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title: "To Do: 5 Warm-Weather Cocktails"
description: "It's that time in spring when the sun's just warm enough and the breeze, just cool enough: complement it with a new drink or two to add to your cocktail arsenal."
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# [To Do: 5 Warm-Weather Cocktails](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/do-5-warm-weather-cocktails)

 Written by [Terry Flanagan](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/author/terry) | May 23, 2012 8:48:03 PM

It's that time in spring when the sun's just warm enough and the breeze, just cool enough: complement it with a new drink or two to add to your cocktail arsenal. These six tried-and-true concoctions--test driven by us--include a hint of tart fruit or green freshness to celebrate the newly arrived warm weather.

**1. So Fresh and So Clean.**   
 This crisp, vegetal drink, made with gin and cucumber, is coolly sweet, green in flavor, and crisply pure while packing a punch. Try this as an alternative to the usual margarita.  
 Fill a lowball glass 1/2 of the way with ice.  
 Pour in 2 oz. Hendricks Gin  
 2 oz. St. Germain  
 1 slice cucumber  
 1 wedge lemon  
 Stir and enjoy with cucumber and lemon squeezed in glass.

2. **Michelada Chiller.**  
 We kick it up a notch with a dash of tequila and green habanero sauce. There are tons of variables for this classic, but this is deliciously unfussy.  
 Chill a tall glass in the freezer. Once glass is chilled:  
 -Rim glass with salt, if preferred  
 -Add Ice (add as much as you'd like)  
 -Pale ale (we like Sierra Nevada Pale Ale or Founders Pale Ale)  
 -Squeeze in 1 lime wedge, toss in glass  
 -2 oz. tequila reposado (much better than a blanco in this drink)  
 -Drops of green habanero sauce, to taste

3. **Blueberry Bash.**  
 The blueberry season is coming up--invite it into your glass with this tart, head spinning, but subtly sweet drink.  
 In a shaker with ice:  
 -Muddle 1 tbsp. blueberry preserves  
 -2 oz. vodka (any brand will do, as this is more for kick, not flavor)  
 -4 oz. Sauvignon Blanc (look for something with "fruity" and "floral" in the description)  
 -Pour into a lowball glass with ice.  
 -Lemon wedge  
 -Mint sprig, for garnish

4. **Sparkling Spring Cocktail.**   
 Inspired by a drink especially made for us by David Page and Barbara Shinn of Shinn Estate Vineyards. Ingredients used here can be found on [their website](http://shinnestatevineyards.com/).  
 In a champagne flute:  
 -1/2 oz. orange or lemon bitters  
 -2 oz. Shinn Eau de Vie ($25, distilled blanc de blanc wine, 40% abv)  
 -drop in a sliver of lemon peel, heated for a few seconds over flame to bring out lemon oils  
 -Fill glass with Shinn Brut Sparkling ($36)

5. **Southern Peach.**   
 This is the name we're giving this cocktail, made once upon a time by an old friend and refined over the years at home.  
 In a Ball jar for extra Southern street cred--or just the usual glass, if that's your style:  
 -Ice  
 -2 oz. bourbon (we like Bulleit from Tennessee or Eagle Rare from Kentucky)  
 -Fill glass with Lindemans Peche Lambic (or apricot beer, in a pinch)  
 -Dollop of honey, to taste  
 -Mint sprig, for garnish  
 Enjoy while watching the Kentucky Derby.

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