Sandy Sheets

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This idea was the drink that inspired me to go down this cranberry cocktail rabbit hole. I was teaching my cousin some cocktail techniques and a few fun recipes that included the classic Sex on the Beach. I had asked him whether he wanted to learn a Sex on the Beach or a Tequila Sunrise then chuckled to myself that there ought to be a cocktail that bridges the gap between the two and that clearly it would be named Sandy Sheets. Ha! From there I went to work blending the two cocktails and trying a variety of reimagined recipes and alternate ingredients to eventually end up back where I started with an almost half and half mash up of the original recipes. To carry on with the theme of an early morning pre-sunrise sky I infused the vodka with Butterfly Pea Flowers which gives it a deep purple-blue color that changes to various shades of pink when mixed with citrus and used it as a float.

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1.5 oz Blanco tequila (espolon)

.5 oz Butterfly Pea Flower Infused Vodka (float)

.25 oz Triple Sec

1 tsp Peach Brandy 

1.5 oz Orange Juice

1 oz Ocean Spray 100% Juice Cranberry Cocktail

.25 oz Lime Juice

1 dash Palisade Peach Bitters

Combine tequila, triple sec, peach brandy, orange juice, lime juice, and bitters in a tin with plenty of ice, shake and strain over new ice in a double old fashioned glass.

Sink cranberry juice by pouring slowly into the drink right up against the glass.

Float BPF vodka by slowly pouring over a bar spoon hovering just over the ice in the glass and garnish with a half orange wheel.