Sweet Summer Tea

Ingredients:

2 Parts Pinnacle Mango Vodka

4 Parts Iced Tea

1 Part Sour Mix

Instructions:

Mix in a glass filled with ice and garnish with a mango wedge.

Courtesy - Pinnacle Mango Vodka

drinkoftheweek/drink_recipes/sweet-summer-tea/

Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You

 

Sunset Twist

Ingredients:

Brooklyn Absolut Vodka
1/2 part Malibu Tropical Banana Rum
Orange Juice

Instructions:

Build over ice in a rocks glass.
Top with orange juice and garnish with an orange juice.

drinkoftheweek/drink_recipes/sunset-twist/

42 Below Kiwi Breeze

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Kiwi Vodka
1 oz. Apple Juice
Cranberry Juice
Wedge of lime for garnish

Directions:

Fill a highball glass with ice.
Add Kiwi vodka and apple juice, then fill with cranberry juice.
Stir well and garnish with a lime wedge.

completecocktails/Drinks/42BelowKiwiBreeze

Cassis Cooler

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Creme de Cassis (Chymos)
2 oz. Grapefruit Juice
Ginger Ale to fill
Slice orange for garnish

Directions:

Fill a highball glass with ice.
Add creme de cassis and grapefruit juice, then fill with ginger ale.

completecocktails/Drinks/CassisCooler

Absolut Big Breezy

Ingredients:

2 parts Absolut New Orleans

1/2 part Simple Syrup

5 chunks watermelon 

1 dash black pepper

1 squirt of lemon

Instructions:

Muddle, watermelon, lemon juice, pepper and simple syrup.  Add Absolut® New Orleans. 

Shake and strain into cocktail glass. 

barnonedrinks/drinks/a/absolut-big-breezy

Credit

Absolut  Vodka

 

Waikiki Beachcomber

Ingredients:

3/4 oz. Triple Sec

3/4 oz. Gin

1 tbsp. Pineapple Juice

Instructions:

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

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The Lovin Spoonful - Summer In the City

 

Sunny Sour

Ingredients:

1 1/4 oz. Dark Rum

1/4 oz. Lemon Juice

1/2 teaspoon superfine sugar

Instructions:

Shake rum and lemon juice and sugar with crushed or shaved ice until frosty.

Strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon wedge and cherry.

barnonedrinks/drinks/s/sunny-sour

Summer Fresh

Ingredients:

2 oz. Tuaca Vanilla Citrus Liqueur
3/4 oz. Vodka (Finlandia)
1/4 oz. Lemon Juice
1/4 oz. Simple Syrup
3 chunks watermelon

Directions:

Muddle watermelon chunks in the bottom of a cocktail shaker.

Add ice and the remaining ingredients, and shake vigorously.

Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a watermelon wedge.

 completecocktails/Drinks/SummerFresh

Sake Breezer

Drink Type- Martini

Ingredients:

2 oz. TY KU Sake 

4 slices Cucumber

Instructions:

Shake Sake and four cucumber slices hard with ice and strain into a cocktail glass over ice. 

Garnish with fresh cucumber slices.

barnonedrinks.com/drinks/s/sake-breezer

CREDIT: TY KU Asian Liqueur

Spiced Rum Punch

Ingredients:

2 oz. Spiced Rum
3 oz. Pineapple Juice
1 oz. Orange Juice
0.5 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
0.5 oz. Grenadine

Combine all ingredients
Shake well for 10 seconds.
Strain into a hurricane glass filled with crushed ice.
Grate nutmeg over top
Garnish with pineapple wedge.

mycocktailz/cocktails/spiced-rum-punch

 Sly and the Family Stone

Hot Fun in the Summertime

Citrus Grove Martini

2 oz. white rum

0.75 oz. dry vermouth

0.25 fresh lime juice

0.25 fresh grapefruit juice

0.25 simple syrup

Serve in a martini glass, garnish with peel twist and thyme sprig.

Combine all ingredients in a shaker filled with ice.

Shake vigorously for 15 seconds

Double strain into a martini glass.

Citrus Grove Martini | MyCocktailz.com

The Flaming Lips - It's Summertime

Honey Deuce

 

Ingredients:

1 1/4 oz. Vodka (Grey Goose), (1 shot)

3 oz. Lemonade, (2 shots)

1/2 oz. Raspberry Liqueur (Chambord)
Ice, preferably crushed
Honeydew melon balls, chilled or frozen

Directions:

Fill a highball glass with ice, add vodka
Top with lemonade and raspberry liqueur
Garnish with honeydew melon balls. (As a substitute, you can garnish with lemon wedges or raspberries).
Serve and enjoy!

