Are you ready for some football? Well of course you are — in fact, I think we all are deep down. Now that the dog days of summer are behind us, let’s toast to the blissful months of endless hours of pigskin that lie ahead. In celebration, here are my three favorite football related cocktails. –amir shaw

First And Ten
3 ounces Tangueray gin
2 ounces orange juice
2 ounces pineapple juice
2 ounces grapefruit juice
2 ounces cranberry juice
2 ounces lemon juice
2 ounces lime juice
dash grenadine
splash soda water or seltzer
float dark rum

Combine all fruit juices and gin in a large shaker half-filled with ice. Strain into two Collins glasses filled with ice. Top with grenadine, soda water and rum. (Makes two 9-ounce servings)

Incomplete Pass
2 ounces Jim Beam Whiskey
1 ounce pineapple juice

Shake well with ice and strain into two shot glasses. Garnish with pineapple chunk. (Makes two 1 1/2-ounce servings.)

Touchdown
4 ounces Woodford Reserve Whiskey
8 ounces lemonade
8 ounces iced tea (unsweetened)

Combine whiskey with iced tea in a mixing glass filled with ice. Strain equal parts into two Hurricane glasses filled with ice. Top with lemonade. (Makes two 12-ounce servings.)