Your Drink of Summer

[BigRich]

Daiquiris and margaritas are big in Casa BigRich from May through August. 

[TwoFingers]

I've been drinking radlers lately.  Usually a mix of Yuengling and Sprite.  My wife's uncle recently got me into these and said they are very common at Oktoberfest.  I had never had one but he ordered them at a German restaurant in the area and I was hooked.  Great in hot weather.

[Phil T]

5 minutes ago, TwoFingers said:

I've been drinking radlers lately.  Usually a mix of Yuengling and Sprite.  My wife's uncle recently got me into these and said they are very common at Oktoberfest.  I had never had one but he ordered them at a German restaurant in the area and I was hooked.  Great in hot weather.

This really interests me sir. What is the ratio?

[TwoFingers]

30 minutes ago, Phil T said:

This really interests me sir. What is the ratio?

I usually go with 1:1.  That is what I was told was typical in Germany.  Seems fine to me.  I guess it is sort of like a Shandy but I never drank those either.

[Phil T]

Yuengling lager? Typically, shandy is beer and lemonade. 

Edited August 19, 2020 by Phil T

[GeeTen]

1 hour ago, TwoFingers said:

I've been drinking radlers lately.  Usually a mix of Yuengling and Sprite.  My wife's uncle recently got me into these and said they are very common at Oktoberfest.  I had never had one but he ordered them at a German restaurant in the area and I was hooked.  Great in hot weather.

Oh those crazy German cyclists! Kinda' like a Shandy with a Teutonic vibe, eh? 

 

[TwoFingers]

33 minutes ago, Phil T said:

Yuengling lager? Typically, shandy is beer and lemonade. 

Yes, I've been using Yuengling lager and found it to be very nice.  I tried it with Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold and it made a great radler, just don't feel the need to use anything fancier than Yuengling.  

 

Yes, the shandy is usually made with lemonade but I was thinking more about the lemon flavor than what it is actually made with.

[fanostra]

10 hours ago, TwoFingers said:

I've been drinking radlers lately.  Usually a mix of Yuengling and Sprite.  My wife's uncle recently got me into these and said they are very common at Oktoberfest.  I had never had one but he ordered them at a German restaurant in the area and I was hooked.  Great in hot weather.

Radlers are fantastic! I generally just buy the Stiegl grapefruit radler, but then I drop a shot of Campari in it. The bitterness complements it quite well. I will have to make my own with Sprite sometime.

[fosmith]

2 oz. pour of OGD 114 with a small ice cube.  Cools it down and tames the alcohol heat without losing all the flavor.  Delicious!  

[liquidbarrels]

Old Fashioned's as of late and dirty martini's 

Edited August 20, 2020 by liquidbarrels

[BigSkyDrams]

I have been on a gin kick in the last few summers.  Over the past few years I've had bottles of Tanqueray, Tanqueray Rangpur, Hendricks,  and Monkey 47, and a few craft gins I can't really recall at the moment.  I alternative between G&Ts with Fever Tree tonic, and dry martinis, both of which I take in a highball glass packed with ice.  Nice refreshing and easy cocktails for hot summer evenings.  

Edited August 20, 2020 by BigSkyDrams

[The Black Tot]

I invented my own cocktail last month which is definitely summery. It's called the Flat D, in honor of the name of my apartment of the last 6 yrs, which I will be leaving this fall.

 

You'll need:

Ginger Ale

Tonic

Lemons

Mint

Luxardo Cherries

 

First, make the "D Mix":

100ml fresh squeezed lemon juice

200ml gin. I use Tanqueray ten, or any gin with more kick than 80 proof.

20ml Luxardo cherry syrup.

Stir.

 

Then, prepare the glass:

Spear 3 Luxardo cherries on a toothpick, leaving the sharp end sticking out the bottom of the lowest cherry.

Take a large mint sprig, and spank it (clap your hands with the mint in your hands). 

Take the cherry toothpick and spear the lowest leaves of the mint sprig - the cherries will weigh down the mint and prevent it from floating out of the top of the drink.

Place the cherry/mint combo in the bottom of a highball glass.

Add ice to the top.

 

Now, build the drink:

Fill the glass to 1/3 with ginger ale.

Fill the second 1/3 with D mix (stir the mix before addition).

Splash in a small amount of tonic water.

Top off the glass with ginger ale.

 

I came up with this while trying to recreate a satisfying Ginger Rogers, which I had in LA about 12yrs ago.

 

The D Mix should make you about 4-5 drinks, depending on the size of your glasses.

 

[StarSurfer55]

So I usually drink corona with lime during Summer or a Kona Longboard. I have hitting the Gin and Tonics hard this Summer and I prefer The Botanist Gin. My wife enjoys a margarita or  “ Make me Disappear”. If I am having a spiced rum and coke, I prefer the Bayou spiced rum which is much more vanilla forward. For a sipping rum, I usually go for the Bayou Mardi Gras XO rum. 

[StarSurfer55]

Trying this today.  Swapped out gosling rum for Balcones Rumble in a Dark and Stormy. Really brings the fig out in the Rumble. I am going to call this the “Gettin’ Figgy with it!”  

Edited August 21, 2020 by StarSurfer55
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