OT - Favorite "summertime" Drink

[DaddyChoc]

ice tea, lemonade or H2O

adult beverage - Bud Light Lime

Breakfast Drink - Trop50

 

[BooRadley]

• Iced Tea & Lemonade over crushed ice with some raspberry puree added
• Singapore Sling made at Raffles Pre mid 1970's -- they went down hill in the late in seventies and are really a different and much more commercial drink these days(JMHO)
• OJ & Pineapple mix with a little grapefruit added to kick the buds alive.

Your Ol' Pal Boo

 

[vtcwbuff]

Summer
Home made lemonade
A cold beer - as long as it wasn't brewed in Milwaukee or Golden

Year round
Coffee black and bitter the way God intended
Wine - red
An occasional highland single malt -2 fingers, 2 cubes

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

Aadaris Premium Lager, Latvian Beer
Gritty's Vacationland Summer Ale
Wine--Malbecs fron Argentina

 

[Huskymaniac]

Riesling from Germany's Mosel valley.

 

[speedoo]

Gin, vodka or rum and tonic.
A good crisp white wine like sauvignon blanc.
Mint julep.
Cold beer, but not any kind of bud. Boston Summer Ale is one of the few domestic beers I like.. And Costco has some Kirkland branded domstic beers that I like a lot.

 

[meyers7]

Doesn't matter the season, The Republic of Tea's Ginger-Peach iced tea. (brewed at home of course)

 

[meyers7]

Riesling from Germany's Mosel valley.

I do like Rieslings but don't think I've had any from there. I'll have to find some and try it.

 

[AboutWeston]

Tom Collins; or a G&T or a V&T

 

[pap49cba]

Madras. Cranberry juice, orange juice and vodka.

 

[DaddyChoc]

oh yeah and ummmm Bartenura's Moscato

 

[Replicant]

• Mint Julep sitting in Pat O'brien's courtyard (NOLA).
• Hacker-Pschorr (wheat) in a frosted pilsner w/lemon slice.

 

[Kibitzer]

The ultimate hot weather adult beverage is a gimlet. Make it with good gin stored in the freezer and the incomparable Rose's Lime Juice.

I like Yuengling Light Lager. The ONLY light beer that doesn't taste like light beer. Not available in Connecticut, so we buy it by the case in New York.

When picnicking, we like Pinot Grigio, with ice cubes and maybe a teentsy bit of soda on a real hot day. PG is a decent, cheap, watery Italian white wine that is easily guzzled in mid-summer with a clear conscience.

 

[hoopsdiva]

Sangria. Homemade with lots of fruit and a splash of vodka.

 

[speedoo]

Sangria. Homemade with lots of fruit and a splash of vodka.

I was just about to add sangria to my list. Red sangria in the evening, white when the sun is still up. Maybe the best invention from Spain!

 

[justML]

Cold and frosty margarita.

Hold the salt.

 

[Replicant]

I was just about to add sangria to my list. Red sangria in the evening, white when the sun is still up. Maybe the best invention from Spain!

Sangria is the 2nd best invention from Espana...the king is seafood paella!

 

[Replicant]

I was just about to add sangria to my list.

Since you're the Big Apple Big Dog, I'll share a quick sangria story and well kept Hell's Kitchen secret.

I like sangria (a lot) and have performed many an unscientific survey across the country during extensive biz travels/entertaining. Once while in Atlanta (Buckhead) a few years back, my hosts dragged me to the Cheesecake Factory to dine, but primarily to partake of this locations "Best of Atlanta" sangria. This particular restaurant had won Atlanta's top honors 10 years running. Well of course it was outstanding, but didn't even come close to Arriba Arriba in Hell's Kitchen (9th Ave & 51st St). Best I've ever had! Great food as well and reasonably price.

 

[VAUConnFan]

Kool Aid or Flavor Aid all year long; 2cups sugar per gallon augmented with a can of frozen like-flavored juice. It's the only way orange Kool Aid is even potable. To the orange Kool Aid I also add a dash of vanilla extract to give it that orange creamsicle flavor.

 

[cohenzone]

I do like Rieslings but don't think I've had any from there. I'll have to find some and try it.

Not bad stuff. When I want a somewhat sweeter wine, that's what I buy.
Unsweetened iced tea with lemon is my norm
Maybe a vodka collins or Tom Collins when out

 

[rocky rococo]

Constant Comment tea. Alberino, white wine from northwestern Spain (Galicia).

 

[alexrgct]

1. Chardonnay
2. JW Green on the rocks
3. A real margarita. No margarita "mix", no crappy tequila

 

[Dairyair]

Kool Aid or Flavor Aid all year long; 2cups sugar per gallon augmented with a can of frozen like-flavored juice. It's the only way orange Kool Aid is even potable. To the orange Kool Aid I also add a dash of vanilla extract to give it that orange creamsicle flavor.

So you're drinking the Kool Aid!!

Seriously, though, when will summer get here? Tired of scraping frost!

 

[MilfordHusky]

There are more complicated answers, but for simplicity:

The best summertime drink is also the best anytime drink--Sam Adams Boston Lager, served at 38 degrees.

 

[MilfordHusky]

ice tea, lemonade or H2O

adult beverage - Bud Light Lime

Breakfast Drink - Trop50

Check the label on Trop 50. Too artificial for me.