🍅 Bloody Mary

The ultimate brunch cocktail and hangover cure

🥔 Vodka Classic

Ingredients

2 oz Vodka
4 oz Tomato juice
½ oz Fresh lemon juice
2-3 dashes Worcestershire sauce
2-3 dashes Hot sauce (Tabasco)
1 pinch Celery salt
1 pinch Black pepper
½ tsp Horseradish (optional)
1 Celery stalk, olives, lemon (for garnish)

Instructions

Rim a tall glass with celery salt if desired.
Add all ingredients except garnish to the glass.
Fill with ice and roll back and forth between two glasses to mix (don't shake – it gets too frothy).
Garnish generously with celery, olives, lemon, and whatever else you desire.

Pro Tips

📜 History

Created in the 1920s at Harry's New York Bar in Paris. The recipe evolved over decades, with American bartenders adding the spices and savory elements that define it today.

🎨 Build Your Own

The Bloody Mary is highly personal. Adjust spice levels, add pickle juice, bacon, shrimp, or go crazy with garnishes. Bloody Mary bars let guests customize their own.

🔀 Variations

Bloody Maria: Tequila instead of vodka
Red Snapper: Gin instead of vodka
Bloody Caesar: Clamato juice (Canadian classic)
Virgin Mary: No alcohol

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