If you love wrastlin’ as much as we love wrastlin‘, it’s a big weekend for grown men in leotards. On Sunday night SummerSlam rolls into the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn. The card is stacked with Vince McMahon leaving plenty of room for his usual box of tricks: Lesnar vs. Orton! Dean Ambrose vs. Dolph Ziggler. Roman Reigns vs. Rusev. Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE Universal Champion!
While you’re getting your su,,er PPV on, you’ll need something delicious to kick back with. We asked 2016 Tales of the Cocktail Bartender of the Year Jeffrey Morgenthaler — a mixologist and bar manager at Clyde Common and Pepe Le Moko in Portland, Oregon — for some wrestling-themed cocktails. Morgenthaler is co-author of The Bar Book: Elements of Cocktail Technique and knows his way around the back of a bar like Roman Reigns knows how to throw a spear. Here’s what to tip back this weekend.
RKO Outta No Where
The RKO is the Fernet-Branca bitters mixing with the apple cider — They never saw it comin’
1.5 oz Stoli Citros
squeeze of 1 lime wedge
2 dashes Fernet Branca
3 oz fresh-pressed apple cider
Serve on the rocks in a tumbler
New Day on the Rocks
1.5 oz Stoli Bluberi
2 oz lemonade
2 oz Jarritos grapefruit soda (or other citrus soda if grapefruit unavailable – Squirt)
Serve on the rocks in a tall glass
Flying Lemon Drop
1 oz Stoli Vanil
1 oz triple sec
1 oz fresh lemon juice
Shake and strain into a cocktail glass
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