Easy Cocktails For Refreshing Summer

Great Gatsby

 Lillet Blanc is a floral and citrusy aperitif that's wonderful with grapefruit; here it gets fresh juice and a little vodka to cut through the fruity flavors. Drink it with pre-dinner snacks or pair it with biscuits and marmalade at brunch.

Ingredients

• 1 ounce vodka
• 1 ounce Lillet Blanc
• 2 1/2 ounces freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
• Garnish: orange slice

Directions

Fill mixing glass halfway with ice. Add vodka, Lillet Blanc, and grapefruit juice. Stir until cold. Strain into ice-filled glass. Garnish with orange slice.

 

Moscow Mule

  

Even if you're not a huge fan of vodka, this classic drink is worth considering for summer parties. It's a cool and crisp combo of the vodka and fresh lime, sweetened and spiced with a long pour of ginger beer. Copper mugs are the standard serving vessel, but we won't judge if you use one half of your cocktail shaker (or a regular glass.)

 

Ingredients

• 1/2 a lime
• 2 ounces vodka
• 4 to 6 ounces chilled ginger beer

 

Directions

Squeeze lime into a Collins glass (or copper mug, if you've got one) and drop in the spent lime shell. Fill glass with ice and add vodka; top with chilled ginger beer to taste.

 

Cuba Libre

Cuba Libre is an all-time classic recipe, with subtle caramelly cola and a zesty wedge of lime that’s best enjoyed with crystal clear, rounded flavour of delicious Bacardi Gold Or Bacardi Limon

 

Ingredients

• 50ml.
  Bacardi Limon White Rum
• 125ml.
  Cola
• 1wedge(s)
  Lime Wedge

 

Directions

1. Fill a glass with ice
   Fill a tankard or rocks glass with ice cubes.
   
2. Pour in Captain Morgan® White Rum and cola.
   Using a jigger, measure 50ml Bacardi Limon White Rum and 125ml cola into the glass.
   
3. Garnish with lime.With a sharp knife and chopping board, slice a wedge of lime and place in the drink to garnish.  

Johnnie Walker Red Label & Soda

 

A version of the classic mixed drink that uses the blended Johnnie Walker Red Label for a well-balanced, clean, delicious drink to enjoy on many occasions. 

  Ingredients

• 50ml.
  Johnnie Walker® Red Label® Blended Scotch Whisky
• 125ml.
  Soda Water
• 2wedge(s)
  Orange 
  

  
  

 

Directions

1. Fill a glass with ice.
2. Pour Johnnie Walker Red Label Whisky and soda into the glass.
   Using a jigger, measure 50ml Johnnie Walker Red Label Whisky and 125ml soda water into the glass.
   
3. Garnish with a wedge of lime.
   With a sharp knife and chopping board, cut a slice of lime and place on top of the drink to garnish.
   
    
   

   Smirnoff Madras

    

   

   Colorful, fruity and refreshing, the Madras is a sharper, more citrussy version of its close relative, the Cosmopolitan.
   
   
   

     Ingredients

   • 50ml.
     Smirnoff No. 21® Vodka
   • 50ml.
     Orange Juice
   • 50ml.
     Cranberry Juice 
     Directions
     
     

     1. Fill a glass with ice.
        Fill a tall glass with ice cubes.
        
     2. Pour Smirnoff No. 21 Vodka, cranberry juice and orange juice into the glass.
        Using a jigger, pour 50ml Smirnoff No. 21 Vodka and 50ml cranberry juice into a tall glass over ice cubes and stir well. Top up with 50ml orange juice.
        
     3. Stir thoroughly.
        Stir the mixture thoroughly with a bar spoon.
        
     4. Garnish with a lime wedge.