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Getting Drunk With A Healthy Twist: Kombucha Cocktails
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Jen Carlson
Published Nov 9, 2011
Modified Nov 9, 2011
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This week Veg News suggests you Spike Your Spore, which basically means you add alcohol to your already slightly alcoholic (0.5 percent) kombucha. This sounds counterintuitive, but we like to spike everything, so we're in. While the site declares the drink is "a natural choice for subbing" in for real alcohol, they also seem to give the all clear on mixing it with the hard stuff. So let's skip over the PG-rated stuff and get right to the kombucha cocktails that can get you drunk:
Vodka
Blueberry Liquer
Ginger Kombucha
Dark Rum,
Sour Mix
Ginger Kombucha
Ginger Root
Simple Syrup
Dark Tequila
Orange Juice
Mango Flesh
Kombucha (any flavor)
St. Germaine
Kombucha (any flavor)
Honey
For the purists, you can also just mix in some kombucha with your vodka soda, and plenty of people enjoy it with a little whiskey. Or if you prefer your cocktails shaken and stirred for you, there's a kombucha bar up in Ithaca.
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Jen Carlson
Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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