{"id":650,"date":"2009-06-22T13:43:42","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T13:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyfork.com\/top_10_summer_drinks_page_2\/"},"modified":"2021-04-22T20:01:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T20:01:07","slug":"top_10_summer_drinks_page_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/top_10_summer_drinks_page_2\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Summer Drinks to Help Beat the Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n5. Collins cocktails<\/strong><\/p>\n

Collinses are a versatile cocktail mixing your favorite kind of liquor with lemon juice, sugar and carbonated water. They’re as refreshing as a glass of lemonade and twice as strong. For this drink you get to pick your poison, but first you’ll have to make a batch of simple syrup. Don’t worry, it’s easy, and you’ll be using it later too.<\/p>\n

To make simple syrup, combine roughly equal parts white sugar to water in a pot over high heat. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally until all the sugar has dissolved. Let cool, then add a teeny splash of vodka to the mix. Pour into a sealable container and refrigerate. If you make a big batch, the vodka ensures the solution won’t go bad.<\/p>\n

Combine the following into a collins glass<\/a> filled with ice:<\/p>\n

– 2 oz gin (or vodka, whiskey, rum, applejack, brandy, whatever)<\/p>\n

– \u00be oz simple syrup<\/p>\n

– \u00be oz fresh-squeezed lemon juice, or juice from a lemon wedge<\/p>\n

Top with club soda, about 5 or 6 oz. Use the lemon wedge as a garnish.<\/p>\n

There. Don’t you feel like Jay Gatsby?<\/p>\n

* Bonus recipe: you can use simple syrup to sweeten your coffee or tea. <\/p>\n

4. Mojito<\/strong><\/p>\n

A mojito is a close cousin to a collins, made with rum and lime juice, and mint to mix it up. The drink was supposedly a favorite of Ernest Hemingway, who drank them at La Bodeguita del Medio<\/a> in Havana. They’re dead simple to make and you’ll never have to worry about bad breath when drinking one.<\/p>\n

– Fill a collins glass about ? full with fresh mint leaves, unpacked.<\/p>\n

– Add 1 T granulated sugar, and a tiny splash of soda to moisten it.<\/p>\n

– Using a wooden muddler, carefully macerate the leaves with the sugar, mashing it all together to release the minty oils. Don’t get too vigorous, you don’t want to break the glass.<\/p>\n

– Add \u00be oz fresh lime juice or the juice of half a lime, leaving the spent half in the glass. Some recipes call for a splash or two of aromatic bitters, but the oils in the spent lime give just the right amount of bitter accent.<\/p>\n

– Add 2 oz Cruzan light rum (or a light Cuban rum, if you can find it).<\/p>\n

– Top with 2-3 oz club soda. <\/p>\n

3. Pimm’s Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n

What’s cooler than cool? Ice cold!<\/strike> A cucumber! If the mint julep is the patron spirit of the Kentucky Derby, then the Pimm’s Cup is the liquid symbol of next month’s Wimbledon<\/a>. The gin-based liquor<\/a> is only 25% alcohol, and the combo of cuke and ginger tastes delightful, so feel free to enjoy more than one No. 1.<\/p>\n

– Fill a collins glass \u00be with ice.<\/p>\n

– Dice about \u00bc of a cucumber and place the pieces on top of the ice in your glass so the rest of the ingredients can trickle through them.<\/p>\n

– Add 2 oz Pimm’s No. 1.<\/p>\n

– Top off with 2-3 oz Ginger ale, and a splash of club soda.<\/p>\n

– Garnish with a lemon wedge.<\/p>\n

* Bonus recipe: add chopped up cucumbers to your favorite plain gin or vodka, and let sit in the fridge for a few days for a refreshing sipping spirit. <\/p>\n

2. Strawberry basil margarita<\/strong><\/p>\n

A fancy-pants spin on an old favorite. You can even use ingredients from your summer garden. Below is the recipe from Houston’s Day of the Dead-themed bar, Under the Volcano<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You’ll want to prep some of this ahead of time to make sure the strawberries aren’t too sour. Buy a nice ripe pint, and cut the berries into slices about \u00bc inch thick. Put them in a Tupperware or similar container with a tablespoon or two of granulated sugar. Shake up a bit to spread the sugar around, then refrigerate a day or two.<\/p>\n

Combine these ingredients in a cocktail shaker:<\/p>\n

– 1 \u00bd oz light tequila<\/p>\n

– 1 oz triple sec<\/p>\n

– 5 fresh sweet basil leaves<\/p>\n

– 1 oz of the sugared strawberries<\/p>\n

– \u00bd oz fresh squeezed lime juice<\/p>\n

– 1 \u00bd ounces simple syrup<\/p>\n

Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass or margarita glass. No need to salt the rim, this one has plenty of flavor as it is.<\/p>\n

* Bonus recipe: those sugared strawberries go great on top of ice cream. <\/p>\n

1. Daiquiri<\/strong><\/p>\n

I know what you’re thinking…but a daiquiri was not originally meant to be frozen, and it’s never supposed to be sickening sweet. In fact, the drink is a variation of a sour, a category of drink with a magic ratio of 1:2:8, according to the 1948 bartending guide The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks<\/a> by David A. Embury. Just to clarify, that’s 1 part sweet, 2 parts sour, and 8 parts booze. It’s the difference between a cocktail and a mixed drink, and this cocktail is not for the faint of heart.<\/p>\n

It was another supposed favorite of Hemingway, who consumed it at La Floridita in Havana<\/a> when he was sick of hanging out La Bodeguita. Use a floral light rum, the flavors of which will be enhanced by Embury’s magic proportions. And for Papa’s sake, don’t blend the damn thing.<\/p>\n

– 1\/4 oz simple syrup, which you made earlier. You might not remember that after the nine previous drinks.<\/p>\n

– 1\/2 oz lime juice<\/p>\n

– 2 oz rum<\/p>\n

Shake vigorously with cracked ice until shaker gets frosty, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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