8 Fresh-Pressed Juice Cocktails for Summer

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Juicing is all the rage this summer, and while it's a great way to start the day, it's also a fantastic way to kick-off happy hour. We've got 8 fresh-pressed cocktails that will make you want to skip the bar and D.I.Y.

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Founders Fizz

2 oz. Sandeman Founders Reserve
1/2 oz. Ballentine's Blended Scotch Whisky
3/4 oz. blood orange juice
3/4 oz. sweet honey-cucumber water (honey that has been diluted with water that has cucumber slices marinating in it)
Garnish: cucumber slice

Add ingredients to your carbonator of choice. Then, pour into a tall glass over ice.

Courtesy of UV Vodka

Fuzzier Navel

1 part UV Peach
2 parts orange juice - 4 oranges, peeled
1 part mango juice - 1 mango, peeled

Peel four oranges and place in juicer. Peel and slice mango, remove pit, and add to juicer. Take juice, add UV Peach and shake.

Serve in a highball glass.

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Skinnygirl Sea Breeze

1 part Skinnygirl Bare Naked Vodka
3 parts cranberry juice
1 part fresh grapefruit juice
1 grapefruit slice for garnish

Pour ingredients over ice, and be sure to garnish with a grapefruit slice.

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Green Dream

1 ounce Organic Avenue Giving Green juice
2 ounces Organic Avenue apple juice
1Ž2 ounce Organic Avenue lemon juice
1 1Ž2 ounces Crop organic cucumber vodka

Combine ingredients, shake, strain over ice and garnish with cucumber fans

Courtesy of UV Vodka

Peach on the Beach

1 parts UV Peach

2 part orange juice - 4 oranges, peeled

1 part cranberry juice - 1 cup of firm cranberries

Peel four oranges. Place wedges in juicer. Take 1 cup of firm cranberries, place in juicer. Add UV Peach and shake combined juice over ice.

Serve in a highball glass.

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Salty Melon Margarita

1 part UV Salty Watermelon
2 parts watermelon juice - 1/2 small watermelon
1 part cucumber juice - 1 cucumber
1 lime wedge, squeezed
1 part triple sec

Cut small watermelon in half. Remove watermelon rind. Place in juicer. Peel cucumber and place in juicer. Squeeze lime wedge into juice mixture. Add 1 part UV Salty Watermelon, 1 part triple sec, and shake over ice.

Serve in margarita glass.

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Skinny Fruit Salad

1 part Skinnygirl White Cherry Vodka
1 part Pomegranate Juice
2 parts fresh Orange/Tangerine Juice

Build over ice in a Collins glass. Garnish with a half‐moon orange wheel on the rim.

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To Your Own Beat

2oz Hennessy V.S
Splash agave nectar
Beet ginger juice *(recipe to follow)
Grapefruit wheel garnish

Add all ingredients to a shaker tin and shake with ice until well chilled. Strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice and garnish with a grapefruit twist.

*Beet Ginger Juice: Take a medium sized beet, peel, add to juicer with 1 whole apple, thumb sized piece of peeled ginger. Combine this juice with 2.5 cups of red grapefruit juice and .5 oz of fresh lime juice.