It’s gettin’ hot as h.e. double hockey sticks out there. It’s time to head to the beach, cool off, and grab a frosty bevi. So many choices, what shall I enjoy.

Check out my Top 15 Summer Beach Drinks:

1) Sex on the Beach – that one was pretty obvious.

• 1.5 oz vodka
• 1 oz peach schnapps
• 2 oz cranberry juice
• 2 oz orange juice

2) Piña Colada – this one is a favorite among many. I can only get about one down before my stomach starts doing a 540 mctwist.

• 3 oz light rum
• dash of coconut cream
• handful ofcrushed pineapple
• 2 cups of crushed ice

3) Sangria – a Spanish red-wine punch. You can make your own, but I think most people drink this for the convenience of buying a jug of it at the liquor store.

4) Surfer on Acid – I’ve only seen this as a shooter, but just multiply everything a bunch and you’ve got a glass full.

• 1\2 oz Jagermeister
• 1\2 oz coconut rum
• 1\2 oz pineapple juice

5) Summer Brew – when you read these ingredients you’ll probably think to yourself, “That sounds horrible.” Put this concoction to your lips and you’ll change your mind.

• 1 can frozen limeade
• Same can above filled with vodka (after you dump out the limeade of course)
• 4 beers (Corona, Blue Moon, Keystone, something light)

6) Margaritas – There are a billion kinds of these bad boys. Lets go platinum grand:

• 3 oz margarita mix
• 1.5 oz Cuervo 1800 tequila
• .25 oz Grand Marnier
• .25 oz Cointreau
• .25 oz triple sec
• .25 oz Irish Mist herbal liqueur
• .25 oz fresh lime juice
• ice – cubeage amount up to you

7) I’ll go ahead and throw in my personal beach bevi choice here: Cold beer. Pacifico, Corona, Modelo, typically anything Mexican on the beach will do.

8) Rum Punch – the name says it all.

• 2 liters Tahitian Treat soda
• 1 liter dark rum
• 1 – 12 oz frozen orange-pine concentrate
• 1 cup coconut rum

9) Mai Tai – big straw. Get a big straw.

• 1 oz light rum
• 1/2 oz crème de almond
• ½ oz triple sec
• ½ oz dark rum
• equal parts pineapple juice and sweet and sour

10) Blue Hawaiian – these are good. For some reason blue drinks always seem more appetizing to me. Go figure.

• 1 oz light rum
• 1 cherry
• 2 oz pineapple juice
• 1 oz Blue Curacao
• 1 oz cream of coconut
• a pineapple slice (if you’re fancy, I guess that goes for the cherry too)

11) Hurricane – I’ve heard they sell these at drive-throughs in Louisiana. It’s not considered open container… because they tape down the straw. Lol.

• 1 oz vodka
• dash grenadine
• 1 oz giri
• 1 oz light rum
• 1\2 oz Bacardi 151 rum
• 1 oz amaretto almond liqueur
• 1 oz triple sec
• equal parts grapefruit and pineapple juice

12) Mojito – I can’t drink mint drinks, but a lot of people like ‘em. Although, that gum that tastes nothing like a Mojito is pretty good.

• 1.25 oz Captain Morgan spiced rum
• 12 mint leaves
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1\2 oz lime juice
• 2 oz soda water

Now I’m no doctor, but some seem to think the cure for a vacation hangover is… yep, another drink. Here are 3 hangover helpers.

13) Toasted Almond – it’s like coffee, but not.

• 2 oz amaretto
• 2 oz Kahlua coffee
• 2 oz light cream

14) Tequila Sunrise – literally.

• 2 oz tequila
• dash or two of grenadine
• fill the rest of the glass with OJ

15) Mimosa –  get after that Vitamin C.  (You get to figure out the amounts of each on this one.)

• Champagne
• Orange Juice

What did I miss? Tell me below!

Not a bartender,

David Goodlin
Online Marketing Coordinator