Nothing says summer quite like a hot, sunny afternoon and yummy cocktails on the patio. SweetHome editor Gabrielle Johnson chats with the LCBO's Laura Ruffolo to get the inside scoop on the season's coolest drinks. Cheers!
OCEAN BLUE MARTINI
Ingredients:
½ oz. vodka
1 oz. Hypnotiq
2 oz. lemonade
Directions: Mix in a cocktail shaker with ice, then strain into a martini glass.
DRAGON BERRY & GINGER ALE
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz. Bacardi Dragon Berry Rum
4 oz. ginger ale
Dragon fruit (garnish)
Directions: Pour rum into a glass with ice, then top with ginger ale. Garnish with dragon fruit on a skewer.
CABANA
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz. Absolut Berry Acai flavoured vodka
4 oz. cranberry juice
1 oz. pineapple juice
Pineapple (garnish)
Directions: Fill a tall glass with ice. Add vodka, then top with cranberry juice and pineapple juice. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.
TROPICAL SPRITZER MOCKTAIL
Ingredients:
3 oz. mango juice
3 oz. peach juice
Soda water
Star fruit (garnish)
Directions: In a cocktail glass filled with ice, add mango juice and peach juice. Top with soda water and stir to mix. Garnish with star fruit.
Recipes courtesy of Laura Ruffolo and the LCBO.