Hosts/Bartenders:
- Lesley Urasky (District XV)
- Richard Jones (District XVI)
- Jeanne Chowning (District XVII)
Join NSTA Districts XV, XVI, and XVII for a Virtual Happy Hour event
featuring the science behind beer-making and meade-making. Bring your own choice
of craft beer or make our delicious nonalcoholic bubbly punch using elements
from Washington State/Pacific Rim. Come visit with your colleagues from the
West!
Apple Mint Punch (nonalcoholic)
Featuring items from the Pacific Rim—Apple and Green Tea!
Ingredients:
- 2 cups water
- 4 green tea bags
- 1 1/2 cups (100 percent) apple juice (recommended: Martinelli's)
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from 1 large lemon)
- 1 cup sparkling water, chilled
- ice
In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil over medium-high heat. Turn
off the heat, add the tea bags and let steep for six minutes. Remove the
tea bags and add the mint to tea.
Cool the tea to room temperature, about 45 minutes. Pour the cooled tea into
a large pitcher. Add the apple juice and lemon juice. Refrigerate until ready to
serve.
To serve, add the sparkling water and pour the punch into ice-filled
glasses. Garnish with fresh mint sprigs, if desired.
Blue Hawaii Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 3 ounces pineapple juice (90 ml)
- 3/4 ounce vodka. (22.5 ml)
- 3/4 ounce light rum (22.5 ml)
- 1 ounce Sweet and Sour (30 ml)
- 1/2 ounce Curaçao (15 ml)
Garnish:
- pineapple wedge
- maraschino cherry
- orange slice
- cocktail umbrella
Combine all ingredients with ice, stir or shake, then pour into a hurricane
glass with the ice. For garnish, score pineapple or orange slice with a knife
and insert onto rim of glass; optionally use toothpick or cocktail umbrella to
spear maraschino cherry through center and attach to top of fruit slice;
otherwise float cherry on top of ice.
Served: on the rocks; poured over ice
Blue Hawaii Mocktail (nonalcoholic)
Ingredients:
- 5 ounces blue cream soda (150 ml)
- 2 ounces pineapple juice (60 ml)
- 1 ounce clarified lime or lime juice (30 ml)
- 3/4 cup crushed ice (180 grams)
Garnish:
- 2 maraschino cherries
- 2 small pineapple wedges
Blend all ingredients at high speed until frothy. Pour contents into a tall
glass and garnish.
SPEAKERS:
Lesley Urasky (Saratoga Middle/High School: Saratoga, WY), Richard Jones (University of Hawaii-West Oahu: Kaploei, HI), Jeanne Chowning (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center: No City, No State)