Summer is in full swing and pool parties are starting to be planned and we wanted to look at some of the best recipes for the summer of 2020. What's trending? What's new?  One thing we know for sure, a pool party is sure to be a good time and a few beverages only help the atmosphere and the fun! When you are playing pool basketball or pool volleyball, you are bound to get thirsty and need a break from time to time, here are some great recipes!

Mojito 

A summer classic and so refreshing while sitting around the pool!

Ingredients

• 2 oz. white rum
• 1/2 oz. lime juice (squeezed fresh)
• 1 tsp. superfine sugar
• 3 mint leaves
• club soda or seltzer

Directions

In a smallish Collins glass, muddle lime juice with 1/2 to 1 tsp. superfine sugar. Add the mint leaves, mushing them against the side of the glass. Fill glass 2/3 with cracked ice and pour in the rum. Pitch in the squeezed-out lime shell and top off with club soda or seltzer.

Watermelon Moscow Mule

A twist on a classic that just says pool party and summer. Try this take on a Moscow mule for a poolside beverage

Ingredients

• fresh watermelon
• 1 shot (1.5 ounces) vodka
• 1 small lime, juiced
• 1 bottle or can ginger beer
• 1/2 shot (0.75 ounces) ginger syrup
• mint, for garnish

1: Add watermelon chunks to a cocktail shaker.

2: Muddle the watermelon to make 1 ounce of juice. Strain juice into a glass and discard remaining watermelon chunks.

3: Fill cocktail shaker with ice. Combine watermelon juice, vodka, lime juice and ginger syrup. Shake well.

4: Strain into a copper mug filled with ice, then top with ginger beer.

5: Garnish with a miniature watermelon wedge and a mint sprig.

Rosemary Greyhound Cocktail

Ingredients

Yield: 1 cocktail

• 2 ounces vodka
• 1/2 ounce rosemary simple syrup
• 4 ounces grapefruit
• rosemary sprigs, for garnish
• For Simple Syrup
• 2 cups water
• 2 cups sugar
• 6 sprigs rosemary

Make Simple Syrup

Heat the water and sugar over medium heat for approximately 5 minutes, making sure to not let it boil to the point that the sugar crystallizes (Image 1). While warm, pour the simple syrup over the rosemary sprigs inside a bottle (Image 2). Set aside a few sprigs for garnishing your cocktails later.

Heat the water and sugar over medium heat for approximately 5 minutes, making sure to not let it boil to the point the sugar crystallizes.

Directions:

1. While warm, pour the simple syrup over the rosemary sprigs inside a bottle. Set aside a few sprigs for garnishing later.
2. Make Your Cocktail
3. To make the cocktail, start by adding a 1/2-ounce of rosemary simple syrup (Image 1), then add 2 ounces of vodka (Image 2) and top off with grapefruit juice (Image 3).
4. To make the cocktail, start by adding a half ounce of rosemary simple syrup.
5. Next, add 2 ounces of vodka.
6. Top off with grapefruit juice.
7. Garnish with a few sprigs of rosemary. Cheers!

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