Jack the Pirate's Mangria

 

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Mine has been both ridiculously fun and blog inspirational.

Yesterday my friend Deborah drug me out (all but kicking and screaming) for a tubing adventure with her Meet Up group. This is because occasionally I suffer from InARut syndrome. The day ended up being perfect -- sunny but not too sunny, water was cool but not too cool, fellow floaters were friendly and fun, so just the right of everything for a relaxing afternoon.

Many of our co-adventurers brought along adult beverages to make their afternoon float more even relaxing which made us sincerely regret our lack thereof. Yeah, that one's on me...I had a wagon moment before the weekend that left us "unprepared" for our water adventure. 

Then Jack saved our day. We were very happy to make friends with Jack, the awesome guy who shared with us his OJ jug of "just thrown together this morning" homemade sangria. YAY! This was not your everyday sangria, it was not too sweet and packed a bit of a punch that earned it the nickname "mangria" by one of our fellow floaters. 

So now, for your future floating adventure enjoyment, may I present Jack the Pirate's Mangria.

MANGRIA

3 cups orange juice
1 bottle red wine
2 oz. tequila
1 medium apple, cored and sliced (peel optional)
1 cup fresh blueberries

Mix. Drink. Nosh. Enjoy.

RIVER NOTES

For easy mixing and sipping, I highly recommend the Jack the Pirate method of using an empty or near empty orange juice jug (as seen in photo above). Has an easy-to-hold handle and is plastic (read: floatable) in case of mangria overboard.

FYI, Jack isn't really a pirate, we started calling him that because he reminded me of a pirate drinking from his grog jug and it just made sense at the time.

Mangria is best when sipped and shared, but make sure lid is securely fastened before passing from tube to tube to avoid spillage because it is only fun and games until someone spills the mangria and then it's no fun for anyone.

Orange juice, red wine and tequila brands are left entirely up to you. Pick your faves and make it happen.

The apple and blueberries are best consumed after they have been soaking for a while. My blueberries were not handpicked from a bush by my mom like Jack's were, but I did handpick the container from the grocery store collection. Close enough, still delicious.

And always, please please please, Remember to Float Responsibly. Thank you.