Hailing from a city that hasn’t won a major professional football championship since Dwight Eisenhower was President, it can be difficult to get excited about this time of year. Drinking with friends certainly helps numb the pain during Super Bowl Sunday (with the exception of the trash talking and reminders of your home team), so here are a few cocktails we’ve selected for your consideration. Hopefully these will help you forget all of the painful attempts at doing the Dab your friends will no doubt be making.

Ketel One Citroen Beertail
1 ½ oz. Ketel One Citroen
¾ oz. fresh lemon juice
½ oz. maple syrup
3 dashes Angostura bitters
Belgian-style white ale

Combine first four ingredients in a mixing glass. Shake with ice and strain into a highball glass filled with ice. Top with white ale. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Coin Toss
1 oz. Twenty Boat Spiced Rum
1 whole egg
1/2 oz. simple syrup
3 oz. stout beer
In a cocktail shaker, dry shake (shake without ice) very well. Then add ice and shake again very well. Strain into a tall glass without ice. Optional: grated nutmeg and vanilla sugar for garnish.

The Blue Panther
2 parts Svedka Strawberry Lemonade
½ part blue curaçao
½ part pineapple juice
½ part fresh lemon juice

Pour ingredients into a blender, adding ½ cup crushed ice last, and blend at high speed. Pour into a Hurricane/Pilsner glass. Garnish with a lemon wedge.

The Panther Pounder
1.5 oz Dixie Southern Vodka
.5 oz Velvet Falernum
10 fresh blueberries
.5 oz blueberry syrup
.5 oz fresh lemon juice
Blenheim’s Spicy Ginger Ale

For the blueberry syrup: equal parts water, sugar and blueberries (make quantity as desired). Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 3 minutes. Strain off blueberry skins. Store in glass jar. Will keep for a week in the refrigerator.

For each drink: Muddle 6 blueberries, add vodka, falernum, blueberry syrup, lemon juice, ice and shake. Pour into mason jar, add ice to top of glass and top with spicy ginger ale. Garnish with remaining fresh blueberries, skewered, and a lemon slice.

The Sheriff
1 oz. bourbon
2 oz. orange curacao
4 oz. Natalie’s Orchid Honey Tangerine Juice ginger beer
ice cubes
orange peel and blueberries for garnish

Fill a glass with ice cubes. Pour bourbon, orange curacao, and tangerine juice in the glass and stir. Top off the glass with a splash of ginger beer. Garnish with a generous piece of orange peel and a couple of blueberries.

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