Pink Cocktails for Summer
Summer has always been the best season to watch out for with the sun blossoming and the trees swaying in a warming breeze. It doesn’t matter whether you are relaxing on your porch or watching the sunset, or just having a regular lunch with your friends during the summertime. The best form of refreshments come from the classic mix of your favourite summer fruits like the raspberries and strawberries.
Here is a quick rundown of the pink cocktails you should set out to mix this summer when you host a baby shower or a regular luncheon:
Kir Royale
Ingredients
- Champagne -4½
- Blackcurrant liqueur-½
Preparation:
- Empty the blackcurrant liqueur into the champagne flute
- Pour champagne into the flute.
Virgin Watermelon Margarita
Ingredients
- Watermelon-5 cups
- orange juice-¾ cups
- Sugar syrup-2 tbsp.
- lime juice-½ cups
- Salt-½ tsp.
- crushed ice
Preparation
- Garnish your blender with a sugar rim
- Introduce watermelon, salt, sugar syrup, orange juice, lime juice and crushed ice to the blender
- Pulse entire mixture
Strawberry Daiquiri
Ingredients
- white rum-2 parts
- sugar syrup-1 part
- lime juice-1 part
- strawberry-4 pieces
- ice cubes
Preparation
- Pour the ice into the blender
- Introduce strawberry, lime, juice, sugar syrup, white rum into the blender
- blend the entire mixture
- strain mix into the cocktail glass
- garnish with strawberry
French Martini
Ingredients
- vodka-3 parts
- pineapple juice-2½ parts
- blackcurrant liqueur-½ parts
- ice cubes
Preparation
- fill up the shaker with ice cubes
- add vodka, pineapple juice, blackcurrant liqueur to the shaker
- shake well
- strain into the cocktail glass
Clover club
Ingredients
- gin-2¼ parts
- raspberry syrup-¾ parts
- lemon juice-¾ parts
- egg white-1 part
Preparation
- Pour the ice cubes into the shaker
- Introduce the raspberry syrup, lemon juice, gin, egg white to the shaker
- shake entire mix well
- strain mix into the cocktail glass
Flamingo
Ingredients
- Lemon juice½ parts
- Pineapple juice2 parts
- Club soda1 part
- Cranberry juice3 parts
- Ice cubes
Preparation
- Pour ice cubes into the shaker
- Introduce salt, pineapple, juice, lemon juice, cranberry juice into the shaker
- Shake the entire mix in the shaker well
- Strain mix from the shaker into the Collins glass
- Pour club soda into the glass
- garnish the glass with a lime wedge
Elephant Charger
Ingredients
- lemon juice½ parts
- pineapple juice2 parts
- club soda-1 part
- cranberry juice-3 parts
- ice cubes
Preparation
- Pour ice cubes into the shaker
- Introduce salt, pineapple juice, lemon juice, cranberry juice into the shaker
- shake entire mix properly
- strain mix into the Collins glass
- fill up the glass with club soda
- garnish with a lime wedge
Blaster Bates
Ingredients
- orange juice-6 parts
- milk-3 parts
- banana-¼ cups
- raspberry-¼ cups
- ice
Preparation
- Pour ice into the blender
- Introduce raspberry, orange juice, milk, banana to the blender
- Blend the entire mix
- strain the mix into the Collins glass
- garnish your Collins glass with berries
The Glamour Gal
Ingredients
- vodka-3 parts
- lemon juice-¾ parts
- lime juice-¾ parts
- Sugar syrup-¾ parts
- blackcurrant liqueur-1 drop
- Ice cubes
Preparation
- Garnish your shaker with a sugar rim
- Introduce ice into the shaker
- Introduce vodka, sugar syrup, lime juice, lemon juice into the shaker
