Transfusion cocktail with vodka, grape juice, lime juice, and ginger ale

Transfusion

The Transfusion is a classic golf drink with no clear origin story, likely tossed together from standard provisions found on beverage carts at golf courses sometime in the 1950s. Currently, it holds the Cocktail Party recipe for most-requested recipe!

Ratios are up to your preference and range on how sweet, tart, fizzy, or strong you like yours; the recipe shown here is the one recommended by the folks at Tito’s Vodka. Concord grape juice provides the classic purple-jelly flavor, but any grape juice will be plenty refreshing.

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Build in an ice-filled glass in the order given. Garnish with a wedge or wheel of lime, or even the remnant of the lime you squeezed to get the juice.

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