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Summer Cocktails! The Full Roundup

2008_05_26-Cocktails.jpgIt's been a full Memorial Day here - we hope you've enjoyed all the cocktail coverage. We're just getting going on our summer entertaining so we'll return to these recipes frequently. As you gather with friends and family on this holiday, we hope that you have a day of relaxation and peaceful enjoyment of good food, good friends, and tall frosty drinks.

Here are links to our cocktail coverage from today as well as more drinks, tips, and tools from our archive. Also, don't forget about our one-day-only giveaway: 101 Sangrias and Pitcher Drinks. Forward to the cocktails!

 
 

Recipes, tips, basics like simple syrup, tools like that jigger cube pictured above, and more. Cocktails away!


Cocktail Recipes


Gin
The Cuke
The Americano
Elderflower Cordial Cocktail
Pineapple Basil Cocktail
Lemon Verbena and Orange Blossom Fizz
Basil Gimlet
Gibson Cocktails and All About Eve
Straight Up: Raw Egg Whites in Cocktails (and Ramos Gin Fizzes) Are Back! plus Ramos Gin Fizz and Dead Reckoning
The Celluloid Pantry: A Tom Collins with Lime and Chinatown (1974)

Tequila
Limoncello! Limonada with Limoncello and Tequila
Lemon Basil Cocktail
Margaritas to Make Men and Women Giggle

Brandy
The Celluloid Pantry: Dirty Martinis and Sabrina (1954)
The Celluloid Pantry: Brandy and Champagne and The Big Sleep (1946)

Whiskey
Straight Up: The Trouble With Irish Whiskey (and James Joyce Cocktails)
The Celluloid Pantry: 7 & 7s and Mean Streets (1973)
Straight Up: Algonquin Cocktails for the Hungry Thirsty Reader
Whiskey and Ginger

Vodka
Straight Up: Using Shiso in Cocktails (Mojitos and More)
The Celluloid Pantry: Victory Lemonade with a Punch and The Miracle of Morgans Creek (1944)
White Russians and The Big Lebowski
Strawberry Basil Lemonade
The Fresh Mango Sweet Escape
Rhubarb Basil Cocktail
Spiked Boba from the New York Times

Other
Golden Dream Cocktail for Oscar Night
Straight Up: Creme de Violette and Blue Moon Cocktails
Sweet Vermouth on the Rocks with a Twist and Groundhog Day (1993)
Vanilla, Pear and Sage: Summer Cocktail with Navan
Trend Spotlight: St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur
Pimm's Cup for the English Gardener


Cocktail Mix-Ins and Guides

DIY Simple Syrup
Lemon Verbena Simple Syrup
DIY Cocktail Onions
Seasonal Recipe Spotlight: Limoncello
How to Rim a Cocktail Glass
Video: Make Your Own Cocktail Onions with Art
Straight Up: Using Shiso in Cocktails (Mojitos and More)
Cocktails with Basil
Rhubarb is Springing Up in Warm-Weather Drinks


Cocktail Gear and Tools

The Jigger Cube
Cocktail Gear: Three Good Muddlers
Favorite Cocktail Books
IMBIBE by David Wondrich
Soda Club Seltzer Water Soda Maker
Waring Pro Electric Martini Maker (and video demo of this odd machine here)

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Liquor, Recipe Roundup, cocktail, summer cocktail

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Comments (1)

The Jigger cube. My husband's a bartender and when he saw that, he snickered.
Imagine transporting liquid in it and trying not to have any of it slosh over the edge.

posted by lolax on 2008-05-29 03:28:38
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