Sip the flavours of summer: Top 5 cocktail recipes
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017, 8:30 PM - The May long weekend has passed, but there will be plenty more festivities kicking off this summer. There's nothing like celebrating warm temperatures and sunny skies with a cool drink.
We met with LCBO product consultant Dimi Pettigrew to discuss the hottest drink trends of 2016.
Enjoy a delicious alcohol or zero per cent version of these summer classics.
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Sunny Sangria
Ingredients
1 lemon
1 orange
5 raspberries
1 oz lemon juice
1 oz simple syrup (make by boiling 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water)
3 oz white cranberry juice
Directions (pitcher size)
- To a large pitcher, add one lemon and one small orange, both thinly sliced and a cup of raspberries.
- Stir to bruise the raspberries slightly and top with 1/3 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice, 3/4 cup simple syrup and 4 cups of white cranberry juice.
- Chill thoroughly for at least four hours to allow the flavours to steep and serve in a tall glass or large wine goblet over ice.
Storm Cloud
Ingredients
1 1/2 oz Captain Morgan Spice Rum, or Captain Morgan Dark Spiced Rum
1/8 fresh lime
Dash of Angostura Bitters
1 oz chilled coffee
4 oz ginger beer
Orange wedge
Directions (makes one cocktail)
- To a highball glass filled with ice, add rum, lime (squeeze and drop in), Angostura Bitters and coffee.
- Top with ginger beer.
- Garnish with an orange wedge.
Beach Party Mocktail
Ingredients
Ice cubes
5 oz pineapple juice
1/8 tsp fresh ginger
Freshly cut pineapple wedges
Directions (makes one cocktail)
- In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add pineapple juice and ginger.
- Shake and strain into a tall glass with ice.
- Garnish with a pineapple spear.
The Garden
Ingredients
1/4 cup blackberries
1/4 cup blueberries
1 1/4 cups vodka
1 1/4 cups white grape juice
Directions (makes six drinks)
- In a pitcher, add berries and muddle with a muddler or the back of a wooden spoon.
- Pour in vodka and white grape juice. Stir.
- Pour into six glasses, spooning berries into each glass.
- Add ice to glasses and serve.
Pomegranate Mojito 0% Cocktail
Ingredients
4 lime wedges
1 tbsp superfine sugar
6-8 mint leaves
3 oz pomegranate juice
Club soda
Mint sprig
Directions (makes one drink)
- In the bottom of a highball glass, muddle together lime wedges, sugar and mint until sugar is dissolved.
- Fill glass with ice, add pomegranate juice and then top with soda.
- Garnish with a mint sprig.