Hot Spirits: Three-O Purple delivers Berry Merry Cosmo, more holiday heavenly cocktail recipes

By April MacIntyre Nov 25, 2010, 23:47 GMT

The latest star we sampled was Three-O Purple, which takes their already popular Grape Vodka (née 2005) and jacks the volume on the grape "purple nurple" quotient.

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We can only guess what working for Three Olives Vodka is like.  Imagine your job is to be sitting with coworkers in a meeting, spitballing flavors you adore and how to possibly infuse a quality, wheat based English vodka with them.

Well, Monsters and Critics' raises our glasses and respectfully suggests Blood Orange, Red Velvet cake or maybe Key Lime Pie vodka to add to the stable of Three O flavors.

We recently brought you our notes from the citrus bomb diggity, Three-O RangTang, a tangerine and orange melange that is a mixologist's dream.

Even if you just serve it simply chilled neat in a martini, it rocks a powerful citrus flavor.

The latest star we sampled was Three-O Purple, which takes their already popular Grape Vodka (née 2005) and jacks the volume on the grape "purple nurple" quotient.

Three Olives Purple is a super clarifying grape explosion that is so powerfully redolent of the vine, you can drink this chilled neat just like the RangTang. 

Three Olives signed former "Dancing with the Stars" contestant and rapper Lil' Kim to be the spokesperson and promoter of the brand.

Here is one of their Purple recipes:

Grapehound

2 oz. Three-O Purple Vodka

4 oz. grapefruit juice

Splash grenadine

Mix in a glass filled with ice and garnish with a lime wedge.

Since Three Olives brand was scooped up in 2007 by Proximo Spirits, their vodka varietals have gone off the charts with creativity, even introducing "Bubble" and "Triple Shot Espresso" to the party.

Three Olives unique and unmatched method of quadruple distilling and quadruple filtration removes natural impurities, yielding a vodka of exceptional purity and smoothness.

They also love Christmas and New Year's and shared amazing recipes for your next holiday party:

Berry Merry Cosmo

3 oz. Three Olives Berry Vodka

½ oz. triple sec

1 oz. cranberry juice

Splash fresh lime juice

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with raspberries. 

Pomegranate Ho-Ho-Hojito

2 oz. Three Olives Pomegranate Vodka

10 Fresh Mint Leaves

1/2 of a Lime

2 tablespoons simple syrup

Club Soda

Muddle mint leaves and lime in a tall cocktail glass.  Pour in simple syrup and fill glass with ice, add vodka and soda.  Garnish with a mint sprig and lime.

White Christmas

1 oz. Three Olives Triple Shot Espresso Vodka

1 oz. white chocolate liquer

1 oz. half and half

Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with three espresso beans.

Three-O Jingle Bomb

2 oz Three Olives Naked Vodka 4 oz energy drink

Mix in a glass with ice and garnish with a cherry

Three-O Chocolate Snowflake

 3 oz. Three Olives Chocolate Vodka

1 oz. Coconut Rum

Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass. Sprinkle coconut on top.