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Next week we will get together with family and friends to enjoy food, family, and football for Thanksgiving. No matter if you are hosting or going to someone’s house you will need some fun and festive cocktails to make the night even better. So check out the four recipes below and please remember to enjoy responsibly.

The Original Moscow Mule

Ingredients

1.5 ounces SMIRNOFF No. 21 vodka

4.0 ounces premium ginger beer

Fresh lime

In a copper mug with ice, add SMIRNOFF No. 21 vodka, ginger beer and a squeeze of lime and stir. Garnish with a fresh lime slice.

Cranberry Apple Rosemary Sangria (Serves 16)

Ingredients

Cinnamon Rosemary Simple Syrup

1 cup sugar

1 cup water

2-3 springs rosemary

2 cinnamon sticks

Cranberry Apple Rosemary Sangria

3 apples, diced

2 pears, diced

1 lemon, thinly sliced

1 orange, thinly sliced

1 cup SMIRNOFF Sourced Cranberry Apple

½ cup triple sec

2 bottles of white wine

1 cup Cinnamon Rosemary Simple Syrup

32 ounces club soda

Cinnamon Rosemary Simple Syrup

In a small pot, bring water and sugar to a boil. Drop in rosemary and cinnamon sticks and stir until sugar dissolves. Allow to cool completely. In a large pitcher, place fruit into the bottom. Top with SMIRNOFF Sourced Cranberry Apple, triple sec, wine and simple syrup. Stir to combine. Refrigerate for 6 hours up to overnight. Garnish with a cinnamon stick, rosemary spring and/or frozen fruit.

The Apple Cider Mule

Ingredients

1.5 ounce SMIRNOFF No. 21 vodka

3 ounces premium ginger beer

2 ounces Apple Cider

Splash Simple Syrup

Apple Slice & Caramel Sauce for Garnish

In a cocktail shaker, combine the Smirnoff Vodka, Ginger Beer, Apple Cider, and Simple Syrup and shake. Then rim a copper mug with caramel sauce. Pour cocktail over ice into the copper mug and garnish with an Apple Slice.

Spicy Moscow Mule

Ingredients

1 thinly sliced serrano pepper

2 tablespoons lime juice

1.5 oz SMIRNOFF No. 21 vodka

1 cup premium ginger beer

2 lime wheels or wedges for garnish

2 fresh mint sprigs for garnish

Put copper mugs in freezer for 5 minutes to chill. Squeeze lime juice and drop in 1-2 serrano pepper slices in copper mug.  Use the back of a wooden spoon to muddle together the serrano slices and lime juice. Pour in vodka and stir. Fill copper mug with ice and top off ginger beer. Serve with additional serrano slices lime wedge, and mint sprig for garnish.

After dominating this year’s music award show season and dropping his third major label studio album to critical acclaim, Kendrick Lamar returns with the Classic Leather Lux. A timeless yet distinctive design, the sneaker is executed in olive green premium leather, representing the Compton saying that “mixing Red and Blue makes Green’; when we come together united we can inspire and encourage growth. The eye-catching green combined with embossed accents of red and blue text on the heel tabs, to symbolize the existing divide between gangs and to emphasize Kendrick’s message of a call for neutrality. A retro gum sole provides an interesting contrast to the muted green upper, and the starcrest tongue branding completes the look in Classic style.

Speaking to the collaboration, Kendrick Lamar said, “Similar to my collaborations with Reebok in the past, I want to create products that provide fans with larger meanings and messages – particularly ones that inspire unity and growth within communities and youth. In Compton, we have a saying that ‘mixing Red and Blue makes Green.’ While ‘green’ is usually thought of in a monetary respect here, this shoe represents a new definition of ‘green’ – community growth. If we work together, we can break down barriers and prosper.”

Available in unisex and kid’s sizes, the Reebok Classic x Kendrick Lamar Classic Leather Lux is available at Reebok.com and limited global retailers from November 25th 2016.

Over the years Reebok has teamed up with artists and companies to create a new take on their classic sneakers. Now Hall of Fame is the next brand to collaborate with Reebok to help celebrate the Year of the Question, with their very own 20th anniversary edition of the legendary Allen Iverson signature shoe. Like many of the other collaborators throughout the Question’s big year, the Los Angeles-based sportswear label looks to an important piece of Iverson’s history and style on and off the court for inspiration for their colorway. In this case, Hall of Fame highlights one of AI’s most iconic style statements: his cornrows.

The shoe is constructed in a premium black nubuck upper with woven paneling referencing his braids, all in a deconstructed design with the usual padding removed to create a sleeker, lifestyle-minded silhouette. Further refinements to the Question by Hall of Fame include leather utilized for the lace gillies, inner lining, and sockliner, along with embossed leather branding throughout. Every pair will also come with multiple lace options in Philly’s alternate uniform colors.

The Hall of Fame x Reebok Question Mid launches at Hall of Fame’s LA store and on HallofFameLTD.com this week, and on Reebok.com and select Reebok Classic retailers this Friday, November 11th.

There are a few true real trend setters. I am talking about the ones who change the way we look at things. Allen Iverson will always be known for single-handedly bringing hip-hop fashion sense and street cred to basketball.  You never saw braids, tattoos, and baggy clothing until AI showed up in the late-90s, and his style would forever change the game – just like his play on the court.

Reebok continues its Year of the Question for 2016 with another special edition of Allen Iverson’s first signature shoe. The Question Mid “Dress Code” features colors and materials pulled from AI’s iconic tastes, specifically blue denim and tan nubuck inspired by his baggy jeans and workboots. Further details include brown leather, white mesh interiors, gum outsoles, and “banned” symbols on each heel.

The Reebok Classic Question Mid “Dress Code” releases Friday, November 4th for $139.99 at Reebok.com and select retailers including Finish Line, Footaction and Champs Sports.

Believe it or not it is the Moscow Mule. Not only is it the most searched drink online, but more and more restaurants are serving them too. While everything iconic deserves its moment in the spotlight there’s currently no one day for everyone to celebrate the Moscow Mule which is why SMIRNOFF, the creator of the iconic cocktail, just announced the introduction of Moscow Mule Day which will take place on March 3rd.

SMIRNOFF partnered with Foodimentary, the official source for all food holidays, and chose the date March 3rd or “3-3” to tie back to the fact that there are three ingredients in #TheOriginalMule and there were three people involved in the cocktail’s history. Every year on March 3rd, SMIRNOFF vodka wants adults 21 and over to raise a copper mug to tradition and celebrate the next 75 years and beyond. After all, if it wasn’t for SMIRNOFF, we may never have had the chance to enjoy the classic combination of vodka, ginger beer and lime.

Coinciding with the cocktail’s 75th anniversary, SMIRNOFF vodka hosted a celebration last night on Hollywood’s Sunset Strip – the very place where the Moscow Mule was first introduced to the world (photos and additional details below). During the night, guests were transported back in time to 1941 to experience the cocktail’s history through a part immersive theater part Old Hollywood cocktail party.