Tag: Summer Cocktails

Six Summery Cocktails

Four ways to reimagine the use of gin, plus a vodka and rum cocktail to round it all out

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It’s easy when summer rolls around to default to the good old gin and tonic. That said, it’s far from the only way to maximize the spirit’s freshness. After surveying multiple venues in NYC, we found four gin drinks that truly reimagine the way it’s consumed. But for anyone who’s over gin as a go-to summertime spirit, we’ve also got a simple-to-make vodka cocktail that’s …

Royal Salute 21’s “Luckiest of Dreams” Cocktail

An age statement Scotch-based drink buoyant enough for summer

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For anyone wary of Scotch cocktails, Royal Salute—the superb Speyside blend aged a minimum of 21 years—offers a solution. And, uncommonly, it makes for a delightful warm weather sipper. The “Luckiest of Dreams” cocktail carries some heft with 50ml of the whisky (roughly 1.6 ounces) at its core. An aromatized apricot stock syrup (recipe also included here), however, adds levity to palate without dulling it …