# Summer's coming, what's your Cocktail? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944 "2007-06-14T02:35:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/41 "2007-06-15T04:11:21Z")
I haven’t seen the **“Ice Pick”** mentioned yet: vodka and iced tea. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/42 "2007-06-15T04:17:08Z")
Just a comment: Beer is not a cocktail. Nor is bourbon neat, which is what I’m drinking right now. A cocktail is a mixed drink of at least 2 ingredients. Everybody knows that we beer drinkers swill suds all summer long. I think what the OP wants are mixed drink preferences for hotter weather. (Or I’ve got my head up my ass as usual.) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/43 "2007-06-15T04:19:27Z")
Yes, I know beer is not a cocktail. But I was using poetic license. 😃 Wait! I know! How about a nice old-fashioned boilermaker? That has beer in it. Mmmmm, beer. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/44 "2007-06-15T04:21:24Z")
How about a red beer? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/45 "2007-06-15T04:22:22Z")
How about a red beer? Served with celery and sipped through a straw…ugh… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/46 "2007-06-15T04:29:26Z")
:smack: ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/47 "2007-06-15T04:55:46Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Great suggestion, **delphica**. I’ll be sure to pass it on to the wife, who is in charge of our vodka supply. [/QUOTE] If you’re entertaining, you can also pick up a bag of those frozen blueberries, and then garnish each cocktail with them – they melt and you can fish them out and eat them later. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/48 "2007-06-15T05:13:46Z")
[QUOTE=Only Mostly Dead] **Broken Wind** , you can keep your Tanq (far too sharp an alcoholic bite), make my G&T with nice, smooth Sapphire. [/QUOTE] Starting tomorrow at approximately 2PM Pacific Time, that’s how I’ll be making them all summer long. Or until I run out of Sapphire (not any time soon, I bought a 1.75L bottle and I’m the only gin drinker). ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/49 "2007-06-15T06:44:50Z")
Earlier tonight I mixed up: 4 shots of mango rum 2 bananas 12 ice cubes 2 cups milk a good heaping of Hershey’s syrup Outstanding I say! Weeeee ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/50 "2007-06-15T07:39:51Z")
Caipirojska… Crush several mint leaves, some sugar and a few slices of lime. Add lots of ice. Pour in Vodka. Stir. Drink. Aaahh. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/51 "2007-06-15T07:44:51Z")
Summer’s coming? Who cares? 1/3 Whiskey + 2/3 Coke 365.25 days a year. ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/52 "2007-06-15T09:38:09Z")
Long Island Ice Tea. Mostly it is just beer ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/53 "2007-06-15T13:01:36Z")
[QUOTE=gouda] Caipirojska.. Crush several mint leaves, some sugar and a few slices of lime. Add lots of ice. Pour in Vodka. Stir. Drink. Aaahh. 🆒 [/QUOTE] Heh, sounds very close to a mojito, only with vodka instead of rum. I’ll need to try this. ---
**Author:** ![delsol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6f9a4e/32.png) [@delsol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delsol)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/54 "2007-06-15T13:25:48Z")
The Mojito! Nothing screams summer like a nice refreshing mojito. Extra, mint please. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/55 "2007-06-18T23:10:39Z")
[QUOTE=delphica] I love this, and if you’re not opposed to flavored vodkas, someone recently introduced me to using the Stoli blueberry flavor in the lemonade which I consider a very nice little twist for a great summer drink. [/QUOTE] I mis-remembered this suggestion and bought Stoli Raspberry instead. Wow! It turns cheap lemonade into a quite nice way to pass the afternoon. Thanks for the tip. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/56 "2007-06-18T23:20:51Z")
Margarita, Mojito or Vodka lemonade. Any one of which puts me in a good mood after work on Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/57 "2007-06-19T00:54:17Z")
For those who don’t know what **blondebear** is talking about… Red Beer is a delicious, nutritious 50-50 mixture of ice-cold cheap beer and ice-cold V-8 juice. Don’t be grossed out until you taste it. For some reason, is seems colder and more refreshing than plain old cold beer. \*\*Blondebear \*\* must be from St. Louis. I learned about Red Beer from my St. Louis brother-in-law. Who touted it as a hangover cure. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/58 "2007-06-19T00:56:12Z")
I first encountered red beer on the farm in Kansas, many years ago. It was gross then and it’s gross now! ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/59 "2007-06-19T01:09:29Z")
Cuban Breeze (among others). Researched the recipe after hearing mention of it in a Donald Fagen song. 1 oz. Vodka (I don’t use a premium vodka as for my money one can’t tell the difference in a mixed drink) 1 oz. Creme de Almond (Yummy stuff…a cross between Robitussin and maraschino cherry juice…really.) 6 oz. Pineapple juice Stir everything together and serve on the rocks. A great summertime drink! ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944/60 "2007-06-19T01:11:37Z")
You can do a lot with a mojito, like add coconut milk, or mago puree, to give it a more fruity taste. It’s not a classic mojito (and it’s impossible to improve on perfection), but it does change things up. I also like gin and Sprite with half a lime squeezed into the bottom of the glass and just a teaspoon of sugar to give it that fizzy head. I also like a gin & tonic with lime tonic, half a squeezed lime, and some sugar. I’m so going to try the G&T with grapefruit soda instead of tonic. One I just read about recently and want to try is a watermelon margarita-- throw some seedless watermelon in a blender, then mix with lemon/lime soda and tequila. Could be tinkered with, and lime juice used instead of the soda, but I like watermelon and tequila, so it could be awesome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-coming-whats-your-cocktail/407944.md?page=4)