Our Favorite Summer Cocktails
This may be the most important blog you read all month! Summer is here and while this heat overstays its welcome, we want to share our favorite summer cocktail recipes with you. Kelly loves a Classic Margarita and Brian lives for a Pretty Paloma but they both agree that an airy, original Aperol Spritz is a summer necessity!
CLASSIC MARGARITA:
Ingredients:
- 2 limes
- Sea salt, coarsely ground
- 2 ounces Blanco tequila
- 1 ounce orange liqueur, (i.e., Cointreau)
- Ice
Directions:
- Juice one lime to make 1 ounce lime juice and set aside
- From the second lime, slice a thin wheel for garnish and a wedge for salting the rim
- Run lime wedge around rim of a chilled rocks glass; dip rim in salt to coat. Partially fill glass with ice.
- Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Add tequila, orange liqueur, and reserved lime juice. Shake vigorously until outside of shaker is cold and frosty.
- Strain into prepared glass, garnish with lime wheel and serve immediately
PRETTY PALOMA:
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 shots of reposado tequila or any good quality Blanco tequila
- Juice of half a ruby grape fruit
- 1/2 shot of agave syrup or sugar syrup
- 2 1/2 ounces club soda
- A squeeze of fresh lime juice (optional)
- Sea salt, coarsely ground (optional)
Directions:
- Stir the grapefruit juice, tequila and sugar syrup until well mixed
- Pour into a tall glass filled with ice and top with club soda
- Optional: add a squeeze of lime juice and/or rim the glass with salt
THE ORIGINAL APEROL SPRITZ:
Ingredients:
- 3 parts of Prosecco D.O.C.
- 2 parts of Aperol
- 1 splash of soda
- 1 slice of orange
- Ice
Directions:
- Place ice cubes in a stemmed balloon glass
- Pour 3 parts of Prosecco D.O.C.
- Follow by pouring 2 parts of Aperol, and 1 ounce of soda
- Slice an orange and use it as a garnish