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The Peach Plunge: A Peach Twist on the Lemon Drop Cocktail

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The kids are back to school and it is Mom’s Night! Gather your mom friends together that you haven’t seen over the long, busy Summer season and enjoy catching up with a Ladies Night complete with the perfect end of Summer appetizer and signature cocktail, the Peach Plunge!

Cocktail with peach and lemon, crater lake vodka, wild roots peach vodka, spiced peach simple syrup, and brightly colored mums

My favorite Ladies Night drink is one that I rarely get unless out for a Ladies Night—the Lemon Drop. The sweet and sour combo is always one that makes me feel like cutting it up with friends. I wanted to create a drink with that same feeling, that also helped celebrated the best flavors of the end of Summer and early Fall. This Peach-variation of the Lemon Drop was dubbed the Peach Plunge by my husband upon first taste! He included some cheesy tagline about plunging you into the flavors of Summer. It was perfect!

The Peach Plunge Cocktail Recipe

This end-of-summer sipper is sweet and sour and has the spices you’ll recognize from your favorite peach cobbler desserts. It all starts off with a homemade Spiced Peach Simple Syrup. Simple Syrup is easy to make and a cocktail staple. A traditional simple syrup is simply 1 cup of sugar to 1 cup of water heated over medium heat until the sugar has completely dissolved into the mixture. It can be stored, sealed, in the fridge for up to 7 days.

Similarly, the Spiced Peach Simple Syrup will include sugar and water, but this mixture has a bit more to it than the traditional simple syrup. Call this a slightly more complicated, but equally easy syrup.

Peaches in brown sugar and water mixture with cinnamon stick

Spiced Peach Simple Syrup

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup frozen peaches
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • Supplies: small heavy-bottomed saucepan, sieve, and heat resistant jar with airtight lid

Directions:

  • Add all ingredients to the saucepan and heat on a stovetop at medium to medium-high heat. Stir occasionally, you do not want the sugar to burn.
  • Bring ingredients to a low boil for 5 minutes, or until peaches are very soft and all sugar is incorporated into mixture.
  • Turn off the heat and let the mixture sit for 30 minutes to cool and let flavors meld.
  • Pour the mixture through a sieve reserving the liquid. Use a fork to squeeze all liquid from the peaches. Discard the peach/spice mixture. The liquid, once cooled, is your Spiced Peach Syrup!

Now, on to the cocktail! This recipe makes 1 cocktail.

Peach Plunge Cocktail Ingredients:

  • Supplies: 1 shaker, ice, martini glass
  • 2 oz Vodka
  • 1 oz Peach Vodka (or peach schnapps)
  • 1 oz Spiced Peach Simple Syrup
  • 1/2 oz of freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • Garnish: Slice of Peach and Sugared Rim

The Peach Plunge: A Peach Vodka Cocktail Twist on the Lemon Drop – Directions:

  • Add the vodka, peach vodka (or peach schnapps), lemon juice, and spiced peach simple syrup in a shaker over ice and shake or stir until thoroughly chilled.
  • Take a lemon slice around the edge of a martini glass and dip the edge of the glass into granulated sugar to rim the glass.
  • Strain the chilled cocktail mixture into the sugar rimmed martini glass, top with a slice of peach.
  • Enjoy!
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This peach and orange blossom sangria is served over crushed ice and topped with mint and a sliced peach.
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Peach & Orange Blossom Sangria

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This summer sangria makes for a beautiful botanical sangria! While you can certainly make this peach & orange blossom sangria as a single serve cocktail, it also works great in a batch!

This drink was first featured in my Instagram project #NightcapwithJenni. Follow along each Sunday evening when I share a new beverage and some things I’ve been thinking about in my Instastories!

This post is not sponsored by the companies with products featured. There are some affiliate links in this post, affiliate links give a small portion of products purchased to this blog. Thank you for supporting this blog! This recipe is created for those of legal drinking age. Please drink responsibly.

Summer and sangria = perfect pairing. While we are not technically at summer yet, lately we’ve had some gorgeous weather and I’ve been soaking it in! I’ve greatly been enjoying my newly decorated outdoor deck area. Having a cocktail and good book in hand has only made me enjoy it more!

Ingredients of Peach and Orange Blossom Sangria including frozen sliced peaches, mint, peach and citrus soda, reisling, and peach and orange blossom voda.

Summer Sangria Ingredient Choices

Typically a sangria is going to feature both a wine and some sort of liquor. Often you’ll see a beautiful red wine and brandy or orange liquor. I chose to make a bit of a lighter sangria with this combo of vodka and Riesling. I think it is a good fit for a summer cocktail!

I’m a sucker for a good Instagram or Facebook ad. One Friday afternoon (right before my husband got off work) I had scrolled through my feed and saw an ad for Ketel One Botanical vodkas and I simply had to have him pick it up on the way home! Ketel One (I think recently) released three botanical vodkas (Grapefruit & Rose, Cucumber & Mint, and Peach & Orange Blossom) they feature no artificial flavors, no artificial sweeteners, no sugar…. to me that is the ideal type of infused vodka.

I knew I immediately wanted to pair the vodka with a peach soda of sorts, but also knew it would need a little sweetness. In came one of my favorite Rieslings… A to Z Winework’s Oregon Reisling. I’ve been a fan of A to Z Wineworks for their affordable but tasty Oregon wines but also because of their commitment to be a business with intention. They are a four time – B Corp ‘Best for the World’ business. B Cor’s work to be sustainable,healthy businesses for good workers, the community, and the environment.

