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AL: Pot of Gold Cocktail

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AL: Pot of Gold Cocktail

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By Colleen Graham - Cocktails Expert
Updated February 16, 2015.
Total Time: 3 minutes
Yield: 1 Cocktail

Simple, elegant, refreshing, and quite lovely, this is the Pot of Gold. It may only have five ingredients, but these are some intense flavors that work extremely well together. Reading this recipe, you may think that it is a gentle, sweet drink, that is until you get to the ginger beer. It is this addition that really kicks the flavor up to a new level of interest.

Ingredients:
• 2 ounces Voli Lyte Vodka
• 1/2 ounce Elderflower syrup or liqueur
• 4 chunks cucumber (inch thick)
• 8 fresh mint leaves
• Ginger beer
• Mint and cucumber for garnish

Preparation:
1. Muddle cucumber and mint. Add Voli and elderflower.

2. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass, then top with ginger beer.

3. Garnish with cucumber wheel and mint.


A bit about Voli Vodka:
Voli is one of the newer vodkas that follows a trend in 'healthier' distilled spirits. Reportedly, these are "25-40% lower in calories than leading brands" and that makes them a great base to begin with for those who are watching their calorie intake.