Try This Summertime Grapefruit Cocktail Recipe

The Extra Great cocktail from HGTV Magazine is a refreshing (and cute!) drink ready to meet all of your happy hour needs.

Photo by: Trevor Baca Adams

Trevor Baca Adams

Ingredients

Yields: One cocktail

  • Sugar (for sugar rim)
  • Thin slice of pink grapefruit (for garnish)

Directions

  1. Add a sugar rim to a 12-ounce highball glass. Fill the glass with ice.
  2. To build the drink add the bourbon and Cointreau first. Finish by slowly pouring the Q Mixers Sparkling Grapefruit just to the top of the glass, just below the sugar rim.
  3. Stir gently to incorporate the ingredients and garnish with grapefruit slice before serving. Enjoy!

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