{"id":33320,"date":"2016-12-01T20:36:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T01:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=33320"},"modified":"2016-12-02T05:27:33","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T10:27:33","slug":"pomegranate-gin-and-tonic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=33320","title":{"rendered":"Pomegranate Gin and Tonic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Each year I love to have a special cocktail to serve to guests (and to us) over the Christmas holiday.\u00a0 I was so happy to find one this week that I think will be just perfect.\u00a0 It involves my favorite alcohol &#8211; gin, my favorite herb &#8211; rosemary, and one of my favorite fruits &#8211; pomegranate.\u00a0 It is a festive red color, and the flavors are perfect for the winter months. And get this.\u00a0 Both the men and ladies will love this drink.\u00a0 I saw this recipe in the <em>Chevy<\/em> <em>Chase<\/em>r, which is a free monthly magazine that is delivered to the residents in our neighborhood.\u00a0 It is similar to <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2014\/12\/22\/rosemary-gin-fizz\/\">this cocktail <\/a>that we shared with you last year.\u00a0 However, the added bonus of pomegranate juice makes this drink more festive.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>And one more thing before we get to the recipe.\u00a0 Aren&#8217;t the monogrammed glasses just adorable?\u00a0 They were a Christmas gift last year from Jordan and Yankee, and I have used them again and again.\u00a0 We found some similar ones for you <a href=\"http:\/\/tidd.ly\/b31600ae\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, just in case you would like a set of your own.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33324\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Pomegranate-Gin-Tonic-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The perfect special drink for the holidays - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"961\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Pomegranate-Gin-Tonic-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Pomegranate-Gin-Tonic-215x323.jpg 215w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Pomegranate-Gin-Tonic-300x451.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n    <div id=\"yrecipe-container-23\" class=\"yrecipe-container-border\" >\n    <div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Recipe\" id=\"yrecipe-container\" class=\"yrecipe\">\n      <div id=\"yrecipe-innerdiv\">\n        <div class=\"item b-b\"><div class=\"yrecipe-print-link fl-r\"><a class=\"butn-link\" title=\"Print this recipe\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"yrPrint('yrecipe-container-23', 'http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/yummly-rich-recipes\/', '' ); return false\">Print<\/a><\/div><div id=\"y-recipe-link-23\" class=\"y-recipe-link fl-r hide-print\"> <a href=\"\/\/yummly.com\" class=\"YUMMLY-YUM-BUTTON yummly-button add-recipe\">Yum<\/a>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.yummly.com\/js\/widget.js?wordpress&p=wp\"><\/script>\n                <\/div><div id=\"yrecipe-title\" itemprop=\"name\" class=\"b-b h-1 strong\" >Pomegranate Gin and Tonic<\/div>\n      <\/div><div class=\"ymeta yclear\">\n      <div class=\"fl-l width-50\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"fl-l width-50\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"yclear\">\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div><p id=\"yrecipe-ingredients\" class=\"h-4 strong\">Ingredients<\/p><ul id=\"yrecipe-ingredients-list\"><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-0\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">2 ounces gin\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-1\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">2 ounces pomegranate juice (I made my own, but you can buy it in most groceries.)\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-2\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1 ounce rosemary simple syrup (recipe below)\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-3\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">Fresh rosemary for garnish (optional)\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-4\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">Splash of tonic water\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-5\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-6\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">Rosemary Simple Syrup\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-7\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-8\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1 cup sugar\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-9\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1 cup water\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-10\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1 small rosemary branch<\/li><\/ul><p id=\"yrecipe-instructions\" class=\"h-4 strong\">Instructions<\/p><ol id=\"yrecipe-instructions-list\" class=\"instructions\"><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-0\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">For rosemary simple syrup, bring water and sugar to a boil.  Add rosemary branch then set aside to cool  Refrigerate syrup for up to two weeks.\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-1\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">For the drink - Add ice, gin, pomegranate juice and syrup to a rocks glass or wine tumbler.  Give drink a light stir, then add a splash of tonic.  For added festiveness, garnish with a rosemary branch, which makes a great stir stick.  This recipe makes one drink.  Increase proportionally for more.\r<\/li><\/ol><div class=\"y-linkback\">Schema\/Recipe SEO Data Markup by <a title=\"Yummly Rich Recipes\" alt=\"Yummly Rich Recipes\" href=\"http:\/\/plugin.yummly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yummly Rich Recipes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"yummly-recipe-plugin\" style=\"display: none;\">0.1<\/div><a id=\"y-printed-permalink\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=33320\"title=\"Permalink to Recipe\">http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=33320<\/a><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">wk_bootstrap();<\/script><img id=\"yrecipe-beacon\" src=\"http:\/\/yummly-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/pixels\/wordpress-plugin.png?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthe2seasons.com%2F%3Fp%3D33320\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\">\n        <\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33325\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3605-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Pomegranate gin and tonic - Both the men and ladies love this drink! - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3605-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3605-430x286.jpg 430w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3605-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>I&#8217;ll be serving this drink tonight to our friends Missie and Ed who are coming for dinner.\u00a0 If you are looking for some good cocktail recipes, we have some others <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2015\/10\/01\/zesty-bloody-marys\/\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2016\/07\/07\/gin-and-grapefruit-juice-cocktail\/\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2014\/12\/22\/rosemary-gin-fizz\/\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2012\/12\/13\/poinsettia-holiday-cocktail\/\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2014\/03\/20\/key-lime-pie-martini\/\">here<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2015\/11\/12\/spicy-margarita-recipe\/\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2015\/07\/23\/peach-mango-margarita\/\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2015\/06\/11\/pink-lemonade-margarita\/\">here<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2013\/04\/11\/the-new-york-sour\/\">here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>It&#8217;s a jam packed week-end for us, but we will be back here tomorrow sharing our Saturday Selections.\u00a0 See you then.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Take care.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Affiliate link provided.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year I love to have a special cocktail to serve to guests (and to us) over the Christmas holiday.\u00a0 I was so happy to find one this week that I think will be just perfect.\u00a0 It involves my favorite alcohol &#8211; gin, my favorite herb &#8211; rosemary, and one of my favorite fruits &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[31,26,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33320"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33320"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33362,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33320\/revisions\/33362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}