My boyfriend is turning 30 and we're throwing a BBQ at our home. However, I getting sick of having beer every time we grill out. Any suggestions on some mixed drinks that would work well with the general BBQ foods?|||I stole these cool ideas from the Food Network site! Summer Watermelon Situation 8 cups diced watermelon (about 1/2 of a small watermelon), plus slices for garnish 8 ounces lemon vodka, chilled 7 ounces simple syrup, recipe follows 1 (17.5-ounce) can coconut juice 1 lemon Chill watermelon in the freezer for 30 minutes. Put all the ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth. Finish with a squeeze of fresh lemon. Serve very cold in a chilled glass, and garnish with watermelon or lemon slices. Long Green Tea Ice 2 ounces Green Tea Vodka, recipe follows 1/2-ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice 1-ounce orange liqueur (recommended: Cointreau) 1/4-ounce golden rum 2 to 3 teaspoons Simple Syrup, recipe follows Flowery Ice Cubes, for garnish (optional) Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add Green Tea Vodka, lemon juice, orange liqueur, and Simple Syrup. Cover and shake until mixed and chilled, about 30 seconds. (In general, the drink is ready by the time the shaker mists up.) Strain into a tall glass filled with Flowery Ice Cubes, if using. Copyright (c) 2007 Television Food Network, G.P., All Rights Reserved. Green Tea Vodka: 1 cup vodka 2 gunpowder green tea bags or 2 tablespoons loose gunpowder green tea Place both tea bags into the vodka. Cover, shake, and let steep for 2 hours. Remove and discard the tea bags. Simple Syrup: 1 cup sugar 1 cup water Put the sugar and water in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. (Alternatively, heat in the microwave.) Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 1 month. Yield: about 1 1/2 cups Orange Creamezcal 4 small scoops vanilla ice cream, about 2/3 cup 1 ounce mezcal 6 ounces orange soda, chilled Drop the ice cream scoop into a chilled soda glass. Pour the mescal over the ice cream, and then the orange soda. Serve.|||You can also get some Bacardi Citron Rum & Lemonade. That is a nice drink for summer. You can even make slushies out of it. Report Abuse |||MARGARITA'S ~cheers~|||For sure a sangr铆a is wonderful. Fruity, cool, refreshing, inexpensive -- and since you make it ahead of time, you can control the potency if you want to! Enjoy!|||Margaritas! They come in easy to use pre-mix and the taste with BBQ will be sublime! You can also buy premade margaritas frozen in a tub that you can scoop out into glasses! This is your Captain speaking! CaptWayne|||Sangria, Mojitas, Long Island Iced Tea, Margaritas, Rum Punch You can just Google these names and get some super recipes.|||LEMONADE!!!! (pink is the BEST)|||You can find a lot of recipes on line for Sangria which is a wine mix drink and very popular at BBQ's. Wine coolers. Check out the bottles at your local liquor store for unusual beers and twist off bottles of Smirnoff (apple flavor etc), ales, and you could serve limoncello in little glasses after the food. Have fun|||PLANTERS PUNCH 2 oz. orange juice 2 oz. pineapple juice 2 oz. lime juice (sweetened) 1 1/4 oz. white rum 1 1/4 oz. amber rum 1 1/4 oz. Myers Jamaican rum (heavy toddy) 1 tsp. grenadine Mix ingredients and shake. Pour into glass filled with ice. Add 1 tablespoon grenadine and top with 1 1/4 ounces Myers rum. SANGRIA (SPANISH WINE PUNCH) 2 bottles red wine or dry white wine 1 cup Grand Marnier juice of 2 lemons 1 lemon, thinly sliced 1 orange, thinly sliced 1 quart seltzer water Combine all ingredients in large pitcher or punch bowl with ice or chill overnight. Serve over ice. Garnish with frosty (nearly frozen) fruits and long slivers of fresh orange peel. Sparkling wine or a champagne may be substituted. Can also be served over a scoop of rainbow or orange sherbet.|||In the heat, I would recommend tonic or soda & either gin or vodka. Make slices of lime, orange and lemon available. Stay away from whisky or other dark liquor. Light rum would be good, too. For summer, the lighter the better. Also consider making cocktails with soju, which is similar to vodka with regard to mixing properties but not as strong so you won't get as drunk and/or full. Hard liquor is often a bit much for afternoon BBQs.|||That beverage is very good with BBQ! :) Hot Dog On A Stick Muscle Beach Lemonade Clone Here's a recipe clone of the original Muscle Beach lemonade from Southern California, the lemonade you find at those "Hot Dog on a Stick" restaurants in the mall. It's absolutely fantastic! Squeeze 6-10 lemons, depending on size, to produce 1 cup of fresh juice. Combine the juice with 7 cups cold water and 1 cup sugar in a two quart pitcher. Stir well to dissolve the sugar. Slice two of the squeezed lemon rind halves into quarters (eight pieces total) and add the rinds to the pitcher. Add ice to the top of the pitcher and chill. To serve, place a few thin lemon slices in the bottom of a tall glass, fill with ice, then add lemonade. Plan on drinking this lemonade the same day you make it, as it doesn't keep well overnight.|||Mixed drinks plus hot weather are a bad idea. If you're sick of beer and must have alcohol, consider sangria or fruit and wine punch.|||i took it to mean, you were looking for alky-holic drinks. Anyway weve had lots of parties where the ladies dont really go for the beer, i took vodka, sprite and white cranberry or ocean spray mixed juice and make a nice lil drink outta that. Tastes tropicallish. also a favorite is parrot bay and pineapple juice. Yum! the flavored rums are always a hit with jiuce...|||rum & coke cranberry juice & vokdka Crown & coke|||You cant ever go wrong with a Margarita! Yummy|||LYNCHBURG LEMONADE 1 PART TENNESSE WHISKEY (JACK DANIELS) 1 PART TRIPLE SEC 1 PART SWEET/SOUR MIX (50/50) 4 PARTS SPRITE ADD ALL INGRIEDIANTS IN A LARGE CONTAINER AND SERVE OVER ICE|||try tropical drinks or go to www.webtender.com 1. mandorin vodka,peach shnapps, chambord(or black or rasberry liq.), sweet and sour (splash), cran/oj/pinejuice. long islands or long beach ice teas are good 2.tequila,vodka,rum,gin , triple sec, feel with sweet and sour splash of coke for a L.I. splash of cranb. for a LB let me know if you want more ideals i have tons joeymozzer@yahoo.com|||lemongrass+lemon...its a healthy drink and provide a zesty taste to cut the flavor of the BBQ.|||I can't imagine mixed drinks with hot weather. i prefer beer but you can do sweet things like vodka and lemonade or malibu and cranberry juice or pineapple juice,or orange juice and put fresh fruit in them... have fun|||MARGARITAS!!!|||Pina Coladas and Strawberry Daquiris. Margaritas too. Any kind of frozen drink is fun because it is hot outside.|||Margaritas!!! Mojitos Jack and coke or seven up|||If you are sick of beer, consider a "Dark and Stormy." It is a combination of ginger beer and rum that you mix individually. Ginger beer stands up to strong BBQ sauce flavors and Kids can just drink the ginger beer alone feel grown up because it's non-alcoholic.|||Mojitos are always a win. You may want to try some Vodka with lemonade or perhaps whiskey & cranberry juice (sounds bad, but actually tastes OK) Good luck....|||root beer floats

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