Thirteen Cool Summertime Drinks for Adults

1. Cranberry Iced Tea

Fresh brewed iced tea – preferably home made but store brought is okay. Just use a brand you prefer. Lemon flavored, sweetened or sweet tea would work well also. One of the quart or gallon jugs or 2 quarts of homemade. Make sure it’s cold. Before serving add in a cup or two (personal preference) of cranberry-flavored vodka.

2. Spiked Iced Tea

Pitcher of Iced Tea & 8 to 10 shots of tequila or rum.

3. Root Beer Floats

Chilled mug, bottle of cold old-fashioned root beer, scoop of vanilla ice cream, 1 shot of bourbon

4. Vodka Lemonade – Courtesy Food Network

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar
1/3 cup water, plus 8 cups
4 lemons, juiced
Vodka
Ice cubes

Directions:

In a saucepan, combine the sugar and 1/3 cup water and place over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, then cook the sugar until dissolved but the syrup is still clear. Do not cook the sugar until it starts to turn color. Remove from heat and cool.

In a pitcher, combine the syrup, 8 cups water, the lemon juice, vodka and ice and stir to combine. Pour into tall glasses and enjoy!

5. Brenda’s Strawberry Slush Delight – Courtesy Allrecipes.com

Ingredients:

3 cups sugar
6 cups water
1 (46 fluid ounce) can pineapple juice
1 (12 fluid ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate
2 (12 fluid ounce) cans frozen orange juice concentrate
1 quart strawberries (fresh or frozen) pureed in a blender
2 cups rum, or to taste
2 (2 liter) bottles chilled lemon-lime soda

DIRECTIONS

In a saucepan, dissolve the sugar in the water by bringing it to a boil over medium-high heat. Turn off the heat and allow it to cool.

Combine the sugar water with the pineapple juice, lemonade, orange juice and pureed strawberries in a 6-quart container. Mix in the rum to taste. Put the entire mixture into a large plastic ice cream pail and freeze overnight.

To make the drinks to order, scoop 1/2 cup of the frozen mixture into an 8 oz glass. Fill the glass with lemon-lime soda and serve with a straw. Keeps well in freezer for up to one month.

6. White Wine Sangria –

INGREDIENTS:

1 Bottle of white wine (Riesling, Albarino, Chablis, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc)
2/3 cup white sugar
3 oranges (sliced) or may substitute 1 cup of orange juice)
1 lemon (sliced)
1 lime (sliced)
1/2 liter of ginger ale or club soda (ginger ale for those with a sweeter tooth!)

PREPARATION:

Pour wine in the pitcher and squeeze the juice wedges from the orange,lemon and lime into the wine. Toss in the fruit wedges (leaving out seeds if possible) and add sugar. Chill overnight. Add ginger ale or club soda just before serving.

If you’d like to serve right away, use chilled white wine and serve over lots of ice.

Addition ideas: sliced strawberries, peaches, handful of fresh blueberries, raspberries, kiwi, a shot or two of gin, brandy or rum, a cup of citrus-flavored soda pop

7. Strawberry Pink Squirrel – courtesy of: recipezaar.com

Ingredients:

2 ounces white Creme de Cacao
2 ounces Crème de Noyaux
8 ounces Strawberry Ice Cream
Fresh Strawberries (for garnish)

Directions:

Mix creme de cacao, creme de noyaux and ice cream in a blender until smooth; pour into drink glass or parfait glass and top with 1-2 fresh strawberries.

8. Cremesicle Recipe

Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces vanilla liqueur
3 ounces orange juice
1 1/2 ounces milk

Directions:

Pour all ingredients into a Collins glass over ice cubes, stir, and serve.

9. Papaya Smoothie

Ingredients:

2 cups papaya juice
1/3 cup whole milk
3 tablespoons honey
6 to 8 cubes ice

Directions:

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until frothy. Pour into 2 glasses and serve immediately.

10. Peach Bellini – Courtesy foodnetwork.com

Ingredients:

6 peaches, (about 1 pound, 8 ounces), halved and pitted
1/4 cup superfine sugar, plus more for garnish
1/4 cup water
1 bottle Prosecco (750 ml or 3 1/3 cups), chilled

Directions:

With a box grater grate peaches into a pitcher. Add the sugar and water to the peaches and place pitcher in refrigerator until chilled and sugar has dissolved, or until needed. When ready to serve pour the superfine sugar on a plate and invert a chilled Champagne glass in the sugar to coat rim. Pour about a 1/8th of the peach mixture into the prepared glass and top off with Prosecco. Stir gently and serve.

11. Strawberry Lemonade – (For those who don’t drink alcohol. For those who do, I’m sure you know how to add a bit of bite to it.)

Ingredients:

2 cups water
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
1 cup fresh lemon juice
1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled and halved
2 cups cold sparkling water or club soda
Ice
Mint sprigs, garnish
Whole strawberries, garnish

Directions:

In a medium saucepan, bring the water and sugar to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves. Add the lemon peel and lemon juice, stir, and remove from the heat. Let cool completely, then strain into a clean pitcher. In a blender, puree the pint of strawberries and add to the pitcher with the lemon juice. Stir well to combine and refrigerate until well chilled. Add the sparkling water and stir well. Pour over glasses filled with ice and serve, garnished with mint and strawberries.

12. Orange Sherbet Slushy

Ingredients:

3/8 cup orange juice concentrate
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 to 8 ice cubes

Directions:

Throw the orange juice, milk, water, sugar and vanilla in the blender and blend. Add the ice cubes 1 at a time, blending to a frothy drink

13. Virgin Bellini –

Ingredients:

2 oz peach juice or whatever fruit juice – raspberry and strawberry is also good
1 tsp grenadine syrup
2 oz soda water – you can use light colored soda like 7up, sprite or squirt instead
Pour into a wine glass, and serve.

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14. Safe Sex on the Beach recipe

Ingredients:

3 oz cranberry juice
3 oz grapefruit juice
2 oz peach nectar
1 maraschino cherry
Pour over ice in a chilled glass and stir. Garnish with a cherry.

15.Long Island Iced Tea

Ingredients:

1 part Vodka
1 part Tequila
1 part Rum
1 part Gin
1 part Triple sec
1 1/2 part Sour mix
1 splash Coca-Cola
Mixing instructions:
Mix ingredients together over ice in a glass.

Pour into shaker and give ONE brisk shake. Pour back into glass and make sure there is a touch of fizz at the top. Garnish with lemon.

Also: You can use pineapple juice instead of sweet and sour. And use a light colored soda instead of the coca-cola.

16. Frozen Margarita

Ingredients :

2 tsp coarse salt
 1 lime wedge
  3 oz tequila
 1 oz orange liqueur (cointreau, grand marnier, etc)
  2 oz lime juice
 1 cup crushed ice
Directions:

Place salt in a saucer. Rub rim of a cocktail glass with lime wedge and dip glass into salt to coat rim thoroughly, reserve lime. Pour tequila, triple sec, lime juice, and crushed ice into a blender. Blend well at high speed. Pour into a cocktail glass.

To make without alcohol – omit the tequila and liqueur and substitute for sprite, squirt, limeade, lemonade, pineapple juice or sweet and sour