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Hanky-Pinky, courtesy Limoneira<\/p><\/div>\n

A spirited toast to all things alcoholic! By\u00a0Leslie Dinaberg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

When life you gives you lemons, they may as well be pretty in pink!<\/p>\n

Lemons mostly come in shades of\u00a0 yellow, but Limoneira Company<\/a>\u2014a 120-year-old international agribusiness headquartered just down the road in\u00a0Santa Paula\u2014has a beautiful line of variegated pink lemons and an array of delicious pink lemon cocktails\u00a0designed just for them by mixologists across the country.<\/p>\n

Pucker up! These cocktails are a lot of fun and perfect for the beautiful spring days we’ve been having.<\/p>\n

Pink Lemon Rumble<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’ll need: 1 bottle red wine; 150 ml strong tea; 100 ml pineapple juice; 80 ml rum; Juice of 1 pink lemon; 100 g sugar; 200 g pineapples and 50 ml sherry<\/p>\n

Place the pineapple pieces in a punch bowl and pour the sherry over them. Chill for 2 hours. Place tea and sugar in a pot; add wine, juice of a pink lemon and rum. Heat but do not boil the mixture. Pour over the pineapple pieces and sherry.<\/p>\n

Pinkee Plus<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’ll need: 1 fifth vodka; 3 oz pink lemon juice; 9 oz cherries and 2 liters lemon-lime soda<\/p>\n

Pour Maraschino cherries and their juice into a two-gallon jug. Add vodka and let soak for a few minutes. Add the pink lemon juice and fill with sprite. Pour mixture into a serving container and strain out cherries. Serve over ice, with cherries dropped in.<\/p>\n

Pink Persuasion<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Pink Varigated Lemons, courtesy Limoneira<\/p><\/div>\n

You’ll need: 1 oz tequila, 1 oz citrus vodka, 2 oz Limoncello lemon liqueur, \u00bd oz pink lemon juice and 3 oz lemon-lime soda<\/p>\n

Fill shaker with ice and add ingredients. Shake a few times then pour into cocktail glass.<\/p>\n

Pink Stinger<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’ll need: \u00bd liter sweet sherry; \u00bd liter brandy; 3 oz triple sec; 3 oz maraschino liqueur; 2 liters champagne; 1 liter soda water; 6 oz juice of pink lemons and 5 oz sugar syrup<\/p>\n

Add to punch bowl with sufficient ice to chill. Serve with sliced fruit.<\/p>\n

Hanky-Pinky<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’ll need: 2 oz gin; 2 oz of juice from pink lemon and \u00be oz grenadine syrup<\/p>\n

Pour ingredients into a shaker half-filled with ice. Shake well and pour into a lowball glass. Garnish with pink lemon slice.<\/p>\n

\"LemonPink Goose<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’ll need: 3 cups vodka, 5 cups homemade lemonade; 2 cups cranberry juice; 3 tbsp pink lemon juice; 4 cups ginger ale; 4 cups ice cubes; frozen cranberry for garnish and 1 pink lemon slice for garnish<\/p>\n

Combine the lemonade, cranberry juice, pink lemon juice and vodka in a punch bowl and mix well. Just before serving, slowly pour in the ginger ale. Add the ice cubes. Garnish with the frozen cranberries and pink lemon slices; serve immediately.<\/p>\n

Pink Thunder\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’ll need: 1 oz melon liqueur; 1 oz peach liqueur; \u00bd oz pineapple juice; 3 strawberries; 1 mango chunk; 1 \u00bd oz vodka; 1 splash of juice of a pink lemon and 1 splash of cr\u00e8me de cassis<\/p>\n

Mix everything in a blender with 5-6 ice cubes for 10 seconds. Pour into glass. Garnish with piece of pink lemon.<\/p>\n

Pink Archipelago<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’ll need: 2 oz white rum; 2-3 dashes grenadine syrup, 1 tsp powdered sugar and \u00bd oz pink lemon juice<\/p>\n

Shake well over ice cubes in a shaker, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.<\/p>\n

Rumba Rose<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’ll need: 1 \u00bd oz lemon rum; 2 oz sweet and sour mix; \u00bd oz juice of a pink lemon and \u00bd oz cranberry juice<\/p>\n

Shake and strain into a chilled, sugar-rimmed glass. Garnish with a slice of pink lemon.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Pink Tingle<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’ll need: 1 oz Blue Curacao liqueur; 1 oz Jamaican dark rum; 1 oz grenadine syrup; 100 ml lemonade using pink lemons and ice cubes<\/p>\n

Place ice in shaker, add all ingredients and shake well. Pour into shot glass to drink.<\/p>\n

Packapink Punch<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’ll need: 1 liter Applejack; 2 cups orange juice; 5 oz grapefruit juice; 2 oz grenadine syrup; \u00bd oz orange bitters; \u00bd oz pink lemon juice; 1 qt lemon-lime soda; 1 qt ginger ale; 1 slice orange and 1 sliced apple<\/p>\n

Combine the Applejack, orange juice, grapefruit juice, pink lemon juice, grenadine and orange bitters in a large punch bowl and stir well. Add lemon-lime soda and ginger ale; stir again. Add one large block of ice. Garnish with pink lemon slice.<\/p>\n

Cheers!\u00a0Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more cocktail corner columns.<\/p>\n

Originally published in\u00a0Santa Barbara Seasons<\/em><\/a>\u00a0on March 13, 2015.<\/p>\n

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When she\u2019s not busy working as the editor of Santa Barbara SEASONS, Cocktail Corner author Leslie Dinaberg writes<\/i>\u00a0mag<\/i>azine articles, newspaper columns and grocery lists. When it comes to cocktails, Leslie considers herself a \u201cgoal-oriented drinker.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

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