Do you have any beverages you enjoy only or mainly during the summer?

[asp3]

I've just started to drink a new one that will only be for hot weather. I make up some double spiced chai, let it cool, put it in a metal container and then put that in the fridge. After it cools I get some chilled coconut milk substitute mix it with the chilled tea in an insulated mug and have a wonderful chilled chai. Sometimes I add ice and sometimes I just drink it as is.

Another beverage my wife and I love when it's hot is sangria. She makes a mean sangria by macerating fruit in brandy and Grand Marnier and then adding it to chilled red wine. We prefer it with Zinfandel, but other types work as well. We've tried several white sangrias but none of then has really won me over yet.

 

[Gaer]

I only drink water except in the summer. i like orange juice, lemonade or watermelon juice in the summer at times. but mostly only water.

 

[jujube]

Since our seasons consist of Almost-Summer, Summer, Just-Like-Summer-But-It's-Not, and It's-Nice-Now-But-It'll-Be-Summer-Before-You-Know-It, iced tea is in order year-round. I just put more ice in it from May to November.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I love all things cold, once the warmer weather arrives. Homemade spritzers, homemade iced tea, and even a beer with tomato juice every now and then.

They all hit home in a refreshing kind of way on a sunny and hot day.

 

[mike4lorie]

I like Gin and Tonic, and Fresca and Rum...

 

[Aunt Marg]

I like Gin and Tonic, and Fresca and Rum...

Gin and tonics are so good, too!

Thanks for the reminder, Mike!

 

[Ceege]

Since our seasons consist of Almost-Summer, Summer, Just-Like-Summer-But-It's-Not, and It's-Nice-Now-But-It'll-Be-Summer-Before-You-Know-It, iced tea is in order year-round. I just put more ice in it from May to November.

Love your seasonal descriptions.

 

[Ceege]

a beer with tomato juice every now and then.

I've never heard of beer with tomato juice before. Looked it up and there it was. Red beer.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I've never heard of beer with tomato juice before. Looked it up and there it was. Red beer.

We call them red eyes, and how refreshingly good they are.

 

[Pappy]

I like all flavors of Gatorade and lemon ice tea by Lipton. Always have cold bottles of Pepsi in our frig too. Not an alcohol drinker, but like bloody Mary’s and most types of sweet wine once in awhile.