Sangria served over crushed ice and garnished with mint and peach.

How to Make a Peach and Orange Blossom Sangria

Read on to see ingredients and directions for a pitcher of this Peach and Orange Blossom Sangria as well as directions for a single serve cocktail. The pitcher of Sangria serves approximately 6 glasses.

Pitcher of Sangria Ingredients:

  • 9 oz Ketel One Peach & Orange Blossom Vodka
  • 18 oz Riesling (on the sweeter side) I used A to Z Wineworks Riesling
  • 4.5 oz Simple Syrup
  • 1 Can Fresca Peach Citrus Soda* (Affiliate Link) Or any peach or orange flavored soda water… Fresca is slightly sweet, but that lends a nice sweetness to this sangria)
  • Frozen Peaches
  • Mint for garnish

Pitcher of Peach Orange Blossom Sangria Directions:

  1. Pour the vodka, Riesling, simple syrup and frozen peaches into a pitcher and chill.
  2. Right before serving, add the Peach and Citrus Soda.
  3. Serve over ice — I chose to serve over crushed ice as it is much more festive!
  4. Garnish with mint.

Single Serving of Peach Orange Blossom Sangria:

  1. Pour 1.5 oz Peach & Orange Blossom vodka, 3 oz Riesling, .75 oz simple syrup in shaker with ice. Shake.
  2. Pour into a glass — no need to strain.
  3. Top with approximately 2 oz of Peach and Citrus soda.
  4. Garnish with a slice of frozen peach and a sprig of mint.
Sangria served with peach and mint featuring ingredients.

Prefer it in a martini glass served up instead of a glass of ice?

Simply wait to add in the soda water, pour into a shaker with ice and shake vigorously (You are trying to melt the ice a bit in the process of chilling the cocktail and mixing ingredients.) Then strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with a peach and mint spring.

What is your favorite summer drink go to? Share in the comments or @ me, @JenniBost!

And don’t forget to check in this upcoming Sunday around 6 PM PST (or the week after) for this week’s #NightcapwithJenni. I’d love to have you in the conversation.

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I partnered with Maker's 46 to create this recipe of Bourbon Peach Tea - a perfect summer cocktail! Featured on A Well Crafted Party.
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Saturday Spirits: Bourbon Peach Tea Cocktail

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Summer just calls for a nice iced cocktail. While I typically go for bourbon straight or in cocktails fit for Fall, I was excited to try creating a tasty Summer recipe of Bourbon Peach Tea featuring Makers 46 Bourbon. I was sent a bottle of Makers 46 for purposes of creating a recipe to share with readers. All opinions are my own. For more information about my sponsored content please visit my policies page. 

 

Over the Fourth of July weekend we hosted our annual low country crab boil. The Southern speciality just called for a sweet tea beverage to be served alongside it. Peach Tea is my favorite sweet tee, the vanilla and spice notes of Makers 46 just makes it even better.

 

I partnered with Maker's 46 to create this recipe of Bourbon Peach Tea - a perfect summer cocktail! Featured on A Well Crafted Party.

Perfect Summer Cocktail – Bourbon Peach Tea

 

First off, yes, you can just add bourbon to your favorite peach tea. However, the below concoction is a little bit more concentrated and would be good over ice or as a cocktail straight up.

Ingredients:

  • 1 3/4 oz Maker’s 46 Bourbon
  • 1 3/4 oz Peach Syrup (see recipe below)
  • 2 oz concentrated black tea (see recipe below)
  • 1 collins glass filled with ice (or shaker with ice and a martini glass for those who wish to enjoy this beverage straight up)
  • 1 spoon
  • mint and peach for garnish
  • optional – raw sugar to rim glass

Directions:

Optional: Rim your glass in raw sugar. I chose not to do this because it was sweet enough for me, but it would be tasty and beautiful touch whether served over ice or straight up!

In Collins Glass:

  1. Pour the Maker’s 46 Bourbon, Peach Syrup and Concentrated Black Tea over ice.
  2. Stir.
  3. Garnish with mint leaf and peach slice.
  4. Enjoy!

Straight Up:

  1. Pour the Maker’s 46 Bourbon, Peach Syrup, and 1 3/4 oz (not two ounces as in the collins glass) Concentrated Black Tea over ice in a shaker.
  2. Shake well.
  3. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
  4. Garnish with mint leaf and peach slice.
  5. Enjoy!

 

I partnered with Maker's 46 to create this recipe of Bourbon Peach Tea - a perfect summer cocktail! Featured on A Well Crafted Party.

 

How to make concentrated black tea:

I used the Lipton Iced Tea bags that are family size, though you could use any black tea bags that you like. I did 5 tea bags for 32 oz of boiling water to make my concentrated tea. Once the bags steeped for 8 minutes I pulled them out and let the tea cool before using in my cocktail.

 

I partnered with Maker's 46 to create this recipe of Bourbon Peach Tea - a perfect summer cocktail! Featured on A Well Crafted Party.

 

How to make peach syrup:

Combine 1 16 oz bag of frozen peaches, 2 cups water, and 2 cups sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until all the sugar has dissolved and the peaches begin to break up. Smash peaches into the mixture. Strain mixture using a fine mesh colander over a pourable container. Store the peach syrup in a sealed container in the fridge for up to two weeks.

 

What is your favorite Summer cocktail?

 

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