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3 Summer Cocktails To Up Your Happy Hour Game

3 Summer Cocktails To Up Your Happy Hour Game

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With summer time weather officially here, it’s time to perfect your at home happy hour! Whether you’re still staying home (or not), it’s always a good idea to have some go-to summer cocktail recipes up your sleeve. So here are three of my favorites for you… CHEERS!

GRILLED LIME SOUTHSIDE

Grilled Lime Cocktails Are Your New Summer Staple

Grilling limes make them juicier and give your drink a smoky flavor that is undeniably different and delicious. Read more about it here!

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Grilled Lime Southside

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. gin
  • 3/4 oz fresh grilled lime juice
  • 2 grilled lime wedges
  • 1 oz simple syrup
  • 2 sprigs of mint
  • soda

Instructions

  • In a shaker, muddle one mint sprig with the limes, and lime juice.
  • Add the gin and simple syrup and shake well.
  • Pour into a glass over ice and stir until glass is frosted.
  • Top with soda and garnish with the remaining mint.

2-INGREDIENT FROSE’

This is a super easy way to enjoy a frose’ at home. Simply freeze your watermelon cubes for at least 4 hours and blend with your favorite rose’. It creates a slushy frose’ that is so delicious, you’ll want to make them all summer long! Check out my IGTV how-to here!

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2-Ingredient Frose’

Use frozen watermelon as the base for the delicious frose'!
Course: Drinks

Equipment

  • Blender

Ingredients

  • 2 cups rose' wine
  • 2 cups frozen watermelon

Instructions

  • Freeze watermelon cubes for at least 4 hours.
  • Blend equal parts frozen watermelon and rose'.
  • Garnish with a squeeze of lime & a sprig of mint (OPTIONAL).

Tulsa Thyme

This was the signature cocktail at my wedding in 2012! It was such a hit, we ran out within the first hour. It’s deceptively strong, so start slow or weaken the recipe if you plan on having more than one 😉 not that I”m speaking from experience or anything.

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Tulsa Thyme Cocktail

Ingredients

  • 1 part vodka
  • 2 parts thyme-infused lemonade
  • splash club soda

Instructions

  • Muddle thyme and add lemonade. Let it infuse for 15 minutes (or overnight).
  • Strain the lemonade.
  • Add vodka & lemonade to a glass of ice.
  • Garnish with a lemon slice (OPTIONAL).

These cocktails will be on repeat all summer long at our house!

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