I Can Make You a Drink…

Swiftie Inspired Cocktails for the Big Game

Taylor Swift made it to the Super Bowl! Super Bowls love party drinks! I love Swift AND party drinks! I think you know where this is going. I can’t make any promises for the outcome of the game, but I can make you a drink

[1, 2, 3…LGB!}

Don’t Blame Me if these are as cheesy as your nachos. I should not be left to my own devices because my vices are song lyrics puns.

These are all single recipes but can be made into a pitcher drink depending on how many people show up at your party (I’m looking at you, James.) So whether you want to Shake It Up, Splash Out on the Bottle, or simply Drink Beer Out of Plastic Cups, I pulled some of my favorite recipes that I think would be perfect to get you from beginning to End Game. 

Speaking of End Game…

We start with a cocktail I mixed up for this Friday's episode of Swift and Swigs with Sibs. Consider this a preview. It’s big. It’s red. It will give you truth from your red lips. No matter who you cheer for it’s sure to be a…

Big Red-utation

1 oz grapefruit juice

4 oz Big Red Soda, or other red soda

2 oz tequila/vodka/gin/rum (your choice)

Mix it all in a pitcher or just first two ingredients and let guests add spirit. 

Keeping with the red color scheme, this one is for the fans of Springsteen, faded blue jeans and Tennessee whiskey. 

Look What You Made Me Bou-levardier

1.5 oz bourbon

1 oz Campari

1 oz sweet vermouth

1 oz blood orange juice

Stir with ice and strain over big ice cube.

Have you not been able to calm down since Miss Americana started dating her Heartbreak Prince? Finding yourself giving everyone at the party your thesis statement for the lyrical interpretation of every bridge in Taylor Swift’s discography and how it reflects on the current political climate? Maybe offer your guests a glass of something as fiery as your Swiftie passions.

Is it (Mi) Chill-(ada) That You’re In My Head

6 oz light beer (preferable Mexican)

6 oz Clamato juice (or use tomato juice)

1 oz lime juice

1/2 T Worcestershire sauce

1/2 T soy sauce

1 t hot sauce

Spicy Salt for rimming glass

Rim pint glass with spicy salt. Add Ice. Add Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce hot sauce, lime juice, beer and Clamato juice into glass. Mix well. Garnish with lime wedges.

Don’t care about either team? It’s cool! That’s what I tell ‘em! No rules in breakable heaven! Go Sports!

It's Blue, This Limeade I Got

4 oz limeade

1 oz vodka

.5 oz blue curaçao (Replace with grenadine if you’re cheering for Burning Red)

.5 oz maraschino liqueur

Cherry for garnish

Mixers gotta shake shake shake shake shake shake everything until chilled. Pour over crushed ice and garnish.

If the big game is getting kinda boring to you and the more people say to explain the rules to you the less you know, then maybe you need a little caffeine to wake up. It’s time to get…

Lost in Your Coke Like a Priceless Wine

Combine 1 sliced lemon, 1 3” piece ginger sliced, 3 cinnamon sticks, 3 cardamom pods, lightly crushed, pinch salt, and 1 750-ml bottle dry red wine in a medium pot, cover, and bring to a gentle simmer for 10 minutes. Chill and strain. Mix with equal parts coca-cola over ice. 

Is your favorite team losing? Mix up this bittersweet beer and let everyone know…

I'm Fine with my Spite and my Beer-groni and my Candles

Shake with ice .5 oz each of Gin, Campari, Sweet Vermouth, and fresh squeezed orange juice. Pour into pint glass. Top with 12 oz beer. Garnish with orange slice

And finally, if you happen to be hanging out with a bunch of Brads, Chads, and Dads only serving beer, make sure you have a batch of this on hand so you can…

Make the Whole Beer Shimmer 

1/3 C sugar + 1 1/2 t Pumpkin Pie spice + 1/8 t cayenne (or more of you like a kick 🙋🏻‍♀️)

Shake and store in a sealed container. Rim glass with water or citrus wedge. Dip into Beer Shimmer. Add Beer.