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What is your favourite summer time cocktail, wine, beer, or other libation? Do you drink the exact same point year-round, or do sunny, warm days make you assume of unique drinks?

(Psst: In the previous we’ve talked about maintaining alcohol in the workplace, the ideal mocktails and other non-alcoholic drinks, jobs that encourage drinking, “overachieving women” and drinking, and (way back when) what to drink at an workplace cocktail celebration. What is the drinking predicament at your workplace this summer time, readers — lots of cocktail parties for interns and summers, or do you really feel like it is been dialed back a bit?)

My Favorite Summer Cocktails

For my $.02… I’m not a big wine particular person, but one thing about spring (and only spring) says rosé to me… but if I’m at a restaurant providing a frosé in the summer time, I might indulge. When I’m drinking wine a good white absolutely feels a lot more summery than red. Except for Beaujolais, which for some purpose I usually associate with “fancy picnic wine,” and possibly Lambrusco or sangria.

In terms of cocktails, I really like a dirty gin martini and will drink that year round ditto for an old-fashioned. But if there’s a Bee’s Knees on the cocktail menu or one more exciting drink involving lemon, elderflower, or honey syrup, these will normally get me also.

My Favorite Low- and Non-Alcoholic Summer Drinks

As far as other libations go, I’ve by no means been a big fan of lemonade (in spite of my really like for lemon, go figure). I’m a lot more most likely to grab a lemonade-flavored seltzer or a kombucha than a lemonade. I have been receiving into mocktails in current years, and I genuinely like some of the lighter nonalcoholic beers from Athletic Brewing or BrewDog, and Clausthaler tends to make an remarkable grapefruit-flavored mocktail if you can locate it. (I also like Fever Tree’s grapefruit soda.)

When I’m feeling further fancy, I nevertheless really like to make the grapefruit-elderflower mocktail I shared in our roundup of 10 terrific mocktails for Dry January… If I’m OK with getting a low alcohol drink I’ll often add just a splash of St. Germain to seltzer. We’re beginning to get into a handful of of the reduce-alcohol points like spiked seltzers, spiked kombucha, and ranch water, but we’re just beginning due to the fact it took me a even though to get more than my Zima/”wine cooler” memories. I’d really like to know if you have favorites.

(I also nevertheless make “unicorn juice” — hat tip to the readers for that a single!)

Readers, how about you: What are your favourite summer time drinks like cocktails, wine, beer, and other libations? (What are your favourite seltzers, readers? I’m fairly loyal to Spindrift, in particular considering that you can normally locate it on sale in substantial quantities, but I know that brands like Poland Spring and La Croix have a bunch of exciting seasonal flavors also…)

Psst: hunting to moderate your drinking?

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