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These stunning juleps are just in time for Derby this weekend, but they're too delicious to only be enjoyed once a year. With my addition of fresh muddled pineapple and peppercorn-infused ginger syrup, this is the quintessential drink to carry you all the way through summer (and then some).
A word to the wise: if you drink these before 11 AM, like I did, make sure you've also eaten enough breakfast or I can't guarantee you'll make it past noon. They pack quite the whammy! Let the races begin...
In case you haven't noticed, we like our libations here at Dixie Caviar. Always have. Always will. In college, my poison of choice was SoCo & Lime. For quite a long time I thought I'd invented that sweet and tart combo, until this appeared on the market and proved otherwise. On my more adventurous evenings, Jager Bombs were always on the ready. Oh, to be young and wild.
Once I had matured a bit (ha!) and moved to Los Angeles to participate in the "real world," I adopted the now infamous Lemon Booyah's as my signature drink. Walter can tell you a little more about those on another occasion. Then there was the Sho' Line Breeze, another one of Walt's ingenuous concoctions. (Don't even ask why it's called that. You really don't want to know.) And don't forget my brief affair with the one and only Firefly sweet tea flavored vodka -- smuggled in my suitcase from trips to Charleston. After a couple of major sugar hangovers, though, I was forced to move on to the classic Vodka Water with a splash of lemon, splash of lime. Much more civilized if you ask me.
But those are all the drinks of my past, I tell you. Because it was at a recent crawfish boil I hosted that I finally met my match. I owe a big shout out to Geoff Brewer for bringing (and accidentally leaving) a brand spankin' new bottle of peach liqueur. I discovered the prize on the kitchen counter and low and behold, my new signature drink was born. (Geoff - I owe you a bottle, buddy!) At first I didn't know if it was all the mint juleps talking, or if the drink was actually good. But after testing my new concoction in a more sober state, it sealed the deal.
I'll call it a Peach Vodka Lemonade for now, however I'm open to your suggestions. Needless to say, this refreshing cocktail is sweet and summery and Southern, but the real beauty is that it can be as potent as you'd like for it to be... Cheers!