- shake mix well
- strain mix into the glass
- Include blackcurrant liqueur to the glass
Cosmopolitan
Ingredients
- Cointreau-¾ parts
- citrus vodka-2 parts
- lime juice-¾ parts
- Cranberry juice-1½ parts
- ice cubes
Preparation
- fill up the shaker with ice cubes
- pour vodka, cranberry juice, lime juice, Cointreau into the shaker
- shake entire mix well
- sieve into the cocktail glass
- garnish with an orange wedge
Carrie Bradshaw
Ingredients
- vodka-1½ parts
- gin-¾ parts
- Orange Curacao-¾ parts
- sugar syrup-¾ parts
- lime juice-1 part
- cranberry juice-¾ parts
- club soda-1 dash
- Peychaud’s Bitters-2 dashes
- ice cubes
Preparation
- add ice to the shaker
- pour vodka, sugar syrup, lime juice, Peychaud’s Bitters, gin, cranberry juice, Orange Curacao into the shaker
- shake entire mix well
- strain into the cocktail glass
- pour club soda into the glass
Bikini Martini
Ingredients
- Coconut rum-1 part
- Vodka-1 part
- Pineapple juice-1 part
- Grenadine-1 dash
- ice cubes
Preparation
- fill up the shaker with ice
- pour pineapple juice, vodka, coconut rum into the shaker
- shake mix properly
- sieve mix into the cocktail glass
- pour grenadine into the glass
Pink Margarita
Ingredients
- tequila-2 parts
- Campari-½ parts
- lemon juice-¾ parts
- honey-¾ parts
- ice cubes
Preparation
- add ice to the shaker
- add tequila, lemon juice, honey, Campari to the shaker
- shake well
- strain into the cocktail glass
- garnish with lime slice mint leaves
Kiss on the lips
Ingredients
- white rum-1½ parts
- Triple sec-1 part
- raspberry juice-4½ parts
- Grenadine-½ tbsp.
- ice
Preparation
- add ice to the blender
- add white rum, raspberry juice, Triple sec to the blender
- blend
- strain into the cocktail glass
- pour grenadine into the glass
- garnish with an orange wedge
Virgin Watermelon Margarita
Ingredients
- Watermelon-5 cups
- Orange juice-¾ cups
- Suger syrup-2 tbsp.
- Lime juice-½ cups
- Salt-½ tsp.
- crushed ice
Preparation
- Trim glass with a sugar rim
- Include watermelon, salt, sugar syrup, orange juice, lime juice, crushed ice cubes to the blender
- blend the entire mix
Sophisticated lady
Ingredients
- Cucumber-1 piece
- Sugar syrup-1½ parts
- Salt-¼ tsp.
- Cranberry juice-3 parts
- Lime juice1½ parts
- ice
Preparation
- Chop the cucumber into the shaker
- crush salt and cucumber with the muddler
- Include ice cubes into the shaker
- Include sugar syrup, lime juice, cranberry juice to the shaker
- shake entire mix properly
- Introduce ice to the cocktail glass
- sieve mix into the glass
- Trim with a lime slice
Baby belle
Ingredients
- Pineapple juice-1½ parts
- Orange juice-1½ parts
- Grenadine-1 tsp.
- Club soda-1½ parts
- Lime juice-1 tsp.
- Crushed ice
Preparation
- fill the cocktail glass with ice
- Add pineapple juice, orange juice, grenadine into the glass
- fill the glass with lime juice, club soda
- Trim glass with pineapple wedges
Pink Gin
Ingredients
- Gin-2 parts
- angostura-1 dash
- ice cubes
Preparation
- fill the shaker with ice
- Add angostura, gin into the shaker
- shake mix properly
- strain mix into the cocktail glass
Porto Flip
Ingredients
- Brandy-¾ parts
- Port-2¼ parts
- Egg yolk-½ parts
- Ice cubes
Preparation
- fill the shaker with ice cubes
- Introduce red wine egg yolk brandy into the shaker
- shake entire mix properly
- strain mix into the glass
- garnish the cocktail with ground nutmeg
