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Local Craft Brews Available!

Beer drinkers rejoice!   FHV isn’t just for wine lovers! Grab the beer drinker in your life and come visit us!  They can now enjoy a PA made beer while you sip your favorite wines!  We have a great line-up of local brews you can choose from including the oldest brewery in PA…Yuengling Lager!  Our beer list rotates to keep up with the seasons!

Hot Drink Recipes from Franklin

Hot Drinks

Mulled Sir Walter’s Red

  • 1 bottle of Sir Walter’s Red
  • ½ wine bottle of water
  • ¼ cup of brown sugar
  • Mulling spice bag (Available at all of our retail locations)

Add all ingredients to a crockpot. Heat on warm for at least one hour. Enjoy!

 

Hot Stuff

  • 1 bottle of Potion X
  • ½ bottle of Social Still Bourbon
  • ½ gallon of apple cider

Add all ingredients to crock pot & heat on warm. Enjoy!

 

Witch’s Brew

  • 1 bottle of Potion X
  • ½ bottle of Social Still White Witch – Spiced Rum
  • ½ gallon of apple cider

Add all ingredients to crock pot & heat on warm. Enjoy!

 

Franklin Hill Sangria Recipes

Franklin Hill Sangria Recipes Anyone? The best of the best…

Raspberry Lemonade Sangria

  • 1 bottle of Vidal Blanc
  • 1 cup of Social Still Vodka
  • 1 can of frozen raspberry lemonade

Garnish with fresh raspberries

 

Spicy Sangria

  • 1 bottle of Evanswood
  • ⅓ cup of Brandy
  • ⅓ cup of Triple Sec
  • 1 diced jalapeño
  • 1 teaspoon of hot sauce
  • ½ cup of sugar

Add sliced lime, lemon, orange and all other ingredients, and finish off with any citrus flavored soda.

 

Apple Cider Sangria

Mix together with fresh apples and garnish with caramel on the rim of glass.

 

Mandarin Mint Sangria

  • 2 bottles of Vidal Blanc *
  • 4 cups of mandarin juice
  • Lemon
  • Lime
  • Mint

*Infuse Vidal Blanc with lemon, lime and mint overnight in the refrigerator. Add mandarin juice & serve!

 

Mojito Sangria

  • 3 bottles of Katie’s Creek*
  • Mint
  • 1 large bottle of lime seltzer
  • Mojito mix

*Infuse Katie’s Creek with mint overnight in the refrigerator. Add seltzer & a splash of mojito mix. Garnish with more mint & limes.

 

Strawberry Mojito

See recipe above & add some Passion

 

Crushed Peach Sangria

 

Pineapple Orange Sangria

  • 1 bottle of Seyval Blanc
  • Pineapple Orange juice
  • Coconut rum

Combine Seyval with Pineapple Orange juice & add a shot (or 2…) of coconut rum gave it a shake and pour it over ice.

 

Simply Sangria

Garnish with fresh fruit

 

Elderflower White Sangria

We added the unique taste of St. Germaine with seltzer and our White Jade to create this amazing medium dry sangria.

Don’t forget to cut up some apples to toss in!

There is Nothing Better Than Wine Cocktails! Here Are Our Top Recipes!

The Social Sour

  • 1½ oz. Chambourcin
  • 2 oz. Social Still Bourbon
  • 1 oz. simple syrup
  • ¾ oz. lemon juice

Add the Rye, simple syrup & lemon juice to a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour into a rocks glass and add the Chambourcin over the back of a spoon to create a float.

Jingle Juice

  • 3oz. Vidal Blanc
  • 1½ oz. Social Still Vodka
  • 3 oz. Cherry 7-UP

Combine and serve over crushed ice. Garnish with a sprig of rosemary & cranberries.

The Social Circus

  • 3 oz. Carnival
  • 1 oz. Social Still Vodka
  • ½ oz. lemon juice
  • club soda

Add the first three ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour into a glass and top with club soda.

Pomegranate Sour

Serve over ice and garnish with rosemary & lemon.

Watermelon Mint Martini

  • 2 oz.Vidal Blanc
  • 1 oz. Social Still Gin
  • 2 oz. watermelon juice
  • ½ oz. agave or simple syrup
  • mint leaves

Muddle the mint into the agave at the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add ice and the remaining ingredients. Strain and serve with a garnish of watermelon & mint.

Steel Stacks Sour

  • 3 oz. Katie’s Creek
  • 1½ oz. Social Still Folklore
  • ½ oz. agave or simple syrup
  • A squeeze of lemon

Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and serve in a rocks glass. For a fun twist, top with a few ounces of lemon seltzer

Strawberry Pomegranate Mojito

  • 6 strawberries
  • ¼ cup fresh mint leaves
  • Lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon agave
  • ½ cup Crush
  • 2 shots of Social Still Rum
  • Lemon-lime seltzer


Combine the first four ingredients in a cocktail shaker & muddle. Add in ice, rum & Crush. Shake & pour into a tall glass with ice. Top with lemon lime soda, garnish with mint & enjoy.

Concord Cosmo

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake & serve in a martini glass with a garnish of lime.

Strawberry Spritzer

  • 1ounce of agave nectar
  • Strawberries
  • Splash of lime juice
  • 2 ounces of Seyval Blanc
  • 3 ounces of Passion
  • 1 ounce of Social Still Smooch Vodka
  • Lemon lime seltzer

Muddle the strawberries into the agave & add a splash of lime. Combine with the wine & vodka in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and top with seltzer. Garnish with strawberries & enjoy!

Grape Cotton Candy-tini

Jell-o Shots

Oh yeah…you read that right! Just add the hot water to your favorite jell-o flavor and replace the cold water with a bottle of your favorite wine that goes with it!

Cotton Candy Martinis

Orange Dream

Seyval Blossom

Add elderlower liquor, gin and a splash of Passion. Fill up the rest of the glass with Seyval Blanc & enjoy!

 

Vidal Blanc Key Lime Martinis

  • 3 parts. Vidal Blanc
  • 1 part Key Lime vodka
  • Splash of seltzer

Pomegranate Margaritas

  • 3 parts Crush
  • 1 part Coconut tequila
  • Serve on the rocks.

Coconut Pomegranate Daiquiris

  • 3 parts Crush
  • 1 part Coconut rum