4 Easy Summer Drinks You Need to Try

Looking for easy summer drinks you can actually make at home, but are short on time or don’t know where to start? You’ve come to the right place.

When you’ve got friends on the way and nothing but basic ingredients in the fridge, the last thing you need is a cocktail recipe that calls for half a dozen ingredients and a bunch of fancy bartending tools.

In the latest episode of Absolut Drinks with Rico, you’ll learn how to mix four easy summer drinks you can make that look and taste like you made an effort but without any cocktail shaker in sight.

These easy cocktails are perfect for BBQs, caravan campsites, and backyard hangs.

Sex on the Beach
Sex on the Beach is an ’80s classic that’s way easier to make than you think. Made with Absolut Vodka, orange juice, cranberry juice and peach schnapps – garnished with a lime wheel and fresh cherry for that full retro cocktail-bar look.

The Sex on the Beach is a built drink, which means everything is made directly in the glass – no shaker required. It’s one of the easiest ’80s classics you can make at home.

Check out the recipe for a Sex on the Beach, or what we like to call the Absolut on the Beach.

Bay Breeze

The Bay Breeze is a vodka cocktail made with Absolut Vodka, cranberry juice and pineapple juice – built directly in a highball glass over ice, stirred and garnished with a pineapple wedge and lime wedge.

A close relative of the Sea Breeze and the Vodka Cranberry, the Bay Breeze swaps the Sea Breeze’s grapefruit juice for pineapple – giving it a sweeter, more tropical character than either of its Cape Cod cousins.

Three ingredients, no shaking and ready in minutes – what’s not to love about a Bay Breeze?

Piña Colada
The Piña Colada is a blended tropical cocktail made with light rum, cream of coconut and pineapple juice – rich, creamy and one of the most recognizable drinks in the world.

As Rico puts it, “It’s one of my top 5 drinks in the world.” High praise from someone who has made a few.

Made in a blender with just three ingredients, the Piña Colada is finished with a pineapple wedge garnish. In this episode, Rico shows you exactly how to make one at home.

Chi Chi
The Chi Chi is a vodka twist on the classic Piña Colada, and if you’ve just made the one above, you’re already more than halfway there.

Absolut Vodka, pineapple juice and cream of coconut, blended into a smooth, tropical cocktail and garnished with a pineapple leaf. If you love a Piña Colada but prefer vodka over rum – or simply don’t have rum at home – the Chi Chi is the drink you’ve been looking for.

The creamy coconut and juicy pineapple are all there, with Absolut Vodka providing a cleaner base than the rum original.  The Chi Chi is easy to make – and with a pineapple leaf garnish, looks and tastes every bit the tropical cocktail it is.

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