The Brotherly Shove (Philadelphia Eagles)

This cocktail obviously needed to be green, and since my two previous Eagles cocktails both featured Midori, I wanted to strive to do something different this year. I considered green chartreuse (with awareness of the green chartreuse shortage happening in the world) and green crème de menthe, as well as something vegetal, of which my initial thoughts were basil, mint, or lime. Really and truly, I ended up wandering through the produce section one night looking for something green that spoke to me, and I found it in a most unexpected place: the kiwi. This also worked well as my desired surprise twist element—something that just (quarterback) sneaks up on you!

Originally I was sort of interested in a whiskey cocktail given Pennsylvania’s long history with whiskey, but I ended up scrapping that for both color and flavor factors (since the brown base mutes the green and I also wanted something that would let the kiwi flavor sing.) I found that citrus provided a nice balance and also that a touch of blue made the color even more spot-on, so it became a mixture of muddled kiwi, citrus vodka, and blue curaçao.