Drinking in the garden this summer? Inviting people over?
Pep up the drinks on offer with these super easy summer cocktail recipes. You won’t be knocking up a G&T again for a while. And no fancy equipment required.
And as you’d expect with pebble – each of our summer cocktail ideas comes from a spirit or soft drink brand that has an impressive sustainable story.
From using up surplus veg, to donating to water projects, using local honey or being carbon neutral, make these super easy and delicious cockails this summer and support the planet without even thinking about it.
Summer Cocktails: Easy Recipes To Drink In The Garden
1. Summer Garden Punch
Muddle up apple juice, green tea and elderflower cordial for this long gin cocktail.
2. Easy Tropical Mai Tai Recipe
Get a taste of the tropics with this super simple Mai Tai recipe.
3. Rhubarb and Lime Rickey
Fed up with G&T? Make this seasonal, refreshing long drink, it’s the perfect partner for a long sit in the garden.
4. Earth Laddie
Rosewood London’s award-winning Scarfes Bar have created a limited edition bottled cocktail, in partnership with Bruichladdich, the Earth Laddie.
It mixes The Classic Laddie whisky and Fino Dos Palmas Sherry with fermented apples and parsnips, which have been rescued from local markets where they were surplus and bound for landfill.
Each bottle of their Classic Laddie has a unique code on the bottle, which can be entered on the Bruichladdich website to see the unique whisky recipe including the barley provenance and cask types of each batch, demonstrating the distillery’s pledge of transparency in action. In addition, the Trees for Cities charity have committed to planting a new tree for every bottle sold.
5. London Dry Collins
The Collins is an easy sidestep from a G&T but clocks in as a longer and slightly sweeter drink. It adds a touch of variety to the sundowner cocktail in the garden.
6. Wonky Bramble
Not only are Bramble cocktails super tasty, this one helps support companies who are using surplus fruit to fight food waste.
7. Cider Honey Cocktail
This super easy, easy drinking rum cocktail is a perfect summer drink. Knock it up in a minute.
8. Elderflower Mint Daiquiri Cocktail
Belvoir’s famous cordials aren’t just good for pepping up the soft drinks option, you can also use them to make super easy cocktails this summer.
9. Strawberry Hi Ball Cocktail
Don’t know what to do with leftover strawberries?
Mash them up and turn them into a strawberry syrup and then make this delicious long vodka based cocktail – which is just the taste of summer.
10. Maasai Man Cocktail
Get a taste of the exotic with this orange infused gin and cold brew coffee cocktail.
