Add some special summer cheer by the glass with these incredible cocktails!
If there’s a season that does not really need any additional cheer from the bar counter, it’s the summer season.
But tradition has prescribed certain customary drinks that go hand-in-hand with the summer season- eggnog, wines and especially mulled wines.
While we know you’re going to have the traditional favorites in hand, we thought we would rustle up some cocktails with summer flavors to add to them.
And we’ve even kept in mind the colors of summer while concocting these cocktails.
So pull out your bar equipment and shake, rattle, and roll!
1. Sherry Eggnog
Prep time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
1 egg white
45ml sherry cream
20mlred wine
5ml Triple Sec
Dash of orange juice
Pinch powdered nutmeg, for garnish
Method:
- Mix all ingredients together. Shake well.
2. Garnish with powdered nutmeg.
2. Special Cosmo
Prep time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
45ml vodka
30ml pineapple juice
30ml cranberry juice
60ml soda
1 scoop sorbet, any flavor
6 drops Grenadine syrup
Method:
- Shake vodka, pineapple, and cranberry juice. Pour into a glass.
- Add sorbet. Top it up with soda.
- Add a few drops of Grenadine and serve.
3. Summer Delight
Prep time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
45ml Irish whiskey
15ml lime juice, freshly squeezed
30ml ginger ale
6 drops cranberry juice
Method:
- Mix all ingredients and add ice.
- Pour in a tall glass and serve.
4. Tanqueray Tang
Prep time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
30ml Tanqueray Gin
15ml cherry brandy
10ml lime juice, freshly squeezed
30ml soda, to top
1 tsp sugar
1 lime wedge, for garnish
Method:
- Mix all ingredients over ice. Add soda.
- Serve in a tall glass after garnishing with a wedge of lime.
5. Cointreau Spritzer
Prep time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
90ml white wine
15ml Cointreau
Soda
1 orange peel, for garnish
1 celery stick, for garnish
Method:
- Mix all ingredients and pour into a tall glass.
- Garnish with a twist of orange peel and a stick of celery.
6. Champagne Cocktail
Prep time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
90ml Brut champagne/sparkling wine
15ml Mandarin vodka
1 sugar cube, soaked in Angostura bitter
Method:
- Mix champagne and vodka. Add sugar cube.
- Pour into a champagne flute and serve.