Summer Cocktail Recipes

Looming recession, ridiculous gas prices getting you down? Need a vacation? A good summer drink can transform your backyard into paradise.

Sex on the Beach
1 oz. vodka
1 oz. peach schnapps
Juice from ¼ fresh orange
½ oz. melon liqueur
Fill tall glass with ice. Add vodka, then schnapps, then oj. Add melon liqueur last so it floats on top.














Frozen Margarita
2 oz. Tequila
½ oz. Triple Sec
Juice from ½ lime
1/2 cup ice
Blend all ingredients to slush, dip the edge of the glass in kosher salt and serve with lime garnish.

Frozen Daiquiri
2 oz. rum
Juice from 1/4 lime
1/2 cup ice
Blend all ingredients to slush and serve with lime garnish.














Frozen Piña Colada
2 oz. rum
2 oz. pineapple juice
1 oz. cream of coconut
1/2 cup ice
Blend all ingredients to slush and serve with pineapple garnish.

Mojito
2 oz. rum
Juice from half of a lime
3-4 spearmint leaves
Club soda
Add lime juice and 3 mint leaves to a tall glass. Stir to let flavor out of mint. Add ice to ¾ full. Add rum, top off with soda, stir well. Garnish with the extra mint leaf.

Mint Julep
4 mint leaves
2 oz. bourbon
2 teaspoons water
Drop 3 of the mint leaves in the bottom of a tall glass. Stir to let flavor out of mint. Fill with ice. Add bourbon and water. Garnish with the extra mint leaf.

Gin & Tonic
2 oz. gin
Tonic water
Fill tall glass with ice. Add gin, fill glass with tonic water. Squeeze lime around rim of glass. Garnish with a fresh lime slice.