Recipes

Players Cup

Name: Players Cup
Ingredients: 1 cup ice; 2 ounces vodka; 1 ounce Grand Marnier; 1 ounce fresh lime juice; 2 dashes of Angostura Bitters; 4 raspberries; 4 to 5 mint leaves, plus 1 mint sprig; 3 thin cucumber wheels; 1 ounce chilled ginger ale

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Range * San FranciscoThe word cocktail encompasses all kinds of mixed drinks, including fixes, crustas, cobblers, flips, juleps and punches. Cups were a category of fancy drinks made with wine or spirits and garnished lavishly with fruit.Plus: Ultimate Cocktail Guide

By Food & Wine

Updated on March 27, 2015

Yield:

1 drink

Ingredients

1 cup ice
2 ounces vodka
1 ounce Grand Marnier
1 ounce fresh lime juice
2 dashes of Angostura Bitters
4 raspberries
4 to 5 mint leaves, plus 1 mint sprig
3 thin cucumber wheels
1 ounce chilled ginger ale

Directions

In a cocktail shaker, combine all of the ingredients except the mint sprig, 1 cucumber wheel and the ginger ale and shake well. Pour into a pilsner glass, stir in the ginger ale and garnish with the mint sprig and cucumber wheel.