Texas Pink Cloud is another “everything-but-the-kitchen-sink” cocktail that mixes together vodka, white rum and tequila, with sweet and sour mix, pin colada mix and Margarita mix also added. The cocktail is cited in print from at least the mid-2000s.
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Texas Pink Cloud Recipe
Ingredients
2 oz Vodka
1 oz Tequila
3 oz White Rum
4 cups Ice
1/2 oz Grenadine
2 oz Sweet and Sour Mix
3 oz Pina Colada Mix
1 oz Margarita Mix
Texas Pink Cloud Directions
Pour all ingredients into a blender, add 3 - 4 cups of ice and blend until all ice is chopped fine. Should be the consistentency of a daiquiri or colada. Pour into a pitcher ready to serve.
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Texas Pink Cloud recipe
3 oz Bacardi® white rum
2 oz Absolut® vodka
1 oz Jose Cuervo® Especial gold tequila
1/2 oz grenadine syrup
3 oz pina colada mix
2 oz sweet and sour mix
1 oz margarita mix
3 - 4 cups ice
Pour all ingredients into a blender, add 3 - 4 cups of ice and blend until all ice is chopped fine. Should be the consistentency of a daiquiri or colada. Pour into a pitcher ready to serve.
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