16 Light Cocktail Recipes For This Summer
Hot summers beg for a cold drink at hand. You’ll not always have the bartender at your beck and call. Therefore it’s important to familiarize yourself with basic cocktail 101.
Hot summers beg for a cold drink at hand. You’ll not always have the bartender at your beck and call. Therefore it’s important to familiarize yourself with basic cocktail 101.
With the basics, you’ll be making merry cocktails from Tequila Sunrise, fruity punches to flavored gins and spirits. Here are 16 light cocktail recipes for the summer.
If you’re looking for a vibrant drink with multiple layers of color that sets the tone for summer, the Tequila sunrise is just for you.
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Instructions:
1. Mix the Tequila and Orange juice in a highball glass with ice.
2. Pour the grenadine syrup at the center of the mixture and settle at the bottom of the drink. Then stir to give it that gradient sunrise effect.
3. You can garnish the drink with a sliced orange or cocktail cherry.
Another summer drink to go for is the Vodka Tonic. It's a classic choice that will always be timeless.
Ingredients:
Instructions:
1. Get a highball and fill it with ice.
2. Pour the Vodka into the glass and stir the mixture. Get a bar spoon and pour the tonic water into the spoon, then into the glass to increase the bubbling effect.
3. Squeeze into the glass juices from lemon and lime wedges. Add the squeezed wedges into the drink with additional lime and lemon wedges for garnish.
It’s a must-try summer drink with tons of refreshing bubbles.
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1. Pour the chilled wine in a glass, add the soda, then garnish with a thyme sprig, and you are good to go.
The mix of peppery basil and botanical gin is one of the books for gin lovers.
Ingredients
Instructions
1. Put the basil in a cocktail shaker, and mash them up.
2. Add the simple syrup, like gin, to the shaker, plus a handful of ice, and then shake till it gets cold.
3. Strain the drink into a glass, top with soda water if desired, and garnish with basil leaves.
The best refreshing drink to go for is the Lillet Spritz.
Ingredients:
Instructions
1. Mix Lillet blanc, simple gin syrup, and lemon water in a glass and stir.
2. Fill the glass with ice water and top it with soda water garnish it with lavender or thyme.
The perfect drink for the summer and tastes way better than the Daiquiri in stores.
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1. Blend everything until smooth. Pour into a glass and enjoy.
It features sweet melon, tangy lime, and vodka, a great summer drink for sure.
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Instructions:
1. Add melon and mint into a shaker. Mash them up to release juice.
2. Add lime, vodka, and simple syrup to the mixture, add ice, then shake it up.
3. Strain the drink into a glass, then garnish with watermelon wedges.
Garnish with a watermelon wedge.
This is an excellent way to enjoy whiskey! Another classic that will never let you down.
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It’s also referred to as the Hawaiian Sea Breeze cocktail.
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Instructions:
1. Add pineapple juice and vodka in a glass, and stir. Fill it with ice.
2. Using a shot glass, add cranberry juice and syrup, and then stir.
3. Tip over the glass and pour over the cranberry juice mixture to get a layered drink.
4. Garnish with a lime wedge and enjoy.
It’s one of the easy cocktails to make, hands down.
Ingredients:
Instructions:
1. Put gin and lime juice into a highball glass and stir.
2. Fill with ice and sparkling water to serve.
3. Garnish with a lime wedge.
Its inspiration stems from negroni, a perfect refreshing drink for the summer.
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It’s a mixture of frozen cocktails and summery pink wine.
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Looking for a citrusy cocktail that features a salted rim, well, the salty dog offers just that. This refreshing citrus cocktail is perfect for happy hour!
Ingredients:
Instructions:
1. Start by rimming the glass with salt.
2. Take the gin and the grapefruit juice and stir them together using a cocktail shaker.
3. Strain the drink in a glass and then add the ice.
Floral and bubbly, St Germain Spritz is your ideal refreshing cocktail with only three minutes required for preparation.
Ingredients:
Instructions:
1. Start by stringing the St Germain spritz using glass also ice.
2. Add some soda water and Prosecco.
3. Finish by garnishing, which includes squeezing the lemon wedge and finally serving.
This cocktail is your preferred tangy drink, staring vodka, orange juice, and cranberry. It is just perfect for easy drinking. This cocktail's refreshing nature will make you take a few glasses as you unwind.
Ingredients:
Instructions:
1. Fill the glass with ice, pour the vodka in the ice and then add the cranberry juice.
2. Add the syrup and perfectly stir using a bar spoon.
3. This is followed by adding the orange juice to the mixture and squeezing the lime wedge.
4. Finally, garnish with additional lime.
Are you looking for a not only bubbly but citrus cocktail? Well, the limoncello spritz will just sort you out. It features pure lemon flavor and is perfect as an after-dinner shot.
Ingredients:
Instructions:
1. Stir your limoncello in a clean glass with ice.
2. Add Prosecco and soda water.
3. Garnish by adding fresh mint and finally serve.
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