Have fun, but stay safe!

If you are hosting a party and serving alcohol, Zingo can help get your guests home safely. Zingo Knoxville offers the citizens of Knoxville a safe alternative for not only arriving home safely, but arriving home safely with their own vehicle. Call or text Zingo for pick-up and princing. They’ll come to you and take you and your vehicle home safely.

Safe Party Tips

If you are the host:

• Make sure non-alcoholic drinks are offered.
• Serve fatty foods to prevent dehydration.
• Avoid serving salty foods.
• Serve plenty of water.
• Make sure everyone you serve is of legal drinking age.
• Do not let guests mix their own drinks.
• Take up keys at the door, and only give them back to a sober driver.
• Make sure your fire alarm is working.

 

If you are going out:

• Designate a driver before your first drink.
• Travel in groups.
• Keep track of how much you’ve had to drink.
• Alternate alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
• Never leave a drink unattended.
• Never accept a drink from a stranger.
• Buckle up, and make sure everyone else in your car is buckled.
• Drive cautiously because there may be intoxicated drivers on the road, especially between 10pm and 2am.

Mocktail Recipes

Appletini

Ingredients:

• 2 oz freshly pressed apple juice (green or gold apples)
• 1/2 oz simple syrup
• 1/4 oz lemon juice
• granulated sugar for rimming
• apple slice for garnish

Preparation:

1. Add apple juice, simple syrup and lemon juice to a cocktail shaker filled with ice
2. Shake well
3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass rimmed with granulated sugar.
4. Garnish with an apple slice.

 

Virgin Miami Vice

Ingredients:

• 1 oz pineapple juice
• 1 oz coconut cream
• 1/2 oz half & half cream
• 1 1/2 oz strawberry puree
• 1 1/2 oz lime juice
• 1/4 oz simple syrup
• 1 cup ice, crushed
• strawberry for garnish

Preparation:

1.     Place the pineapple juice, coconut cream, cream and a half a cup of ice into a blender.
2.     Blend the mixture until smooth.
3.     Pour the mixture into a highball glass.
4.     Place the strawberry puree, lime juice, simple syrup and the remaining half cup of ice into a blender.
5.     Blend the mixture until smooth.
6.     Slowly pour the strawberry-lime mixture over the back of a barspoon on top of the pineapple-coconut mixture.
7.     Garnish with a strawberry.

Sundowner

Ingredients:

• 4 oz white grape juice
• 2 1/2 oz cold sparkling water
• fresh mint sprig for garnish

Preparation:

1.       Pour the ingredients into a stemmed white wine glass with ice.
2.       Stir.
3.       Garnish with the mint sprigs.

 

Cinderella

Ingredients:

• 1 oz lemon juice
• 1 oz orange juice
• 1 oz pineapple juice
• 2 oz club soda
• dash of grenadine
• pineapple and orange slices for garnish

Preparation:

1.       Pour the juices into a shaker with ice cubes.
2.       Shake well.
3.       Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
4.       Garnish with the slices of pineapple and/or orange.

Vienna Soother

Ingredients:

• 4 oz coffee
• 2 oz cream
• 1/4 oz chocolate syrup
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon

Preparation:

1.       Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
2.       Shake well.
3.       Strain into an old-fashioned glass.
4.       Top with whipped cream and shaved chocolate.

 

Berry Sweetheart

Ingredients:

• 3 oz red cranberry juice
• 3 oz apple juice
• 1 oz honey
• maraschino cherry for garnish

Preparation:

1.       Fill a highball glass with ice cubes.
2.       Add the juices and honey to a mixing glass.
3.       Stir the ingredients with a bar spoon.
4.       Pour the contents of the mixing glass into the highball glass.
5.       Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Mock Champagne

Ingredients:

• 1 cup grape juice
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1 pt ginger ale

Preparation:

1.     Combine juices and chill.
2.     Add ginger ale right before serving.

 

Snowball Special

Ingredients:

• 2 parts cranberry juice
• 1 part apple cider
• Orange juice

Preparation:

1.     Mix cranberry juice and apple cider.
2.     Add a splash of orange juice
3.     Sprinkle with cinnamon
4.     Garnish with an orange slice

 

Near White Wine

Ingredients:

• 6 ounces white grape juice
• 1 tablespoon lime juice

Preparation:

Mix ingredients and serve chilled on the rocks, then garnish with 2 fresh mint leaves.