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Soon enough the Polar Vortex will be rightfully consumed by summer and the sweat will start pooling again. When it does, douse it with one of these summer cocktails, either using the recipes below or just showing up at the bar.
Violet Beauregarde, above (Bolsa):
1 1/2 oz Tito’s vodka
1/2 oz St. Germain
1/2 oz simple syrup
1/2 oz lemon juice
6 to 7 blueberries
2 to 3 basil laves
1 lemon wheel (muddled)
Topped with red wine
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Pimm’s Cup (Gemma)
2 oz Pimm’s No. 1
½ oz honey
½ oz simple syrup
1 oz fresh lemon
Muddled strawberries, cucumber and lemon wedge
3 shiso leaves
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Maracas (Komali)
1 ½ oz pineapple infused Jimador Blanco tequila
½ oz Cruzan coconut rum
½ oz Cointreau
Splash of fresh lime
Garnished with “booze soaked” pineapple
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Rhuberry Margarita (Oak):
1 1/2 oz Dobel tequila
3/4 oz Cointreau
Fresh lime
Agave
Rhubarb puree
Muddled strawberries
Sugar rim
Vida mezcal floater
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Hop Trip (Blind Butcher)
1 1/2 oz Anchor Hophead vodka
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
1 oz honey syrup
Egg whites
1 oz Lagunitas Dogtown pale ale
Dash of bitters
