FORAGE happy hour: Bloody Marys

There are a few drinks/liquors that, if presented to either Alicia or I, will always elicit an "ohh yeahh". These are: chilled Patron tequila shots, spicy margaritas, vodka anything, sangria and bloody marys. We LOVE a bloody mary. Love em. And listen: I know everyone has their own way to make a bloody and some of y'all may be like, "what, gross! my way is better!" but ya know. Variety and all that. Please excuse the inexact measurements. You gotta just feeeeeel when it's right. Forage Bloody Mary makes (about) 2 3 cups Tomato juice 2 shots Absolut Citron Old Bay seasoning pinch Cayenne pepper small palmful Celery salt (1) Lime juice (1) Lemon juice Worcestershire Tablespoon Dijon mustard Spoonful Horseradish In a pitcher, combine Old Bay, Cayenne, Celery Salt with the squeeze of half a lime and half a lemon, the worcestershire, mustard and horseradish. Stir with a wooden spoon until the mixture is fully combined. Add tomato juice, vodka and stir until combined. I like to add a little water to the mixture after I've combined all the ingredients to thin it out a little bit. Taste, and then add seasoning until you're happy with the outcome!

happy hour at FORAGE: watermelon sangria

I feel like sangria is one of those drinks that you don't really need a recipe to create. If you have fruit and wine and you put em together long enough, I'm pretty sure it makes sangria. This watermelon sangria is no exception but lemme tell you...it's the best sangria I've ever put together. Tastes like summer and stuff.

Ingredients:
(serves 4ish)
2 cups watermelon chunks
Handful of blueberries
2 tablespoons sugar
1 lemon, sliced
1 lime, sliced
1 apple, cut in quarters
Lemonade
1 bottle fruity white wine
Triple sec
Ginger ale, club soda, or any other carbonated beverage (I used a can of orange vanilla Polar Springs water)

Put the watermelon, blueberries, sugar and a splash of lemonade in a pitcher. Using the non-business-end a wooden spoon (like me) or an actual pestle (like a normal person), macerate the blueberries, some of the watermelon, sugar and lemonade together until the blueberries are just burst. Add in the rest of the fruit, the wine, a few splashes of triple sec and top it all off with the lemonade. Let it sit in the refrigerator for a few hours. Mix before serving; pour in glasses over ice. Top off each glass with a splash of something fizzy.