November 4, 2024

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Where Pop Culture and Cocktails Collide

Pride Cocktails Inspired by Drag Performers

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For Pride 2023 I created a series of cocktails inspired by the world of drag. Let me know in the comments what other cocktail inspirations you would like to see!

‘Bottle Blonde’ Citrus Blast Cocktail Recipe Inspired by Drag Queen Jaymes Mansfield

The Bottle Blonde citrus cocktail with her savory lemon cocktail foam "wig" and edible glitter bows in all her glory.

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This citrus blast cocktail includes a savory Sazon lemon cocktail foam and edible glitter bows as a garnish. Jaymes is known for her immpeccably styled iconic blonde wigs. While this recipe is one of the more involved/difficult recipes I’ve created, the components can be made in advance for easy assembly when you’re ready to serve an impressively fancy cocktail to your friends.

‘Tronksy Montell’ Strawberry/Dragon Fruit Rum Cocktail Recipe Inspired by Drag Queen Trixie Mattel

The bright fuchsia pink cocktail inspired by RuPaul's Drag Race star Trixie Mattel.

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This unusually delicious cocktails combines the flavors of dragon fruit, strawberries, and aloe vera to create a refreshing bright pink cocktail. Inspired by World Famous Drag Queen Trixie Mattel, this pink beauty is easy to whip up for any pink fabulousness. Watching the Barbie for the 100th time with your friends? Give this one a try!

‘Adore’ Homemade Margarita from Scratch Recipe Inspired by Adore Delano

A close up of the "Adore" made using my best homemade pink margarita mix.

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Mass produced margarita mix is often overly sweet gut-rot inducing sugar water. This multi-toned margarita uses my ultimate homemade margarita mix (made with pink dragon fruit) to create a dazzling and delicious cocktail inspired by Adore Delano. Adore Delano is the incredibly talented singer and performer known for being uncompromising in being nothing but themselves.

‘Mustache Daddy’ Hibiscus Berry Gin Fizz Cocktail Recipe Inspired by Drag King Landon Cider

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Landon Cider dominated the competition of Dragula season 3, his highly skilled handmade drag looks putting any thought that only pagaent queens belong in the world of drag competition to rest. This brightly flavored gin fizz with edible glitter mustache inspired by Landon tries to capture some of the performance magic Landon brings to her art.

‘Blood and Drag’ Bourbon Cocktail recipe Inspired by Drag Icons The Boulet Brothers

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The Boulet Brothers bring a refreshingly inclusive, slightly messy, and always spooky take to the world of drag competition. Dragula brings the scrappiness back into the world of drag that is starting to be dominated by money and resources. This take on the Blood and Sand adds some gore a sour punch to the classic cocktail with a glitter blood syrup garnish drizzle.

I hope you liked this series of cocktails inspired by Drag performers. I have some more fun popculture inspired cocktails planned so be sure to check back here or follow me on Instagram to get all updates!

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