Summer Sensations

Refreshing Cocktails That Capture All Those Sensory Delights And Delicious Memories Of Summer From Booming Fireworks To Smoky Campfires.

- Jane Ehrhardt

COOL HAND LUKE

Excerpted from Sloshes by Jerry Nevins, Photography by Lucy Schaeffer/ Workman Publishing © 2017.

Let this frozen, “cool as a cucumber” slosh keep you as chilled out in summer’s intense heat as Cool Hand Luke was facing down the Captain.

SERVES: 4 | GLASS: floral bowl GARNISH: cucumber wheel or blackberries

2 ounces water

9 1/2 ounces Simple Syrup

4 ounces lemon juice

2 3/4 ounces lime juice

2 1/4 ounces Pimm’s Blackberry & Elderflower

12 1/4 ounce Thatcher’s Organic Cucumber Liqueur

7 1/2 ounces whole milk

Combine. Place the water, simple syrup, lemon juice, lime juice, Pimm’s and cucumber liqueur in a medium-size, metal bowl and stir.

Blend. Add the milk to the bowl slowly, using an immersion blender to emulsify the mixture.

Freeze. Pour the liquid into a large freezer bag and place it in the freezer until frozen, approximately 4 hours. Alternatively, pour the liquid into an ice cream maker and proceed per the manufacturer’s instructions.

Serve. When you’re ready to drink, massage the freezer bag by hand until it’s a wet, slushy consistency. If it’s not breaking up, run the bag quickly under hot water and massage some more. Pour into the glass and garnish.

THE ICE CREAM SANDWICH (left) adapted from supercall.com

Remember the thrill of the ice-cream truck chiming down your street every summer as a kid? Now you can sit on the porch, sipping this smooth, ice-cream sandwich cocktail instead, and skip the line at the truck.

GLASS: coupe or martini GARNISH: orange zest or sandwich cookie crumbs

1 1/2 ounces dark rum

1 ounce chocolate vodka

1/2 ounce creme de cacao

1/4 ounce Kahlúa