when we had an impromptu JFP cocktail hour as we opened presents. The two main ingredients we played around with were SKYY Infusions—citrus-infused vodka and X-RATED Fusion Liqueur—vodka infused with blood oranges, mango and passion fruit. Both the spirits had arrived in the mail as samples from SKYY, but with no guarantee that we would write about them, or even like them.
Below are a few of the staff’s personal concoctions:
That Damned Dinosaur
1 part SKYY Citrus
2 parts cranberry juice
Blood Ocean
1 part X-RATED
1 part mango peach juice
Kristin Brenemen and Christi Vivar, editorial design team
Tropical Storm Lacey
1 part SKYY Infusions Citrus
1 part lemon-lime soda
Splash of lemonade and grenadine
Lacey McLaughlin, assistant editor and Florida native
Done-for-toDay Punch
1 part cranberry juice
1 part pineapple juice
2 parts X-RATED Splash of SKYY Infusions Citrus
ShaWanda Jacome, assistant to the editor-in-chief
Sassy Mama
1 part SKYY Infusions Citrus
1 part lemon-lime soda
1 part peach mango juice.
Ashley Jackson, account manager
Sour Sunrise
3 parts X-RATED
1 part pineapple juice
Lydia Chadwick, advertising designer
Visit http://www.skyyinfusions.com and http://www.xratedfusion.com for more cocktail recipes.
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