Cocktail for a Cause: 'Fight Like a Girl'

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It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we are making a cocktail for a cause. It's called 'Fight Like a Girl,' created by Tara Jasper and her Sipsong Spirits Indira Gin. She created this signature cocktail to spread the word about preventable cancer. As a breast cancer survivor herself and one of the 30,000 women every year in the US alone who've gotten breast or ovarian cancer that could have been prevented by taking a simple at-home genetic test. The BRCA test is available for $250 right through the mail, all by yourself and you don't even have to see a doctor. Just go to invitae.com to order a test like Tara did. There is no blood required, just spit in a tube, send it back, and your results will be sent to you shortly thereafter. This lets you know if you are carrying harmful genes that put you at risk for developing certain types of cancer. Experts say you should start getting tested at age 25, so we encourage you to empower yourself. Just as you'd get a colonoscopy, a yearly mammogram, take the BRCA test, and then you can choose your next course of action accordingly. Help spread the word by telling your local restaurant or bar to carry Sipsong Spirits Indira Gin and to make the 'Fight Like a Girl' cocktail to keep the conversation top of mind. With every cocktail sold Sipsong Spirits donates to fund genetic testing.
Transcript
00:00 Hi, I'm Joanne Butler.
00:03 It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month and I'm here with a cocktail for a cause.
00:07 It's called Fight Like a Girl and it was created by my friend Tara Jasper and her Sipsong Spirits
00:12 Indira Gin, which is absolutely delicious by the way.
00:16 But more importantly, she created this signature cocktail to spread the word about a preventable
00:21 cancer.
00:22 A breast cancer survivor herself and one of the 30,000 women every year just in the US
00:27 alone who've gotten breast cancer or ovarian cancer when it could have been prevented by
00:33 taking a simple at-home genetic test, the BRCA or B-R-C-A test.
00:38 This is a $250 test that you can get right through the mail all by yourself.
00:43 You don't have to see a doctor.
00:45 You just go online.
00:46 Invitae.com is the site Tara used.
00:49 You order a test.
00:50 No blood is required.
00:52 Just spit in a tube, send it back and your results will be sent to you shortly thereafter.
00:57 This lets you know if you're carrying harmful genes that put you at risk for developing
01:01 certain types of cancer.
01:03 These tests aren't conducted regularly or as early as they should be.
01:07 Experts say they should start at age 25.
01:10 On behalf of my friend Tara and all women, I encourage you to empower yourself just as
01:14 you'd get a colonoscopy, a yearly mammogram.
01:18 Take the BRCA test and then you can choose your next course of action accordingly.
01:22 Finding out if you have the BRCA gene can save your life.
01:25 And hey, help spread the word too by telling your local restaurant or bar to carry Sipsong
01:30 Spirits Indira Gin and to make the Fight Like a Girl cocktail to keep the conversation top
01:35 of mind.
01:36 Okay, now let me tell you how we made this at home.
01:39 I love Sipsong Gin too, by the way.
01:42 Not because it was made by someone I love, but because it's so unique.
01:45 Tara actually handcrafts each batch literally by herself from her own California distillery
01:51 and she infuses it with a ton of fresh botanicals like lavender and juniper, coriander.
01:57 It's just so delicious.
01:58 Now you fill a shaker with ice, add about two ounces of the Sipsong, about a half ounce
02:04 each of lemon juice and pomegranate grenadine.
02:07 Shake it up for about 30 seconds, add two ounces of tonic and some fresh pomegranate
02:12 seeds.
02:13 Then just pour it over the ice.
02:15 Super simple.
02:16 So delicious and refreshing.
02:18 I absolutely love it.
02:19 Cheers to your health.
02:20 [MUSIC PLAYING]

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