With the weekend just around the corner, it’s time to mix it up with this very handy selection of our favourite summer cocktails.
1. Island Breeze
A Vodka cocktail mixed with pineapple and cranberry it has the perfect amount of sweet and tart flavour. Garnish it with a cherry and pineapple to get a gorgeous cocktail ready for a party.
Ingredients: 1-2 ounces of Vodka, 6 ounces of pineapple juice, pineapple and maraschino cherry for garnish.
Pour all ingredients over ice and enjoy
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2. Negroni
For the uninitiated this would be a bitter cocktail. But for those who have ridden the wave this is the drink to have; for it is one of the tastiest cocktail around.
Ingredients: 25 ml Gin, 25 ml Sweet Red Vermouth, 25 ml Campari, Orange Peel
Take a rock glass and pop as many ice cubes you’d like to add. Add a measure each of Gin, Sweet Vermouth and Campari. Stir lightly. Add a big wedge of orange for garnish. The lingering flavour makes the mix taste divine.
3. Strawberry Daiquiri
A perfect drink for the ones on the try. Sweet and easy to drink it’s a great way to introduce yourself to the cocktail world.
Ingredients: 37 `1/2 ml Bacardi Rum, 12 1/2 ml Strawberry Liqueur, 25 ml Lime Juice, 12 1/2 ml Sugar Syrup, 1 Strawberry
Add all ingredients into a Boston Shaker and fill with ice. Shake for about 15 seconds and then strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a strawberry.
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4. Baja Gold
Beat the heat this summer with a refreshing chill of a tall glass of Baja Gold.
Ingredients: 50 ml Tequila, 12 1/2 ml Triple Sec, 50 ml Pineapple Juice, 12 1/2 ml Lime Juice, 12 1/2 ml Simple Syrup, Lime Wedge
Chill a martini glass with ice and soda water. Add all ingredients into a mixing glass. Fill up the mixing glass with cubed ice. Shake hard for 10 seconds. Double strain mixture into chilled martini glass. Garnish with lime wedge.
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5. Seasonal Breeze
Simple and super easy, one of the most popular cocktails for a lazy summer day.
Ingredients: 2 shots Vodka, 3 shots Cranberry Juice, 2 shots Apple Juice
Add all the ingredients over lots of ice in a Collins glass, stir with bar spoon and garnish with a freshly cut apple slice.
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