Cocktail of the Week -- Founding Fathers Edition



Tuesday marks America's Independence Day. On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to declare the American colonies' independence from the British Crown. Two days later, on July 4, Congress voted to issue the Declaration of Independence:

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty, to ourselves and Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

The vote in Philadelphia on that Fourth of July was celebrated with readings of the declarations and bonfires.

It was not until two years later that the Fourth became our kind of "spirited" -- when the Continental Army's commander-in-chief, George Washington, ordered a double ration of rum for his solidiers to celebrate.

With the great general in mind, BaT presents a cocktail celebrating both the Father of Our Country -- and poking a pinky finger in the eye of our friends across the pond: The Washington Apple.

Ingredients

1 oz. Crown Royal (Get it? OK, so it's Canadian ... close enough. :-p)
1 oz. Sour Apple Pucker
1 splash cranberry juice

Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled shot glass.

P.S.: This cocktail is dedicated to BaT visitor No. 15,000, who graced us with his/her/its presence at 12:15:58 a.m. Central today. The ISP is blocked, so I can only determine that the visitor was in the United States and is on Pacific time. If you came in from Ethan's Brat Boy Partners page about that time, we're talking to you!

Regardless, thanks to everyone who visits, whether you were visitor 14,999 (South Elgin, Illinois), visitor 15,001 (Houston, Texas) or any of my fine friends from Portugal, Egypt, Finland, Egypt, Dubai, Austria, Thailand or France who all came to BaT today. Did the United Nations link to me or what? And, of course, my appreciation to the regular visitors and commentors, who you can visit by checking out the blog roll on the left.

Cheers!