Bootleg Cocktail

This is a delicious lemon-lime and fresh mint summer cocktail that can be modified to your taste. You can use vodka or gin and you can make your bootleg concentrate as sweet or sour as you like.

Bootleg Concentrate

1 can frozen limeade or frozen lemonade

1/2 cup fresh lime juice

1/2 cup fresh lemon juice

1 cup fresh mint leaves, washed

Add all ingredients to a blender (I love my Vitamix Explorian) and blend until the mint is well incorporated. I like my cocktails a little tart, but if you prefer a sweeter cocktail you can either add some simple syrup (heat 1 part sugar to 1 part water until dissolved, chill and store in the fridge for up to 1 month) to the blender or skip the fresh juice and use a can of frozen lemonade concentrate with the limeade and mint. The mint will separate when the concentrate sits, so just give it a stir each time you make a new cocktail. This concentrate will last in your fridge about 3 days before the mint starts to lose its bright green color.

Bootleg Cocktail

2 oz Botanist gin or Grey Goose vodka

2 oz Bootleg Concentrate

Add to cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well.

Pour mixture into a glass filled with ice.

Top with 6 oz Q club soda, more or less to taste.

Garnish with a lime wheel or fresh mint.

For a non-alcoholic version just combine the Bootleg concentrate with club soda and / or lemonade.

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