Back in June, we started a 225 Dine series celebrating some of Baton Rouge’s most interesting cocktails, teas, lemonades and other refreshing drinks. Our hope was to help readers discover new ways to cool off and inspire them to switch up their drink orders.
Here’s a recap of some highlights.
Visit 225batonrouge.com/food to check out the full series.
Highland Coffees’ unsweetened iced teas
The coffee shop brews 11 varieties of unsweetened ice tea including mango, raspberry-black currant, peppermint, rooibos, passion fruit, berry patch, Darjeeling, Earl Grey, passion and envy, Fiji and royal mint.
City Pork Brasserie & Bar’s watermelon mojito
Made with fresh watermelon, lime juice, mint, simple syrup and Kicking Mule rum, there’s a little trick behind the bar that gives this drink a deeper flavor: marinating.
The watermelon is marinated in a mixture of rum, sugar and mint to pull out its flavor.
Bin 77 Sidebar’s Rosemary Mule
This herbaceous take on the classic Moscow Mule features Cathead vodka, ginger beer, a housemade rosemary simple syrup and a tart kick of lime juice.
Beausoleil Restaurant and Bar’s blueberry mojito snowball
With strong mint and lime flavors, this creation is made with Louisiana brand Kicking Mule rum, mint syrup, lime syrup, fresh blueberry puree and sugar.
Fat Cow’s bananas foster milkshake
This shake is a riff on the classic dessert blended with Creole cream cheese ice cream and topped with a dash of cinnamon, making every sip a blast of all that we love about the down-home concoction.
Olive or Twist’s Venezui Nui
One of six drinks on the tiki drink section of the Olive or Twist menu, it mixes two types of rum, Velvet Falernum liqueur, cloves, pear-habañero syrup, and orange, lime, papaya and pomegranate juices. Nine ingredients mean you can barely taste the rum in this fruity drink.
Leroy’s Lipsmack’n Lemonade
Leroy Hayward III, age 9, mixes fresh-squeezed lemons, sugar and water to make this refreshing drink. Even better, some of the proceeds go toward Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital.
Bistro Byronz’s Rosé Freeze
The bite of the crisp, fruity wine meets the refreshing texture and temperature of a slushie. It’s even available by the gallon, so you can sip it poolside.
Big Squeezy’s cold-pressed juices
Pressed juices aren’t just for cleanses and diets: These blends combine filling and nutritious ingredients like kale, cucumber, mint, apple, beets, pineapple and more, making them a great addition to breakfast or an afternoon snack
