Easy Summer Drinks & Cocktails | The Best Recipes from The Hut

Writer and expert8 years ago

Kilner show us how to quench your thirst with recipe ideas for the best summer drinks and cocktails

From picnics and barbecues to garden parties and days out at the races, summer is best enjoyed with a cool drink of something sweet (and preferably alcoholic) at hand. If there’s anyone who knows how to knock up a good fruity cocktail, look no further than our friends at Kilner. After preserving British fruit and veg for 175 years, the brand today offers a much-loved drinks range perfect for the summer season. The Hut sought advise from the brand to offer a guide to summer drinks and cocktails that are easy to make, and even easier to drink. You won't be disappointed...

Pimms Iced Tea

Ingredients

4 English Breakfast Tea Bags
25 Grams Fresh Mint
100g Caster Sugar
Juice of 2 Lemons, Plus Slices to Serve
Juice of 2 Oranges, Plus Slices to Serve
400ml Pimms
Strawberries, Slice to Serve

Method

Place the tea bags, sugar and half the mint in a large saucepan. Add 1 litre of freshly boiled water.
Allow the teabags to infuse for 15 minutes, remove and discard.
Leave the liquid to cool and add in the Pimms.
Remove the mint and store in clean sterilised Kilner bottles. Your sealed bottles can be stored in the fridge for up to a week.
When ready to serve, pour Pimms into a Kilner handled mug, add slices of lemon, orange and strawberries. Finish with sprigs of mint.

What You’ll Need

1 x 500ml Kilner clip top bottle
Kilner handled jars to serve

Top tip: Complete the look with cute vintage reusable straws.

Classic Mojito

Ingredients

30ml White Rum
25ml Lime Juice
1 Teaspoon White Sugar
Soda Water
Mint Sprigs
Ice
Lime Slices to Serve

Method

Place the sugar in the bottom of a clean Kilner handled jar and pour the lime juice over.
Add a couple of mint sprigs and gently mash together.
Fill the handled Kilner jar with ice cubes and the rum.
Top up with soda water and stir.
Decorate wit ha slice of lime and a couple of mint leaves.

What You’ll Need

Kilner handled jars to serve

Top Tips

Keep the drinks flowing with Kilner’s 5-litre drinks dispenser. Your family and friends can help themselves to your tasty creations, and the dispensers are great for get-togethers, parties and even weddings.
Replace the soda water with ginger beer for a spicey alternative.

Cloudy Pink Lemonade

Ingredients

300g Caster Sugar
1 ½ Lemons, Sliced
1 Orange, Sliced
3 x 170g Punnets of Raspberries
Ice and Fresh Mint to Serve

Method

Place all the ingredients in a large saucepan and pour over 350ml cold water.
Bring to the boil, stirring often, then leave to cool.
Pour through a sieve, pressing down with a spoon to extract all the juices.
The syrup can now be stored in the fridge for up to 1 week.
To serve, pour a little into a Kilner handled jar and top up with sparkling or still water, ice and mint.

What You’ll Need

500ml Kilner clip top bottles
Kilner handled jars to serve

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Margarita Madness

Ingredients

1 Part Tequila
½ Part Triple Sec Liqueur
½ Part Lime Juice
Salt
Cubed Ice

Method

Chill your glass by filling it with ice for a couple of minutes and then removing it.
Put lots of ice and all of the ingredients into a shaker, then shake hard for about 30 seconds to chill the liquid.
Run a lime wedge around the outside of the rim of your glass before rolling the rim to salt.
Double strain the mix into the glass.