Sip Like a Star this Awards Season with A-List Cocktails from Ocean Spray

Inspire your inner diva and CELEBrate in style with specialty cocktails inspired by your favorite television genre to drink like a star!  Whether you're a Dramatic Diva, enjoy a Chuckle Chaser, boast about The Biz or relish reality Scene Stealers, we've got the goods for your star studded soiree.

"Cranberry has always been the star of some of the trendiest cocktails to hit Hollywood, like the Cosmopolitan for instance," said Kristen Borsari, Vice President of Marketing at Ocean Spray.  "We're really excited to showcase one of the most popular ways to sip and celebrate with our cranberry beverages on the big stage!"  

Give your guests a splashy entrance to your award show extravaganza with these classy cranberry cocktails created by Cocktail Academy:

AND THE WINNER FOR BEST DRAMA IS… THE DRAMATIC DIVA
Dark and moody and dripping with DRAMA, the Dramatic Diva is a variation of a Bramble and features Ocean Spray® 100% Juice Cranberry Blueberry Blackberry juice drink and, like a good LBD, this black cocktail is super on-trend!

AND THE WINNER FOR BEST COMEDY IS… THE CHUCKLE CHASER
Bubbly, fun and fruity, it will tickle your tastebuds! The Chuckle Chaser is a Collins variation featuring Ocean Spray® Cranberry Juice Cocktail and Craisins® Dried Cranberries.

AND THE WINNER FOR BEST REALITY SHOW IS… THE SCENE STEALER
Wildly unique and totally unexpected….The Scene Stealer is a take on a New York Sour and features your favorite Thanksgiving flavor, Ocean Spray® Cranberry Juice Cocktail.  It has all the makings of a holiday meal including a few surprise guests! 

AND THE WINNER FOR BEST VARIETY SHOW IS… THE BIZ
Zany, colorful and bustling with flavor, The Biz is based on a Tiki Buck with layers of fresh, vibrant flavor, featuring Ocean Spray® Cran-Pineapple™ juice drink and fresh cranberries.

About Ocean Spray
Ocean Spray is a vibrant agricultural cooperative owned by more than 700 cranberry and grapefruit growers in the United States, Canada and Chile who have helped preserve the family farming way of life for generations. Formed in 1930, Ocean Spray is now the world's leading producer of cranberry juices, juice drinks and dried cranberries and is the best-selling brand in the North American bottled juice category. The cooperative's cranberries are currently featured in more than a thousand great-tasting, good-for-you products in over 100 countries worldwide. With more than 2,000 employees and nearly 20 cranberry receiving and processing facilities, Ocean Spray is committed to managing our business in a way that respects our communities, employees and the environment. For more information visit: www.oceanspray.com or www.oceanspray.coop.

About Cocktail Academy
Cocktail Academy was founded by a team of hospitality forward-thinkers dedicated to providing an artistic, personalized cocktail solution for every corporate, private and consumer-facing event need. Launched in 2014, Cocktail Academy leverages extensive background in every sector of the food and beverage service industry to facilitate premier guest experiences, offering valuable insight into modern-day consumers' cravings. Immersed in cocktail culture, Cocktail Academy has become a trusted ambassador for global brands, fostering authentic engagement through education and creative activation.

THE DRAMATIC DIVA

Cocktail Ingredients:
3/4 ounce lemon juice
2 ounces black rum 
Blueberries as garnish

Black Sesame Syrup Ingredients:
1 cup Ocean Spray® 100% Juice Cranberry Blueberry Blackberry
1 cup raw granulated sugar
1/2 cup black sesame seeds

Add all syrup ingredients to a blender and blend on high for 3 minutes.  Pour into saucepan over medium heat until mixture reaches a nice simmer.  Remove from heat.  Allow to cool and transfer to a small bottle. 

Measure ¾ ounce of black sesame syrup and add to cocktail shaker full of ice.  Add remaining ingredients.  Shake and strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with three blueberries.

THE CHUCKLE CHASER

Cocktail Ingredients:
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1 ounce American gin
1 ounce Ocean Spray® Cranberry Juice Cocktail
1 ½ ounces club soda
Craisins® Dried Cranberries as garnish

Pear Syrup Ingredients:
4 sliced pears
3 tablespoons raw granulated sugar
1 cinnamon stick 

To make syrup, use a juicer to juice sliced pears.  Add pear juice and 3 tablespoons of raw granulated sugar to a saucepan over medium heat.  Stir until sugar dissolves.  Add cinnamon stick and lightly simmer for 5 minutes.  Remove from heat.  Allow to cool and transfer to a small bottle.   

Measure ½ ounce of pear syrup and combine with all other ingredients in a cocktail shaker full of ice. Shake and strain into champagne flute. Top with cranberry juice cocktail and club soda.  Garnish by floating 5 Craisins® Dried Cranberries in glass. 

THE SCENE STEALER

Cocktail Ingredients:
3/4 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce egg white
2 ounces rye whiskey 
1.5 ounces of Ocean Spray® Cranberry Juice Cocktail
Fresh cranberries

Brown Sugar Turkey Syrup Ingredients:
1 cup turkey broth 
2 cups brown sugar

To make syrup, add turkey broth and brown sugar to a saucepan and simmer over medium heat for 7 minutes or until thickened.  Allow to cool and transfer to a small bottle. 

Measure ¾ ounce of turkey syrup and combine all other ingredients in a cocktail shaker and dry shake (without ice).  Add ice and shake again.  Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Using the back of a spoon, gently top with 1 ½ ounces of Ocean Spray® Cranberry Juice Cocktail.  Garnish with fresh cranberries.

THE BIZ

Cocktail Ingredients:
1 ounce lime juice
1 ounce Ocean Spray® Cran-Pineapple™ Juice Drink
2 ounces blanco tequila 
Peychauds bitters
6-7 Ocean Spray® fresh cranberries as garnish
Pineapple leaf as garnish

Pistachio Ginger Orgeat Ingredients:
1 cup water
1 ginger tea bag
1 cup sugar
2 cups raw, shelled pistachios
1/4 teaspoon orange flower water
1/2 ounce vodka

To make syrup, add water and ginger tea bag to a sauce pan and heat until tea is steeped and remove tea bag.  Add sugar and continue to simmer over medium heat until sugar dissolves completely.  In a food processor, finely grind pistachios. Add pistachios to saucepan and continue to heat on low, simmering for another 3 minutes. Remove mixture from heat, cover and allow the nut mixture to infuse for at least 3 hours.  Strain through two layers of cheesecloth or fine strainer.  Stir in the orange flower water and vodka and transfer to bottle.

Place 6-7 fresh cranberries in the bottom of a highball glass. Pack glass with crushed ice.  Measure ¾ ounce of pistachio ginger orgeat syrup and add to cocktail shaker along with lime juice, cranberry pineapple juice drink and tequila. Shake and strain into glass.  Top with 3-5 dashes of peychauds bitters. Garnish with a pineapple leaf. 

SOURCE Ocean Spray