Stay Out ‘Til Sunrise

This electrifying cocktail is made to keep the night alive for all you 365 party girls. Throw together your favorite energy drink + Gay Water + tequila and you’ll have yourself wondering why you’re still dancing when the first rays of sunlight hit the horizon. It’s the right balance of spirits, sugar and caffeine to keep you going when it's time to get off the beach and jump into bed… preferably not alone.

Ingredients:

  • 1 can of Gay Water Grapefruit
  • 1 oz. tequila
  • 1 oz energy drink (sugar-free preferred)
  • Splash of orange juice
  • Garnish: Orange peel & cherry

Instructions:

  1. Pour Gay Water Grapefruit into a glass with ice
  2. Add tequila and a splash of orange juice
  3. Top with sugar-free energy drink
  4. Stir and garnish with an orange peel and cherry

why it works

this is the drink for when the night is not over. the tequila does the work, the orange juice softens it, and the energy drink is the reason you're still on the dance floor. gay water grapefruit ties it together and keeps it from tasting like a mixer with a shot in it.

make it for a crowd

don't batch this one; build it fresh in the glass so the energy drink stays cold and fizzy. it's a one-at-a-time drink, which is also a decent pace-setter.

swaps

skip the energy drink and it's a very good grapefruit-orange tequila highball. use a sugar-free energy drink to keep the calories down. and drink water between rounds; sunrise is a long way off.

the pace note

this has caffeine and alcohol in the same glass, so treat it like one drink, not a round. build it fresh in a highball over plenty of ice, one at a time, and put a glass of water between each. the orange juice is there to soften the energy-drink edge; a little more of it makes the whole thing rounder. it's a last-hour drink, not a first-hour drink. sunrise is far. hydrate.

gay water is 80 calories, 0 sugar and 4% abv per can, so most of the calories in any of these come from what you add. must be 21+. drink responsibly.