In 1998, the traditional drink of the Belmont Stakes, the third and final race in the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, was changed to the Belmont Breeze:
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 oz Rye Whiskey
- 1/2 oz Harvey’s Bristol Cream Sherry
- 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 oz simple syrup
- 1 1/2 oz fresh orange juice
- splash of orange juice
- splash of cranberry juice
- Lemon-lime soda
- Soda water or club soda
- 5 mint leaves
- 1 mint sprig
- 1 strawberry
- 1 orange or lemon slice
Preparation:
- Combine first seven ingredients in a shaker with ice.
- Shake and strain into chilled glass.
- Top off with lemon-lime soda and soda water
- Garnish with fresh mint sprig and orange or lemon slice, mint spring and strawberry.
Makes 1 drink.
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