Our Favorite Summer Cocktails Featuring Citrus
Summer has officially arrived! Although summer looks slightly different than what we’re accused to, we are still enjoying time outside and finding ways to celebrate the little things in life!
When I think of summer, I think of hot sandy beaches, delicious grilled food, and scrumptious cocktails. Summer cocktails should empathize freshness, which helps us remain cool. The second the flavors hit our tongues, it should feel like a water hoe injecting into an inflatable pool. It should feel like cotton candy melting on the surface of our tongue. And then makes us utter the sound of “ahh” after we have the first sip.
We have five citrus-infused cocktails that you can add to your drink menus for your quarantine sunny days in.
Limoncello Gin Martini
INGREDIENTS
1½oz dry gin
1½oz Limoncello lemon liqueur
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
2 tsp simple syrup
Lemon wedge, for garnish
DIRECTIONS
In a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice, add gin, Limoncello, lemon juice and simple syrup. Shake well, strain into martini glass. Garnish with lemon wedge.
Citrus Rye + Ginger
INGREDIENTS
2 oz. Rye
1 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz Ginger Ale
DIRECTIONS
Fill a tumbler with ice and pour in rye, lime juice and ginger ale. Stir and serve
Gimlet
Ingredients
- 2 oz/60 ml 86 Co. Ford’s Gin
- 1 oz/30 ml Lime juice
- 1 oz/30 ml Simple syrup
Directions
In a shaker filled with ice, shake and strain into a champagne coup. Garnish with a twist of lime.
Lemon Drop Cocktail
Ingredients
2 ounces vodka
1/2 ounce triple sec
1 ounce simple syrup
1 ounce fresh lemon juice
Directions
Garnish: sugar rim
Coat the rim of a cocktail glass with sugar and set aside (do this a few minutes ahead of time so the sugar can dry and adhere well to the glass).
Add all the ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake.
Strain into the prepared glass.
Oliveto
Ingredients
2 oz dry gin
1 oz fresh lemon juice
.25 oz simple syrup
.25 oz Licor 43
.5 oz extra virgin olive oil
1 fresh egg white
4 very large ice cubes
Instructions
In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients, including ice. Shake until most of the ice is gone. Strain into a stemless wine glass and serve.