{"id":16257,"date":"2026-05-16T19:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16257"},"modified":"2026-05-17T02:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T02:44:10","slug":"the-preakness-official-cocktail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16257","title":{"rendered":"The Preakness &#8211; official cocktail!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2nd leg of the Triple Crown is this evening at 7PM. There is an official cocktail &#8211; called the Black-eyed Susan.  Of course there are numerous renditions of the cocktail and three are in the video below.  I will put the &#8220;official&#8221; official Pimlico Cocktail (thank you Gemini AI&#8230;) below and it&#8217;s the one we will be having. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video is from three years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Black-Eyed Susan - The Official Cocktail of the Preakness Stakes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K03CYfs8vkQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Farandaville &#8220;official&#8221; official recipe which we will be having.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ingredients<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 oz Vodka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 oz Bourbon whiskey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 oz Peach schnapps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 oz Orange juice (freshly squeezed is best)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 oz Sour mix (homemade sour mix; 1\/2 lime, 1\/2 lemon, small amount of simple syrup or store &#8211; Amazon &#8211; bought)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>For Garnish:<\/strong> Orange slice and a Maraschino cherry <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instructions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Add all the liquid ingredients (vodka, bourbon, peach schnapps, orange juice, and sour mix) into a cocktail shaker filled with cracked or crushed ice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shake vigorously until the outside of the shaker is frosty and well-chilled.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fill a tall highball glass with fresh crushed ice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strain the mixture into the glass.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry (often threaded together on a cocktail pick). <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2nd leg of the Triple Crown is this evening at 7PM. There is an official cocktail &#8211; called the Black-eyed Susan. Of course there are numerous renditions of the cocktail and three are in the video below. I will put the &#8220;official&#8221; official Pimlico Cocktail (thank you Gemini AI&#8230;) below and it&#8217;s the one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cocktails"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16257"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16259,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16257\/revisions\/16259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}