Summer Drinks

[Trekchick]

Time to give it up.......whats your favourite Summer Time Drink?
Do you have a secret recipe or are you willing to share with your fellow AZ'ers?

 

[legalskier]

D & S for me please:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_'N'_Stormy

 

[Warp Daddy]

Mojitos !!!!!!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

 

[bvibert]

D & S for me please:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_'N'_Stormy

That's a good one.

Also a fan of blueberry Vodka and Lemonade, completely different than a D & S, but pretty refreshing!

 

[Geoff]

D & S for me please:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_'N'_Stormy

Reminds me... I need to give Blenheim bottlers down in South Carolina a call tomorrow. They make a great spicy ginger ale and use real sugar instead of HFCS. Their "hot" is nuclear and their "not so hot" is still really spicy. The diet is quite drinkable, too. It's been a few years since I ordered any but they used to UPS it to me.

They even have a web site these days.
http://www.blenheimgingerale.com/

 

[drjeff]

A good ol' margarita (fresh squeezed lime and some GOOD silver agave Tequila) on the rocks with salt would be my non beer alcoholic summer libation of choice

 

[severine]

That's a good one.

...except your preferred method is Sailor Jerry (spiced rum) + ginger beer (which IS yummy).

 

[severine]

Really like blueberry or raspberry vodka + lemonade. But I'm also very partial right now to lots of fresh mint + Newman's Own limeade + rum or tequila.

 

[Trekchick]

Its no secret that I'm not a drinker, in fact I'm known as the "designated driver" among all my friends, but.....
a few winters ago I started to have a bit of an apres ski hot beverage with some alcohol, which was just cozy and yummy.

This summer I've had a few back yard BBQ beverages that have piqued my interest. I'm still a big light weight and limit my alcohol consumption but some of these drinks are down right yummy.

As with Severine, I've planted an herb garden which has a variety of mint, which inspired me to look for a mojito recipe. I am going to be picky tho because I've had two mojitos in my short experience, one was good and one was really bad.

Has anyone here made a mint Julep? I'm intrigued by mint juleps and would love to try it.

One simple thing I've tried and really like is bourbon and Vernors. It doesn't take much bourbon to warm up a glass of Vernors, eh?

 

[MR. evil]

Beer
Beer
Beer
Beer
&
Beer

 

[Trekchick]

Really like blueberry or raspberry vodka + lemonade. But I'm also very partial right now to lots of fresh mint + Newman's Own limeade + rum or tequila.

Thanks for the simple suggestion. I am going to try that.

Its no secret that I'm not a drinker, in fact I'm known as the "designated driver" among all my friends, but.....
a few winters ago I started to have a bit of an apres ski hot beverage with some alcohol, which was just cozy and yummy.

This summer I've had a few back yard BBQ beverages that have piqued my interest. I'm still a big light weight and limit my alcohol consumption but some of these drinks are down right yummy.

As with Severine, I've planted an herb garden which has a variety of mint, which inspired me to look for a mojito recipe. I am going to be picky tho because I've had two mojitos in my short experience, one was good and one was really bad.

Has anyone here made a mint Julep? I'm intrigued by mint juleps and would love to try it.

One simple thing I've tried and really like is bourbon and Vernors. It doesn't take much bourbon to warm up a glass of Vernors, eh?

In the interest of trying a few mixers, has anyone here tried the Tastefully Simple Summer drinks
http://www.tastefullysimple.com/Cul...igationBreadCrumbs=ClientCatalog&ShowTop=true

 

[severine]

In the interest of trying a few mixers, has anyone here tried the Tastefully Simple Summer drinks
http://www.tastefullysimple.com/Cul...igationBreadCrumbs=ClientCatalog&ShowTop=true

They change up their offerings annually but I will say that in my past experience, they were overly-sweet. They kept well in the freezer and it was nice having a frozen drink ready at all times that you just had to scrape out like a slushy. But, while I like sweet stuff, it seemed like there was way too much sugar in the mixes I used. Since alcohol won't freeze, you could replicate with your own recipe that's adjusted to your tastes and likely end up with similar results.

As for the mint julep, I know Paul was drinking those a couple weeks ago. I tried his recipe and was not a fan, but I'm not a huge fan of JD anyway.

 

[wa-loaf]

Beer
Beer
Beer
Beer
&
Beer

Any one of these.

 

[Trekchick]

^^^^^^^That's a lot of imagination

 

[wa-loaf]

^^^^^^^That's a lot of imagination

It's all you need:

 

[snoseek]

Vodka collins

Bonus if you squeeze your own sour mix.

 

[powpig2002]

Beer
Beer
Beer
Beer
&
Beer

aaaaaaaaaamen:beer:

 

[4aprice]

The Captain is always in the hold of the boat. Bottle #3 of ? for the summer is there currently. Been experimenting with some of the flavoered vodka's and mixers like ice tea and lemonaide to cut down on the soda intake, We won a Margaritaville frozen drink maker and will be experimenting with that at some selected point this summer too.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[SkiDork]

Straight Georgi. Nothing else.

 

[HD333]

For me BEER or BEER straight from the cooler.

Wife and her friends are impressed when I mix up a batch or 2 of this:

Goslings Rum
Malibu Rum
Any tropical fruit punch
Goya Guavaberry juice
a touch or Rum Jumbie
limes
ice

Ingrediants are all to taste no measuring

I call it PRP (Panty Remover Punch), not sure what they call it but when I come down to the beach/pool with a pitcher of it I get oohs and ahhs (I assume it is not me they are oohing and ahhing).