Summer in the City

Coolin’ Sauces to sip between your lips

It’s that time of the year where the grill is hot and your guests are thirsty. To keep them well liquicated, the following seasonal sippers should be considered for your next outdoor gathering. Have plenty of ice on hand, a couple cocktail shakers, and some cool glassware.

Soon after you get checked into your room, you’ll be livin’ it up at the Hotel California. What a lovely place. What a tasty recipe. Starting off with a parfait glass and the use of a blender, put in 1 scoop of orange sherbet with a little bit of cracked ice, and pour in 2 oz Bols apricot brandy and 3-4 oz of orange soda, depending on how thick or thin you want it.

Change into your swim shorts or hot little bikini, and head on out to where everybody else is hangin’, By The Pool. Build this drink in a tall or poco grande glass filled with ice, and add 1oz Skyy vodka, ½ oz Dekuyper Peachtree schnapps, ½ oz Midori liqueur, fill with cold 7-Up and top with a splash of orange juice. Garnish with a melon and peach ball with umbrella.

Finished with the day’s tan, the Lady In The Shade wants her drink in a tumbler over lots of ice, and now! Pour 1oz Porfidio tequila, 1oz Midori melon liqueur, and fill with grapefruit juice. Garnish with lemon and lime wheels, and an umbrella.

So sweet and so shy. Yeah, right! Turn away for five seconds and the next thing you know, she’s Skinny Dippin’. No complaints though. In an old fashioned glass with cracked ice,pour in 1 ½ oz Thor’s Hammer vodka, ½ oz Hiram Walker peach schnapps, ½ oz DiSaronno amaretto, and top with a splash of cranberry juice. Garn with a slice of peach.

The spell is upon you, so grab a pint glass, pack it with ice, and start the build with 1oz each of the following: Voodoo Spiced rum, RedRum, Midori, orange juice, and pineapple juice. After all of that, there should be enough room to throw a splash of club soda on top. Garnish – The Big Bad Voodoo Cooler doesn’t get one, unless you beg . . .

Carrying your board in from a couple hours of waverunning, be sure to quench your thirst with the Surf Room Mai Tai. Shake & strain the following over crushed ice in a tumbler: ¾ oz each of Sea Wynde pot still rum, Lahaina dark rum, and Lemon Hart Demerara rhum. Then add ¼ oz Dekuyper orange curacao, 1oz each of orange and pineapple juice, ½ fresh lime juice, ¼ oz fresh lemon juice, ¼ oz orgeat syrup and ¼ oz simple syrup. Add garnishes.

Even on a Summer’s night, nothing feels better than a Hot Springs Cocktail. In a chilled wine or cocktail glass, shake & strain 2 oz Chardonnay or Pinot Grigio, a splash of Rene Niel maraschino liqueur, ¼ oz pineapple juice, and a couple dashes of Fee Brothers orange bitters.

The L’aird of Summer Isle is as old fashioned as it gets. And so it goes, in an old fashioned glass, filled with cubed or cracked ice. Shake & strain 1 ½ oz Compass Box scotch, ½ oz Pernod, and 3 oz of Dole pineapple juice. That’s it. No garnish necessary.

This romantic coastal town is always just what the doctor ordered. With a gentle breeze as we walk up and down State Street, the Santa Barbara Sunset is something to behold.
Shake & strain the following in a chilled martini glass: 2 oz Martin Miller’s gin, ¾ oz Bols apricot brandy, juice of ½ lime, 2 oz orange juice, and a dash of grenadine or raspberry syrup.

Listening to Jazz or the Blues in this musicful Missouri town, makes you want to get up and shake your groove thing.
The Kansas City Cooler may help put some hop in your step. In a tall chimney glass filled with ice, pour 1oz Boru citrus vodka, then splashes of club soda, lemonade, and cranberry juice. Top off with a fill of chilled red wine of choice. Garnish with a fruit kabob of lemon, lime, orange, pineapple, and a cherry.

You’ll have a hard time keepin’ yer jeans on after one of these. Denim Lemonade goes in a pint glass packed with cracked ice. Pour ¾ oz Blue Ice vodka, ¾ oz Gilbey’s gin, and ¾ oz Kuya Fusion rum. Then add splashes of cold lemonade and 7-Up, a top dash of pineapple juice and a final dash of Hiram Walker blue curacao. Garnish with an orange wheel.

Tattoo your rear end with a Solar Cowboy. This surprisingly tasteful combination of 1oz Jack Daniels, 1oz Chinaco tequila, with ½ oz Kahlua, and ½ oz Dekuyper butterscotch schnapps will wake you up to start gettin’ the coals hot.

To see more cool Summer drinks and tasty liquifiers, check out my Summer Quenchers DVD available on Amazon.com, and my latest book titled The Hotel of Naughty Cocktails, a 10-floor, 195-room, 1000-page labyrinth of drinks produced as a custom CD Book (book on disc), available at CDBaby.com

Later, KB