{"id":75916,"date":"2014-12-15T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/75916\/cocktails-keep-party-going\/"},"modified":"2014-12-15T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T12:00:15","slug":"cocktails-keep-party-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/2014\/12\/15\/cocktails-keep-party-going\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocktails to keep the party going"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This cheery season is filled with parties and events that bring the spirit of the season out in everyone. As a part of these festivities there are some wonderful drinks that you can serve that fit the holiday theme perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>Angel\u2019s delight<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Cream, triple sec and gin combine for an interesting cocktail delight. The Angel\u2019s Delight is a wonderful dessert cocktail to serve at a dinner party.You will need: 30 ml cream, 20 ml triple sec, 20 ml gin and two to three dashes of grenadine.<\/p>\n<p>What to do: Pour the ingredients into a shaker with ice cubes and shake well. Strain into chilled cocktail glasses.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Candy Cane<\/p>\n<p>The Candy Cane is a really fun holiday cocktail and it\u2019s also one of those that are fun to create. The mix is interesting, what with it being a base of berry-flavoured vodka with peppermint and cacao. The glass is rimmed with crushed candy canes or other peppermint candy.<\/p>\n<p>You will need: 20ml berry flavoured vodka, 20ml peppermint schnapps, 20ml creme de cacao and 7ml of grenadine.<\/p>\n<p>What to do: Pour the vodka, peppermint schnapps, Creme de Cacao and grenadine into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Pour into a cocktail glass rimmed with crushed peppermint candy.<\/p>\n<p>The Christmas Jones<\/p>\n<p>This drink begins with a blend of the flavour ingredients and is topped off with Sprite for a little fizz, then garnished with fresh mint.<\/p>\n<p>You will need: Four fresh strawberries, one part vodka, two teaspoons of superfine sugar, 140ml pineapple juice, Sprite and mint sprigs for garnish.<\/p>\n<p>What to do: Pour the mix equally into two glasses. In a blender, whiz the vodka, strawberries, sugar and pineapple juice together. Top with Sprite. Garnish with a sprig of mint.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='2066b4a75c8a6a931a8d1cf23bc0b8e5'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The holidays are a favourite time of year for many people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":75917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4914,4913,3686],"tags":[1885],"class_list":["post-75916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas-feature","category-features","category-lifestyle-news","tag-christmas"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Features"},"tag_labels":["Christmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}