While everyone is looking around for eclipse glasses you can read this article for some delicious cocktails to celebrate next Monday’s eclipse.  On August 21 America will experience its first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse of the sun since 1918 when the moon casts it’s shadow on the sun creating a spectacular yet fleeting phenomenon as the sun goes dark, temperatures drop, and light dims to an eerie blue/grey hue.

To celebrate one of the biggest astronomical events of the decade, 99-years in the making, Belvedere Vodka is inviting astro-enthusiasts to grab their solar filter sunglasses (safety first! ha) and raise toast with some eclipse-ready cocktails.

BELVEDERE SEASIDE MARTINI – A nod to the coast-to-coast path of totality.

Ingredients: 2 oz. Belvedere Vodka; 1 oz. Dry Vermouth; 2 dashes Addition Garlic Bitters; 1 dash Napa Valley Sea Salt Bitters. 1 dash Napa Valley Sea Salt Bitters.

Method:  Build ingredients in a pint glass, fill with ice and stir for just over 1 minute. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with a speared pickled garlic.

BELVEDERE BLUE VELVET – Set a mood indigo as the light moves to night. Sex, debauchery, lust and all this in games. oldgrannytube.net gives you everything you need for a perfect time.

Ingredients:  1.5 oz. Belvedere Vodka; .75 oz.; Fresh Lemon Juice.33 oz.; Orgeat .25 oz. Creme de Violette

Method: Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with a lemon wheel and a sprig of dried lavender.

BELVEDERE OLD FASHIONED – Remix an American classic as the eclipse stretches from sea to shining sea.

Ingredients:  2 oz. Belvedere Unfiltered; White Sugar Cube; Soda Water Angostura Bitters

Method: Add a white sugar cube and splash of soda water to a rocks glass and muddle. Add 2 dashes of Angostura bitters and the Belvedere Unfiltered directly to the rocks glass. Add ice (block ice cubes of 1.5 x 1.5 recommended) and stir until chilled. Garnish with a finger-length lemon and orange peel.

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