What makes a great beach cocktail? If you ask me, it’s whatever drink finds its way into your hand while you’re sitting on the beach.
The Sneaky Spirit Social Club thinks otherwise. They have a few specific guidelines to help you rethink your beach cocktail, and three bottled beauty cocktails for sale with an exclusive for BIT readers. Read On.
From the Sneaky Spirit Social Club
A beach cocktail should start with fresh, in-season ingredients. We went to our local farmers market for a little inspiration and came back with the following:
English Cucumbers
Fresh Mint Ginger Root
A spikey little Pineapple
And PLENTY of citrus- oranges, limes, lemons.
With these as our inspiration, we thought of the best “base spirits” to accompany them. As a rule of thumb, gin and cucumber always make good friends. Rum is a great bet to make a drink taste more tropical. And when in doubt for anything else, tequila.
We paid a visit to our good friends at Duke’s Liquor Box to pick up these spirits, and came home for a little painless trial-and-error.
We juiced, strained, peeled, pressed, pureed, and paired it all with a few of our favorite Sneaky Tinctures- including a hibiscus spice tincture (made from hibiscus flowers and white peppercorn) and our new Sneaky Szechuan spice (a taste-altering tincture) before coming up with these amazing beach cocktails.
Beach Cocktails with the Sneaky Spirit Social Club
Gin Cucumber Cooler
A minty, cucumber, Szechuan combination with a little fresh lemon guaranteed to make you cooler with the first sip.
Hibiscus Margarita
A tried-and-true favorite made from dried hibiscus, fresh lime, and a little white peppercorn, and a heavy-hand of blanco tequila.
Ginger Rum Punch
Pineapple, Orange, and a bite of fresh ginger bring a brightness to the dark rum soul of this drink.
Each of these has 4.5 ounces of booze (read: that’s more than 2 drinks worth!) and we’re extending a special offer for BIT readers:
Buy 1 bottled cocktail for $12
Buy 3 for $33
Buy 10 or more for only $10 each
Free same-day delivery in Greenpoint and Williamsburg.
Call us from the park. Call us the night before you leave for the beach. Let us meet you on the dock before the ferry to Governor’s Island comes. Take us with you, and let’s make this summer a little more Sneaky.
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