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shugah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:14 PM
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favorite summertime drink?
it's warm here (hot, even! ;-) ). today i was thinking there must be a perfect drink for summer weather. beer seems too heavy, as does wine. i love a vodka martini, but again, it just is not conducive to the weather. g&t's are okay but i think that summer calls for a light and quite possibly fruity drink.

so... suggestions?
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:16 PM
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1. Fresh squeezed lemonade
and if you want to spike it, add vodka
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shugah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:22 PM
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4. just lemon juice
and vodka if desired? :scared:

do you add some sugar or something?
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:29 PM
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12. Sugar to taste, and about half lemon juice half water.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:16 PM
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2. What every Californian should be drinking in the summer
A nice margarita with Jose Cuervo tequila.
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shugah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:24 PM
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6. tequila mostly does not
agree with me. can a non-californian purchase ready made margarita mix and use an alcohol besides tequila?
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 07:39 AM
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29. NO margarita mix!
Use fresh lime (or lemon) juice & orange liqueur. Add brandy & you have a Sidecar--some say this was the "ancestor" of the margarita. (Online cocktail guides will help with the quantities & suggest some other options.)

And Jose Cuervo does not agree with me, either. You might try a 100% agave tequila. And Palomas are better for hot weather. Tequila, lime juice & grapefruit soda over ice....

Fruity rum drinks are also good in the summer. Paper parasols optional!
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Vanje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:16 PM
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3. Beer
Duh!
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:24 PM
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7. Is there really any other choice?
If you really need to you can make a shandy by mixing beer with lemonade or ginger beer.
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ReadTomPaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:24 PM
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5. Here's one you might not have heard..
Ouzo (just a dash to taste) mixed in ice water.

Yum.
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:24 PM
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8. A Tom Collins
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bettyellen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:24 PM
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9. try and infuse some ginger in pineapple juice.....
you just grate some and steep and strain.
amazingly refreshing w/ vodka or rum and lots of ice.
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shugah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:27 PM
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10. now that sounds tasty
and light! i'm going to try it!
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bettyellen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:31 PM
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13. it's very nice.
we made it for a friend's baby shower and it went over big.
there's probably a recipe to google, but really it all depends on how long it's steeped anyway. a knob og ginger will spice up alot of juice.
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:28 PM
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11. Vodka 'n Grapefruit
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bettyellen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:31 PM
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14. gin and juice!
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:36 PM
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17. Laid back
with my mind on my money and my money on my mind.

:)
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NV Whino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:35 PM
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15. Umm, you didn't specify alcoholic or non
So... my favorite summertime drink is iced tea. No sugar. No lemon.



But there's always a nice savignon blanc, or pinot gris.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:35 PM
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16. Mine...
Alcoholic - vodka sour or margarita, or really good beer

Non-alcoholic - strong iced tea, ice-cold lemonade, or good old-fashioned water.
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:40 PM
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18. Kamakazi
Vodka, Triple Sec, and Rose's Lime Juice.

The most refreshing drink ever, served ice cold.

B-)
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obxhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:43 PM
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19. fruity and light
1/2 oz Banana something
1/2 oz peach schnapps
1 oz Light cocunut rum
Pineapple juice
splash af cran juice for color.
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:43 PM
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20. Vodka lemonade
Frozen. A big thing here during the summer and man are they good. If they use decent vodka.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:45 PM
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21. Margarita and beer. Often together.
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:45 PM
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22. Listen jackasses - It is mojitos
Or sangria. Everything else pales.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 12:36 AM
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25. I concur!
they are just so refreshing, now I want one
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BeTheChange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 01:05 AM
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26. Me too..
However, Ive also been known to:
-Mix malibu run with pineapple juice and a splash of Cruzan.
-Throw a cup of ice, 3 tbsp Coco Lopez, a 1/4 cup frozen pineapple chunks, the juice of one lime, the zest of 1/4 lime and a liberal amount of Cruzan Single Barrel in the blender and break out the paper umbrellas and the penis straws we have left over from the bachelorette party.. :) Of course, hubby refuses to drink out of the penis straw, so he gets a crazy straw.
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 05:44 AM
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28. SAN-GRI-A !
Edited on Thu Jun-23-05 05:45 AM by ashling
nonalcoholic: fresh squeezed lemonade or sweet tea.
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tarkus Donating Member (780 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 11:53 PM
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23. Grapefruit Juice, Limeade, or Yoohoo. NM
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 12:02 AM
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24. ice tea of course (with a sprig of mint)
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 05:28 AM
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27. G&T, Pimms, long-vodka, or wine-spritzer.
G&T is effortlessly flexible, just add different quantities of tonic/gin.

Pimms is quite simply the distillation of a perfect English summers day into a bottle. For more fun a Pimms-Turbo is a normally mized Pimms with a shot of gin added at the end (if you're gentle it can float on the top).

Long-vodka, chilled glass throw in some Angostrua bitters, tip excess out, loads of ice, vodka, Rose's Lime Cordial (any other brand is practically heresy), and lemonade.

Wine-spritzer, simply white wine and soda (by which I, of course, mean carbonated water - just in case Americans are a tad confused by English useage).
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shugah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 09:24 AM
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35. ah! an english guy/gal!
i first learned the joy of g&t on a summer day in - well, actually it was wales, but the company was all english ;-) i'd never had gin before but it was delightful! i've adopted it as an ocassional beverage, but the fact of the matter is - it tastes better in england ;-)
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 10:26 AM
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42. Everything tastes better in England
:D
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 07:46 AM
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30. When it's REALLY hot, ice tea is the best.
Hefeweizen is a cloudy, light wheat beer--usually served with a slice of lemon & quite refreshing.

And well-chilled pink wine can is recommended. Try Rose or Vin Gris de Pinot Noir--not overly sweet White Zinfandel. Go ahead & add an ice cube or 2.
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 07:46 AM
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31. Tanqueray & tonic
Perfect for summer.

I can smell them go by on a waitresses tray.

Not Bombay, Gordon's or Beefeaters - nothing smells and tastes like Tanqueray!
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 07:55 AM
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33. Beefeater tastes like nail-varnish remover.
Bombay and Plymouth are also heavenly, but as you say Tanqueray is the Rolls-Royce.

Gordon's isn't even a premium gin - not worth a second look on the shelf.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 07:51 AM
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32. quick and easy
ginger ale and vanilla vodka ... taste just like a cream soda

I also like to order a Long Island Iced Tea with supper.
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shugah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 09:27 AM
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37. now that i will have to try!
i don't usually drink flavored vodka, but your drink suggestion reminds me of a boston cooler(vernors w/vanilla ice cream)! yummy!
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 02:33 PM
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43. if you like ice cream flavors
you could also mix the vanilla vodka with watermelon pucker which is a sweet and sour schnapps
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Lannes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 07:56 AM
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34. Long Island Ice Tea
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 09:25 AM
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36. cranberry/oj...
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 09:30 AM
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38. sloe gin fizz
of course.

or maybe a singapore sling?
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 09:36 AM
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39. Bellini
I only drink them in summer.
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Felix Mala Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 09:39 AM
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40. Peach Daiquiri
1 cup fresh peaches
1/4 cup lime juice
1 1/2 ounces light rum
1 ounce peach schnapps
1/2 ounce apricot brandy
Dash of pure vanilla extract
1 tablespoon superfine sugar
1 cup crushed ice

Peach quarter to garnish.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 09:44 AM
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41. A Batido, but I haven't had one in years
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