Somehow during summer there is this tendency about drinking more and more. Whether it is the heat or the urge to have something ice cold to cheer us up, we do not know for sure. But, one thing we know for sure, that cocktails become our number one choice on a night out or during a quiet afternoon in the beach.
While we are used to the fact of being served when going to a bar or during holidays, there are times when we just want something cold and delicious while staying at home whether it is alone or with friends. The only thing that comes through our mind are cocktails, but making a really good cocktail is actually a process that takes time and effort. We need to know which kind of drinks can be mixed with one another so that we do not mess things up.
During this period you should consider the idea of making cocktails by yourself and your beloved ones will be absolutely satisfied with it.
See below some easy summer cocktail recipes for you to try at home and master your skills as a bartender.
1. Barry’s Does Tequila (B.D.T.)
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Tequila Don Julio Blanco
1 oz Coconut Water
1/2 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Agave
1 Dash Cayenne
Directions:
Combine Tequila Don Julio Blanco, fresh lemon juice, coconut water, and agave in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain contents into a rocks glass with ice. Add a dash of cayenne.
Pour ingredients over ice. Garnish with a lime wheel.
Courtesy of Bacardi
3. BACARDÍ Lime Frozen Daiquiri
Ingredients:
2 parts BACARDĺ Lime Flavored Rum
1 part Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice
3/4 part Simple Syrup
Lime wheel
Lime zest
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a blender with two cups of ice. Blend until smooth. Serve into a rocks glass. Garnish with lime wheel.
Courtesy of Bacardi
4. Lemon Rosemary Cocktail
Ingredients:
3 sprigs Rosemary
1 750ml bottle Tequila
Sparkling Ice Lemonade
Directions:
Place rosemary in the tequila bottle and allow to sit for at least 24 hours.In an ice filled rocks glass, combine 1 ½ oz tequila with Lemonade Sparkling Ice. Garnish with a rosemary sprig.
Courtesy of Sparkling Ice
5. Raspberry Floater
Ingredients:
Raspberry Sherbet/Gelato
4 oz. Champagne
Blackberries, for garnish
Raspberry Tea Sparkling Ice
Directions:
Pour chilled champagne into chilled large coupe glass. Add small scoop of raspberry sherbet/gelato. Top with Raspberry Tea Sparkling Ice. Garnish with some blackberries.
Courtesy of Sparkling Ice
6. Aperol Spritz
Ingredients:
1 part Aperol
2 parts Sparkling White Wine
3 parts Q Club Soda
Directions:
Build cocktail over ice in a tall collins glass or white wine glass. Garnish with an orange twist
Courtesy of Q Club Soda
7. Cherry Smash
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. Rémy Martin 1738®
1 oz. Cointreau
.75 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
3 Fresh Cherries (pitted/halved)
Dash of Simple Syrup
Directions:
Muddle cherries in simple syrup in bottom of cocktail shaker. Add remaining ingredients and shake. Strain into a rocks glass over ice.
Courtesy of Rémy Martin
8. Spiced Strawberry Margarita
Ingredients:
1 oz. Cointreau
2 oz. Blanco Tequila
1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
2 Strawberries
3 dashes Angostura Bitters
Directions:
Muddle the strawberries in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add Cointreau, tequila, fresh lime juice, and bitters. Shake with ice. Strain over ice in a rocks glass with a cinnamon sugar rim and garnish with a strawberry.
Courtesy of Cointreau
9. Tangerine Cosmo
Ingredients:
2 oz. Tropicana Tangerine Lemonade
1 1/2 oz. Vodka
1/4 oz. Lime Juice
3/4 oz. Cranberry Juice
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Top with ice and shake. Strain into a martini glass rimmed with pink sugar. Garnish with an orange twist.
Courtesy of Tropicana
10. Aloe Can You Go
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. Blanco Tequila
.75 oz. Chareau
.5 oz. Liquid Alchemist Tamarind
.5 oz. Curaçao*
.5 oz. Lemon
Directions:
Combine ingredients in a shaker tin, add ice and shake. Strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with a wand of fresh lavender.
*Prepare house curaçao, 1:1 grand mariner and simple syrup
