Cheers to summer entertaining! If you’re gathering friends for an alfresco party, you’ll want to serve thirst-quenching cocktails that appeal to a wide range of tastes. Batch any of these drinks inspired by stars’ favorite sips and spirits to sate your guests without having to constantly tend to the bar.
Refreshing Summer Cocktails to Make for Your 4th of July Party
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Refreshing Summer Cocktails to Make for Your 4th of July Party
Cheers to summer entertaining! If you're gathering friends for an alfresco party, you'll want to serve thirst-quenching cocktails that appeal to a wide range of tastes. Batch any of these drinks inspired by stars' favorite sips and spirits to sate your guests without having to constantly tend to the bar.
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Refreshing Summer Cocktails to Make for Your 4th of July Party
Cheers to summer entertaining! If you're gathering friends for an alfresco party, you'll want to serve thirst-quenching cocktails that appeal to a wide range of tastes. Batch any of these drinks inspired by stars' favorite sips and spirits to sate your guests without having to constantly tend to the bar.
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Aperol Spritz
The namesake Italian spirit gives this fizzy aperitif — one of Benedict Cumberbatch's favorites — a bittersweet, citrusy finish.
Directions: Into a large wine glass, add several ice cubes and an orange slice. Pour in 3 oz prosecco, 2 oz Aperol and top off with soda water. Serves 1.
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Violent Femme
Law & Order: SVU alum Stephanie March is a fan of Brooklyn’s Gotham Market at Ashland Place, where this recipe originated.
Directions: Into a shaker, add 2 oz gin, 3/4 oz lemon juice, 3/4 oz rosemary simple syrup, 3 dashes of Peychauds bitters and ice. Shake, strain into a coupe class and garnish with lemon slice. Serves 1.
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Cucumber Smash
Dose thirst-quenching cucumber and cooling mint with tangy lime juice and smooth vodka (try British singer Rita Ora’s favorite, Belvedere).
Directions: Into a shaker, add 1 ½ oz vodka, ½ oz elderflower liqueur, ½ oz fresh lime juice, a pinch of sea salt, a few mint leaves and 3 hothouse cucumber slices. Add a handful of ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a rocks glass, then garnish with a few ice cubes and an extra slice of cucumber. Serves 1.
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Dark and Stormy
Rich dark rum balances out the bite of ginger in Mindy Kaling's cocktail of choice.
Directions: Into a highball glass filled with ice, add 2 oz dark rum, a few dashes of bitters and 3 ¹/³ oz ginger beer. Stir to combine and garnish with a lime wedge. Serves 1.
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Frose All Day
Steal the recipe from NYC’s Le District (where Pretty Little Liars' Ashley Benson was recently spotted) to make this summer’s it drink.
Directions: Into a shaker, add 3 oz rosé, 1/2 oz lemon juice, 3/4 oz Giffard peche, 1 oz Grey Goose melon vodka, 1/4 oz Cointreau and 1/2 oz simple syrup. Shake to combine, then pour into blender with a handful of ice. Blend until smooth, then pour into a champagne coupe. Serves 1.
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Chili-Pineapple Margarita
Actress Ali Larter partnered with Cointreau to create a twist on the classic. "I’m all about salty and sweet," she tells Us Weekly. "I love the combination of those flavors; it really makes a cocktail stand out."
Directions: In a shaker filled with ice, combine 1 oz Cointreau orange liqueur, 2 oz blanco tequila, 1/2 oz fresh lime juice and 1/2 oz pineapple juice. Wet the rim of a rocks glass with a lime wedge, then roll the rim into a mixture of equal parts cocktail salt and chili powder. Add large ice cubes to the prepared glass, then shake the drink mixture vigorously and strain into the glass. Garnish with a pineapple wedge. Serves 1.
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St. Tropez
Channel the French Riviera with this recipe from NYC’s Esther & Carol, where R&B singer Usher recently dined.
Directions: Into a large snifter, add 4 oz dry rosé wine, 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice, 1/2 oz Amaro Montenegro, 1/2 oz Rothman & Winter Orchard Apricot liqueur, 1/2 oz agave syrup (1 part agave nectar, 1 part water). Stir to combine, add ice and top with Q club soda. Garnish with a grapefruit slice and a mint sprig. Serves 1.
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Summer Breeze
Antioxidant-rich pomegranate juice (Kate Upton is a fan of POM Wonderful's) forms the base of this spiked lemonade.
Directions: In a small pitcher, combine 1 cup (8 oz) 100 percent pomegranate juice, 1/2 cup (4 oz) lemonade and 1/2 cup (4 oz) club soda. Add plenty of ice to two glasses and fill with drink mix. Garnish with a blueberry skewer and pomegranate arils. Serves 2.
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Under Sage
Bar Rescue's Russell Davis, who also acts as president of bar and cocktail consulting firm Unlimited Liabilities, incorporates fresh sage to play up gin’s herbaceous notes.
Directions: In a shaker, combine several ice cubes, 2 oz dry gin, 1 tbsp Bonne Maman cherry preserves, 1/4 oz Shaker & Spoon elderflower syrup, 1 oz Meyer lemon juice and 2 fresh sage leaves. Shake vigorously, then double-strain the shaker’s contents into a rocks glass over fresh cubed ice. Garnish with 2 fresh sage leaves. Serves 1.
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