What are good summer drinks? We don't want anything complicated or high caloric; the point is to keep it very simple and relaxing. I don't want to come home and whir up a pitcher of margaritas or anything.
What summer drinks have the same "pour and enjoy" quality as bourbon in February?
ginger beer and dark rum with lime (called a "dark and stormy")
Pimm's is delicious. It's a drink base containing gin, that's sort of spicy-fruity-bitter, and it's refreshing in the same way as not-too-sweet iced tea.
my favorite summer cocktail: pernod (20%), orange juice (50%) and something bubbly (seltzer, champagne, what have you) (30%) in a tall glass filled with ice
Seconding Pimm's - but with Old Jamaica ginger beer!
the Ellison, courtesy of Blue Owl (terrible website
here): Hendrick's gin (and none other), fresh mint, lime juice, simple syrup, a dash of bitters, and one or two very thin slices of cucumber floating in it. Shaken and served like a martini
Southern Comfort with cherry limeade
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