So you’re in Vegas. It’s the hottest month of the year. And the fact that it’s a dry heat only means it feels like a hair dryer’s blowing in your face. What you need: five aggressively chilled cocktails to take the thermostat down a few. Because an ice bath isn’t practical.
If the desert heat has a polar opposite, this liquid-nitrogen-spiked cryogenic cocktail is it. It’s bubblegum-infused vodka and watermelon blended to create a frozen, froufrou version of watermelon Big League Chew. Big League Chew not included.
It’s 10am, the thermostat’s already hit 101.9, and at this point in your hangover you’d gladly welcome a brain freeze. Head to Azure, order a frozen blended Bellini (with peach puree, and champagne in place of prosecco), throw a towel over your head and go over your card-counting strategy until the throbbing subsides.
The picture of hedonism: a Roman hero being fed grapes by a group of nymphs. The cocktail that could bring that to life for you: this one. It’s ice wine, vodka and a cluster of frozen champagne grapes. All hail Caesar.
Liquid’s distilled the vodka-filled watermelons of your well-spent youth (and last Fourth of July picnic) into a highball-ready frozen concoction. It’s vodka, watermelon liqueur and 7Up, shaken and topped with two frozen watermelon spheres. We’ll leave what you do with those up to you.
You’ve seen grown men throw themselves down Slip ’N Slides and witnessed 97-year-old ladies win six figures on penny slots. So it’s not too far a stretch to envision the sno-cone of your youth getting an upgrade at Wynn with infused vodkas and various liqueurs.
