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What's your favorite summer cocktail?

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AUGH, the site ate my answer! Trying again.

I second mojitos! My favorite is a Hpnotiq mojito. It's like a regular mojito, only with a smokey blue color and a lovely fruity taste (X-Rated works too).

First, whip up some simple syrup (stovetop, sugar and water, 1:1...a cup of each is good). This dissolves in a cold drink much better than granulated sugar.

Drop 8-10 mint leaves in a glass. Add 3 Tbs syrup and muddle. Bruise the leaves, don't cut. You can use a muddler tool for this, but the butt end of a wooden spoon works too. Add 2 Tbs lime juice, 3 Tbs light rum, and 3 Tbs Hpnotiq. Fresh-squeezed lime is best, but I use the pre-squeezed juice from a plastic container because I am a lazy bum. You can also use Rose's lime juice, but there's a lot of sugar in it, so cut back on the syrup if you do.

Add ice cubes and stir to chill. Top off with a SPLASH of tonic water, no more. It's temping to bulk out the drink, but it will dilute very quickly if you're not careful. You can also replace the tonic water with champagne to make a "Royal" Hpnotiq mojito, not to be confused with a Royale with Cheese.

Enjoy your sweet, sour, fruity, chilly, sparkly cocktail!

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Hate to be boring, but... it's hard to beat a Gin & Tonic with lots of lime in the summer. Takes a minute to make and is refreshing and crisp.

Charles B answered in Alcohol 10 months ago | Report

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Yes to the G&T, but I respectfully disagree with adding "lots" of lime, unless the gin is cheap. Too much lime overpowers the botanicals in a quality gin. Enjoy your summer beverage!

mister_fusspot commented 10 months ago | Report

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Fair enough. I don't really have the refined tastebuds to discern the botanicals but if I did...

Charles B commented 10 months ago | Report

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You sell yourself short, Charles. Go to your favorite bar and have them pour you neat shots of two quality gins in chilled glasses... you might be surprised at how much you enjoy the differing flavors. If I'm wrong, I'll happily stick a lime in my piehole.

mister_fusspot commented 10 months ago | Report

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I'm enjoying a G&T right now with Tanqueray Rangpur and a little lime. Delicious!

Marty Unger commented 10 months ago | Report

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Thanks mister fusspot, maybe I'll try that. Marty is clearly showing off with his "little lime".

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mojitos
muddle amaretto syrup, mint, ice, and lime juice. add rum (a shot) and sparkling water.
Serve in tall glass

Sangria (recipe I got in Barcelona, I don't even remember whom from)
*cheapest bottle of red wine you got
*cup of orange juice, pineapple juice, or pomegranate juice
*triple sec (a splash)
*grenadine (a splash)
*other liquors... (a few shots, I switch it up)
*cut up in tiny squares: oranges, pineapple, and apples
*sparkling water/sprite/ginger ale (about half the amount of the wine)
Makes a ton, serve in regular glasses, always with or before amazing food, always with a group of good friends.

The sangria is fun to experiment with, sticking to the original recipe but substituting the ingredients

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I tried a drink called Strawberry Fields at The Pink Door and it's now my favorite. I haven't tried making it myself yet, let me see if I can remember the recipe:

Muddled fresh strawberries
Vodka (may even have been strawberry vodka)
Limoncello
Midori

Not sure the amounts used, but once you muddle the strawberries you shake and then pour into a martini glass.

It's delicious! I hope you try it. :)

ohyouprettything answered in Alcohol 10 months ago | Report

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Vodka Gimlet- with fresh lime.

George De Pasquale answered in Alcohol 10 months ago | Report

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Try a "Christie Brinkley"! Champagne and Pink Lemonade.

clijsters answered in Alcohol 10 months ago | Report

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a ruby red margarita

-2 ounces silver tequila
-3 tablespoons ruby red grapefruit juice
-1/2 ounce orange liqueur
-2 ounces sour mix [can just as easily nix and instead squeeze a splash of lime juice in there instead]

best served as cold as possible, over the rocks [please do yourself a favor and do NOT blend this margarita]

mmmcheezy answered in Alcohol 10 months ago | Report

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The one in my hand right now... ;)

mister_fusspot answered in Alcohol 10 months ago | Report

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wow... folks around here aren't very generous with their sense of humor. (and with that I can look forward to some more thumbs downs...)

mister_fusspot commented 10 months ago | Report

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OK, for those who insist on a recipe in place of the quip...

I believe it essential to actually taste the alcohol base in your cocktail, regardless of season.

So for me that leaves out most vodka beverages, and almost anything with more than 4 or 5 ingredients. (For those of you who just want to get hammered, cool, but I'm not your bartender of choice.)

So here's a drink in honor of the Tour de France riders, who began their epic summer trek today:

DE RIGUEUR

2-oz rye (e.g. Michter's)
1-oz grapefruit juice (fresh-squeezed, please)
1-T honey (something bold, like Fireweed)

Stir with ice in a mixing glass, pour into a chilled serving glass. Enjoy.

(Adapted from Harry Craddock, Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930.)

If you are an iPhone user, you might want to consider an app called "Top Shelf." It has copious recipes broken out by lots of categories, including one called Tall Drinks, which more often than not will be "summery."

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