Ditch the pick up lines. Perfect these cocktails to win Most Popular at every party this summer season. Between the drink names & your dazzling swizzle skills, you’ll be the charming smarty with booze & something to talk about. Just like Brian Flanagan.
blue sky + palm trees + Cali + cocktails = Heaven. Credit: Marina Micheli/Flickr
1. Porch Swing – You may not be able to fit a real porch swing on your humble urban stoop, but there is plenty of room for this gin-based drink. Credit Manhattan restaurant Blue Smoke for this delightful summer beverage, says Smitten Kitchen.
2. The Art of Choke – Dangerous + vegetable based. We highly recommend you try this at home, but please friends, do stick to the recipe. Recipe courtesy of Chicago cocktail bar The Violet Hour.
3. Strawberry Sake Cocktail – Of course you only drink seasonal. Swap out the sake for vodka and call it a Farmer John.
4. Lambic Sangria - Lame name, but so good. Beer, not wine, provides the base for this tart and twisted turn on the ho-hum staple.
Your daily recommended fruit. With Booze. Credit: Maik Meid/Flickr
Not up for newfangled recipes? The New York Times just published an easy guide to Twelve Uncomplicated Summer Cocktails. Cheers.
Amanda Miller wrote Recipe Roundup: Kentucky Derby + Cinco de Mayo. She has written about food and travel for Jauntsetter, Chapelboro.com and more. Follow her on twitter @victuspopuli.
