The Yellow Bird and the Tropical Bomb Cocktails are June 7th Drink of the Day!!

Summer is here! Time to share some drinks that were shared to me yesterday; tropical rum drinks that are easy to make at home, yet will impress your friends when you put them together. Nothing puts an emphasis on summer like a nice, fruity, drink. These you will definitely having you going back for a second. Just be sure to remember that just because you don’t taste the booze in the cocktail, doesn’t mean that it isn’t there. Enjoy, but enjoy responsibly.

A friend, Ron Pollard from Northeast Pennsylvania is responsible for the drinks of choice. He was nice enough to share these recipes with me so I can share them with you. The cool thing about these drinks is he added the ingredient, Galliano. It really takes these rum drinks to a new level!

Yellow Bird
1/2 oz. Galliano
1 oz. White Rum
1/2 oz. Coconut Rum
1/2 oz. Creme de Banana
1 oz. Orange Juice
Sprite

Method: Pour ingredients into a pint glass filled with ice. Shake well. Strain into a new pint glass filled with ice. Top off with Sprite.

Tropical Bomb
1/2 oz. Galliano
1 oz. White Rum
1/2 oz. Caribbean Rum
1/2 oz. Watermelon Liqueur
1 oz. Orange Juice
Sprite
Splash Blue Curacao
Splash Grenadine

Method: Take all ingredients except the sprite, blue curacao, and grenadine and pour them into a pint glass with ice. Shake well, then strain into a new pint glass filled with ice. Top off with Sprite, to about 1/2 inch from the top. Take the blue curacao and pour it on the inner side of glass, so you can see it from the outside of the glass. Do the same with the grenadine, but on the opposite side of where you poured the blue curacao. Garnish with a maraschino cherry, orange and lime.

This day in history:
1494 - Spain and Portugal singed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the New World between the two countries.
1654 - Louis XIV was crowned king of France.
1929 - Vatican City became a Sovereign State.
2003 - V. Gene Robinson was elected the first openly gay bishop by New Hampshire Episcopalians.

Notable Birthday:
Dean Martin, singer / actor, was born on this day in 1917.

Notable Quote:
“Life is like a cocktail, made up for the most part of sweet things, and tinged with a dash of bitters. We must drain it to the dregs to get at the cherry, just as we must live a full and rounded life to know all its pleasure.” - Edgar Guest

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