Kentucky Oaks Lily Drink

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Servings:
1

The Kentucky Oaks Lily Drink is an adorably fun and flavorful

cocktail

. Made with refreshing ingredients like cranberry juice, lime juice, and Triple Sec, this drink is sure to cool you down on a hot, summer day. This blushing pink drink calls for a healthy pour of vodka, too.

Why not a classic

mint julep

for the

Kentucky Derby

, you may ask? The oaks lily cocktail is actually the signature drink of the Kentucky Oaks, the race that takes place the day before the Kentucky Derby.

Fun fact: It’s a competition for the three-year-old thoroughbred fillies (female horses). Each year, the iconic racetrack is adorned in shades of pink to increase breast cancer awareness, and the rosy Kentucky Oaks Lily Drink furthers that theme. That’s a cause we’ll gladly raise our class to.

Cheers, y’all!

Southern Living Kentucky Derby Oaks Lily cocktail

Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox


Ingredients


  • 3


    oz.


    cranberry juice

    (about 1/3 cup)


  • 1 ½


    oz.


    vodka

    (3 tablespoons)


  • 1


    oz.


    lime juice

    (2 tablespoons)


  • 1/5


    ounce


    Triple Sec

    (about 1 1/4 tsp.)


  • Ice, crushed

Directions


  1. Add ingredients to cocktail shaker:

    Southern Living Kentucky Derby Oaks Lily cocktail ingredients

    Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox


    Add cranberry juice to a cocktail shaker filled with crushed ice.

    Southern Living Kentucky Derby Oaks Lily cocktail adding the cranberry juice to the shaker

    Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox


    Add vodka, Triple Sec, and lime juice.

    Southern Living Kentucky Derby Oaks Lily cocktail adding the juice and vodka to the shaker

    Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox



  2. Shake cocktail:

    Cover shaker with lid; shake vigorously until chilled.

    Southern Living Kentucky Derby Oaks Lily cocktail pouring into glass to serve

    Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox


    Strain drink into a glass of crushed ice.

    Southern Living Kentucky Derby Oaks Lily cocktail in a glass with ice

    Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox