Bay Ridge Wine & Spirits - Kent Island

06/17/2025

Oooooh…A Mango Guava Hombre Cocktail! Yes please! 🥭🍒

Ingredients for 2 servings:
2 mangoes, peeled, pitted, and diced
¼ cup water
ice, for serving
1 cup guava nectar
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 oz liquor of choice, optional
2 tablespoons grenadine
fresh mint, for garnish
maraschino cherry, for garnish

Preparation
-Add the mango and water to a blender and blend until smooth.
-Fill 2 highball glasses with ice. Divide the guava nectar and lime juice between the glasses. Add liquor of choice, if using.
-Slowly pour 1 tablespoon of grenadine syrup into each drink and let settle to the bottoms of the glasses.
-Gently spoon ½ cup (120 ml) mango purée on top of each drink.
-Garnish with maraschino cherries and a sprig of mint.
-Enjoy!!

06/16/2025

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06/15/2025

Happy Father’s Day…from our family to yours…cheers!

06/14/2025

It’s National Flag Day & National Bourbon Day…raise a glass & toast our colors today!
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06/13/2025

🍓🍓Celebrate Friday with a little Frosé 🍓🍓

Ingredients…
2 cups frozen strawberries
1 cup rosé wine
Granulated sugar, to taste (optional)

Instructions
Add the frozen strawberries to the pitcher of a high-powered blender. Pour in the rosé wine. Purée on HIGH until smooth. Taste and blend in sugar (if needed), one tablespoon at a time, until desired sweetness is reached. Serve immediately.

06/12/2025

Ummmm, yeah…perfect for tonight!
Sip a little Blood Orange Prosecco Cocktail 🍊🥂 ….bold, citrusy, and sparkling with ruby-red elegance!

Ingredients:
• 2 oz blood orange juice 🍊
• 1/2 oz orange liqueur (optional) 🍸
• 4 oz chilled prosecco 🥂
• Ice (optional) 🧊
• Blood orange slice for garnish 🍊

Instructions:
|1. Pour: Add blood orange juice and orange liqueur (if using) to a glass.
|2. Ice: Add ice if desired for extra chill.
|3. Top: Slowly pour in chilled prosecco and stir gently.
|4. Garnish: Add a blood orange slice for a striking finish.

Vibrant, fizzy, and effortlessly chic—this cocktail brings the drama in the most delicious way.

06/11/2025

A SPARKLING STRAWBERRY ROSÉ ELDERFLOWER COCKTAIL….perfect to sip under tonight’s Strawberry Moon! 🍓🌕

INGREDIENTS
1 medium strawberry, trimmed and chopped
2 ounces elderflower liqueur
1 ounce vodka
2 ounces sparkling rosé, prosecco or cava, chilled
Fresh strawberry, for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS
In a cocktail shaker, muddle the strawberry with the elderflower liqueur. Add the vodka and ice. Shake vigorously for at least a minute.
Double strain into a chilled glass. Top with sparkling rosé and garnish with a strawberry.

06/09/2025

🥂🍇 Blackberry Prosecco Cocktail 🍇🥂

📋 Ingredients:

● 4-5 fresh blackberries
● 1/2 oz simple syrup
● 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
● 1 oz blackberry liqueur (e.g., crème de mûre)
● 3 oz chilled Prosecco
● Ice cubes
● Lemon twist or fresh blackberry for garnish

📝 Instructions:

1️⃣ Muddle the blackberries with simple syrup and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker.
2️⃣ Add blackberry liqueur and fill the shaker with ice cubes.
3️⃣ Shake lightly to chill and mix.
4️⃣ Double strain into a chilled champagne flute or coupe glass.
5️⃣ Top with chilled Prosecco.
6️⃣ Garnish with a lemon twist or a fresh blackberry.
🕒 Preparation Time: 4 minutes

06/07/2025

Kicking it old school with a 💙🍸 Blueberry Smurf Cocktail 🍸💙…

📋 Ingredients:
● 1 oz blueberry vodka
● 1 oz blue curaçao
● 1 oz coconut rum
● 2 oz pineapple juice
● 1/2 oz lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
● Ice cubes
● Fresh blueberries and pineapple wedge for garnish

📝 Instructions:
1️⃣ Fill a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
2️⃣ Add blueberry vodka, blue curaçao, coconut rum, pineapple juice, and lemon juice.
3️⃣ Shake well until the mixture is thoroughly chilled.
4️⃣ Strain into a chilled martini or hurricane glass filled with fresh ice.
5️⃣ Garnish with a skewer of fresh blueberries and a pineapple wedge on the rim.
🕒 Preparation Time: 4 minutes

06/06/2025

It’s a perfect day to stir up a little Watermelon Sangria 🍉

Ingredients:
* 1 cup Vodka
* ½ cup Triple Sec
* 1 bottle Moscato wine (sweet white wine)
* 4 cups cubed fresh watermelon (about ½ a small watermelon) or 2 cups watermelon juice
* 1 cup orange slices
* ½ cup lime slices
* ½ cup water (optional, for adjusting sweetness)
* Fresh mint leaves (optional, for garnish)

Directions:
1. In a large pitcher, combine the vodka, triple sec, and Moscato wine. Stir gently to combine.
2. Add the cubed watermelon (or watermelon juice), orange slices, and lime slices to the pitcher.
3. If using cubed watermelon, gently muddle some of the watermelon pieces to release their juices. (Skip this step if using watermelon juice).
4. Add optional water if you prefer a less sweet sangria. Taste and adjust to your liking.
5. Cover the pitcher and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or preferably overnight, to allow the flavors to meld. The longer it sits, the better it tastes!
6. Before serving, give the sangria a gentle stir.
7. Pour into glasses filled with ice.
8. Garnish with fresh mint leaves (optional). Serve immediately and enjoy responsibly!

06/05/2025

A Double Chocolate Martini??? Yes please!

🍫🍸Ingredients….
Grated chocolate
1 maraschino cherry
Chocolate syrup, optional
Ice cubes
2-1/2 ounces half-and-half cream
1-1/2 ounces vodka
1-1/2 ounces chocolate liqueur
1-1/2 ounces creme de cacao

🍫🍸Directions….
Sprinkle grated chocolate onto a plate. Moisten the rim of a martini glass with water; hold glass upside down and dip rim into chocolate. Place cherry in glass. If desired, garnish glass with chocolate syrup

Fill a tumbler or mixing glass three-fourths full of ice. Add the cream, vodka, chocolate liqueur and creme de cacao; stir until condensation forms on outside of tumbler or mixing glass. Strain into prepared martini glass; serve immediately.

06/04/2025

Who are you hosting this weekend? No doubt they would enjoy a Frozen Mudslide!! ❄️

Ingredients….
4 cups crushed ice
2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jiggers vodka
2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jiggers coffee-flavored liqueur
2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jiggers Irish cream liqueur
2 tablespoons chocolate syrup
½ cup whipped cream

Directions…
-Gather all ingredients.
-Combine crushed ice, vodka, coffee liqueur, and Irish cream liqueur in a blender. Drizzle in chocolate syrup. Blend until smooth.
-Pour into glasses and garnish with whipped cream.