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One of my favorite parts about blogging is all of the amazing people that I have had the privilege of getting to know. Especially when I first started blogging, I immersed myself in the community and it’s a large reason that I’m still blogging today. To celebrate that community, I teaming up with a couple great bloggers for the Celebrate Southern Soiree linkup.
The Celebrate Southern Soiree is a linkup about the party! Each week Suz from 2 cats & chloe and J from A Hot Southern Mess join forces with other party hostesses to celebrate all-things-southern for this little linkup Soiree! Join the fun by linking up below! Please share any and all entertainment posts! Think: home decor, wonderful recipes, DIY or even just party ideas! (And you don’t actually have to be a southern blogger to join the fun! The more the merrier!) If you would like to be a party hostess (like me!) please fill out this form: http://goo.gl/forms/IHXJ7Nxyxq
This grapefruitcocktail is a copycat recipe from a restaurant here in Nashville called Tavern. It’s one of my all time favorites and I’ve wanted to try recreating it at home for a while now. It consists of gin, grapefruit, ginger, and basil.
I kept this cocktail simple. Just muddle a few slices of ginger and some basil together. Shake together with the gin, drain, and then add the grapefruit juice. Easy peasy. (no lemon squeezy (too much??)).
We’ve already had a few good hot, sticky Nashville summer days and this cocktail makes it allll better.
Grapefruit Cocktail + the Southern Soiree Linkup!

Ingredients
- 2 thin slices of fresh ginger, inch wide by 1/8 inch thick
- 6 basil leaves
- 2 ounces of gin
- 8 ounces of grapefruit juice
Instructions
- In a cocktail mixer, muddle the ginger and basil and add in the gin.
- Shake thoroughly.
- Pour the gin in a tall glass with ice.
- Mix in the grapefruit juice.
- Optional: Add in a few small pieces of the basil and one of the slices of ginger.
- ENJOY!!
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this looks alllmost like the drink we had at our dinner! yum.
Ooh, this cocktail looks amazing and so refreshing for summer!
Wow! YOur photos are beautiful! And this drink! Yum, yum, yum! What a great cocktail for your celebration!
This looks awesome! And seriously, I want those glasses! Thank you so much for joining us today! Sorry for all the chaos!
This looks absolutely delicious! The perfect summer cocktail! Love your food photography! :)
These cocktails look lovely and so rejuvenating! The weather where I live isn’t terribly warm yet, but I’ll be sure to try these once the sticky summer weather arrives!
These look so refreshing for a hot day and the pictures are beautiful!
Those look SO good and your photography is perfection!
xoxo
Lee Anne
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