- The Washington Times - Monday, July 18, 2016

Could it really be 15 years since Elle Woods packed up her little doggie and headed from California comforts off to Harvard Law School?

Seriously, this calls for a drink, because that means we’re getting old over here.

In honor of the crystal anniversary of the Reese Witherspoon-starring “Legally Blonde,” Ketel One Vodka is offering up ways for you to celebrate Elle’s journey from airhead to attorney with four specially crafted cocktails — all of them concocted with the lemony Ketel One Citroen Flavored Vodka.



Catch up with us if you can.

 

Ketel One Dutch Lemonade (Was Elle Dutch? Well, either way, she’d no doubt approve.)

1.5 oz. Ketel One Citroen Flavored Vodka

3 oz. Fresh pink lemonade

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1. Combine in a rocks glass over ice.

2. Stir.

3. Garnish with a lemon twist.

 

Bend and Snap

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(Pink Citroenade)

1.5 oz. Ketel One Citroen Flavored Vodka

1.5 oz. Lime juice

1 oz. POM Syrup (equal parts POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice and sugar)

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1 oz. Ginger beer

1. Add ingredients to a mixing glass.

2. Add ice and shake until chilled.

3. Strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice.

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4. Pour in chilled ginger beer.

5. Garnish with a lime wedge.

 

Pink Power Suit

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(Ketel One Citroen Cosmopolitan)

1.5 oz. Ketel One Citroen® Flavored Vodka

0.75 oz. cranberry juice

0.75 oz. lime juice

0.25 oz. simple syrup

Piece(s) lemon zest

1. Shake with ice in a cocktail shaker.

2. Serve straight up in a martini glass.

3. Garnish with a lemon twist.

 

Paulette Bonafonte

(Pink Lemondrop)

1.5 oz. Ketel One Citroen Flavored Vodka

1.5 oz. CRYSTAL LIGHT Natural Pink Lemonade Drink Mix

0.25 oz. lemon juice

1. Empty contents of one packet of CRYSTAL LIGHT into a pitcher.

2. Follow the packet directions and add cold water.

3. Stir to dissolve to make the “drink mix”.

4. In another ice-filled mixing glass, combine all the ingredients, shake and strain into a chilled martini glass.

5. Garnish with a lime wheel.

• Eric Althoff can be reached at twt@washingtontimes.com.

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