Private golf club membership certainly comes with its perks, including magnificent verandas, serene vistas, and refreshing spirits and brews at the 19th hole. The Legend of the Bootleg: Minnesota's Signature Cocktail The Bootleg cocktail was dubbed " Minnesota's signature country club cocktail' by the weekly City Pages-and City Pages is probably correct. The cocktail, which blends vodka with citrus and mint, is well known at private clubs throughout the Twin Cities. The recipe varies from venue to venue, but essentially it's this: * 1-1.5 oz. vodka * 2-3 oz. mix of lemonade (some use a lemonade lime-aid blend or sweet and sour) muddled or blended fresh mint * 1-2 oz. soda (some use 7UP) The cocktail is served in a pint glass fi lled with ice (some blend it into a smoothie). At least four metro country clubs claim to have originated the sweet summer refresher, and are still pouring it: Woodhill Country Club-by a bartender during Prohibition and invented for a men's card club The Minikahda Club-by bartender Danny Stevens White Bear Yacht Club-where members are emphatic that the cocktail was born there Somerset Country Club-where club historian Charlie Mahar says it's " defi nitive " that the The Bootleg was invented there during Prohibition by bartender/greenskeeper Al Dunst. The 'bootlegged' booze at the club tasted so bad that Dunst had the idea to mask the bad taste with mint. While the debate over the drink's origin rages on, the legend grows as the Bootleg is being bottled for year-round consumption. For more information, visit drinkbootleg.com. TPC TWIN CITIES mngolf.org Directory 2018 MINNESOTAGOLFER 19http://www.drinkbootleg.com http://www.mngolf.org