July 4th Cocktails

Toast to America’s 250th with a unique and delicious cocktail! This year, July 4th cocktails will lean toward cold and refreshing. Beyond the usual beer or margarita, a few others deserve recommendations. Those made with ice and mixers like ginger beer or seltzer will be among those that are popular during a heatwave. Here are ten lesser-known but excellent summer cocktails to enjoy over the steamy weekend, whether enjoying them at a barbecue or within the cool indoor setting of home or bar. Just click the active link for recipe details.

Aperol Margarita — (tequila blanco) https://keetscocktails.com/aperol-margarita-2/

Gin Buck — (gin) https://keetscocktails.com/gin-buck-2/

Heatwave — (dark rum) https://keetscocktails.com/heatwave-3/

Kentucky Mule — (bourbon) https://keetscocktails.com/kentucky-mule/

Lemon Drop — (vodka) https://keetscocktails.com/lemon-drop/

Melon Daiquiri — (light rum) https://keetscocktails.com/melon-daiquiri/.

Paloma — (tequila blanco) https://keetscocktails.com/paloma/

Ruby Rita — (tequila reposado) https://keetscocktails.com/ruby-rita/

Rum Punch — (light & dark rum) https://keetscocktails.com/rum-punch/

Salty Dog — (gin or vodka) https://keetscocktails.com/salty-dog-2/

History — In 1776, beer, cider, rum, wine, brandy and whiskey were the main options for a group of colonists who enjoyed their alcoholic beverages. And although they far out-drank us — largely because drinking beer or wine for dinner was much more preferred than the bacteria-strained water — they looked down upon people who acted drunk. The colonists held their own and in fact invited (expected) others to drink with them … but not act drunk. It wasn’t uncommon for visiting clergy to arrive back at their own homes “quietly” inebriated after church calls.

HAPPY 250TH!!