Photo Credit: 

Stacy Allen, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Josh Hoggle

https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/honey-deuce

Paloma

Ingredients:

1/4 cup Tequila
1/4 cup club soda
1 tbsp. lime juice
1/4 cup grapefruit juice
1 tsp. sugar
Kosher salt

Pour kosher salt on a plate. Rub the rim of a highball glass with a grapefruit wedge and dip the rim in salt. Combine 1/4 cup grapefruit juice, 1 tbsp. fresh lime juice and 1 tsp. sugar in glass. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Stir in 1/4 cup tequila, add ice and top off with 1/4 cup club soda. Garnish with a lime wedge.

From Bon Appetit

Summer on the Cape

Ingredients:

1.5 oz. Coconut Rum

Fill Cranberry juice

One lime wedge.

drinksecret/summer-on-the-cape

Stinger

Ingredients:

1.5 oz. Brandy

5 oz. White Creme de Menthe

Instructions:

In a shaker glass with ice pour in creme de menthe and brandy.

Shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

midnightmixologist/recipe/stinger/

Mandrin Summer Crush

Ingredients:

1 oz.  Absolut Mandrin Vodka
1 oz. Absolut Citron Vodka
Triple Sec
Orange Juice (Fresh)
Lime Juice (Fresh)

Instructions:

Mix ingredients together in a shaker with ice.
Serve straight up in a martini glass.

barnonedrinks.com/drinks/m/mandrin-summer-crush

Happy 4th of July

 Chicago

Saturday in the Park

Fourth of July cocktail

1 oz. blue curacao
1 oz. peach schnapps
1 oz. clear rum
3-4 oz. club soda
1 maraschino cherry

Fill a tall glass with ice cubes to chill it.
In a shaker, combine the blue curacao, peach schnapps, and clear rum.
Shake well to mix the ingredients thoroughly.
Strain the mixture from the shaker into the prepared glass filled with ice.
Gently pour the club soda over the mix to top off the drink.
Stir lightly to combine.
Add a maraschino cherry on top for a festive touch.

Strawberry Fizz cocktail

 

Ingredients: 

                                                        

60 ml Vodka

15 ml Strawberry Schnapps

Top up Lemonade

Method:

 Add the vodka and strawberry Schnapps to a highball glass with ice.

 Stir for 10 - 15 seconds before topping up with the lemonade.

 Garnish with some strawberries and serve.

https://makemeacocktail.com/en/cocktail/6873/strawberry-fizz

 The Lemon Fog

Summer

Bourbon Buck

In this recipe, ginger ale gives bourbon a sweet, zippy, bubbly treatment.

2 ounces bourbon

5 ounces ginger ale

Fill a tall glass with ice and add ingredients. Stir and garnish with lemons.

realsimple.com easy cocktails

https://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/shopping-storing/beverages/easy-cocktails

 The Tops

I Found You

Shire Flower

Ingredients:

3 oz. Purity vodka

3/8 oz. Elderflower liqueur

3/8 oz. lemon juice

1 bar spoon apricot reserves

Instructions:

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake until ice cold. 

Double strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Garnish with small white flowers (optional).

https://www.drinkoftheweek.com/drink_recipes/shire-flower/

A Flock of Seagulls

Space Age Love Song 

Citrus Martinis

Ingredients (5)

3 cups (750 ml) chilled lemon vodka

1/4 cup (60 ml) Grand Marnier or orange liqueur

1/4 cup (60 ml) fresh lime juice

Crushed ice

Orange peel, to serve

Method:

Place the vodka, Grand Marnier, lime juice and ice in a cocktail shaker and shake until well combined. Strain evenly among serving glasses.  Serve immediately with orange peel, if desired.

(taste.com.au./recipes/citrus-martinis)

 The Glass Family 

House of Glass

Red Carpet Sparkler

Pour 4 oz. (1/2 cup) chilled brut champagne into a coupe glass or flute. 

Top with 2 1/2 tbsp. cranberry juice.

Garnish with cranberries.

(People food)

 The Psychedelic Furs

Heaven

Aperol Spritz

Fill a wine glass with ice; pour in 2 oz. (1/4 cup) of chilled prosecco (dry Italian sparkling wine) and one splash seltzer water.  Top with 1.5 oz. (3 tbsp.) Aperol or other bitter orange aperitif. Garnish with an orange slice.

(People food)