Easy Breezy Summer Cocktails

BY CYNTHIA BAUDENDISTEL

Summertime . . . the perfect time for lazing in a hammock with a good book and a perfect cocktail. Concord’s excellent bookstores can see to your reading needs and we’re here to bring you three of our favorite summer cocktails created by one of Concord’s best mixologists, Brigette M.T. Sanchez of Ideal Mixology.

You may know Brigette from Fiorella’s restaurant, where you can find her behind the bar creating amazing cocktails and chatting with her ‘family’ of guests. Brigette started Ideal Mixology in 2012 to provide custom bar service for in-home and commercial events. With the advent of COVID-19, she took her unique program online. Using Zoom, Brigette delivers fun, interactive, hands-on virtual cocktail hours for groups large or small. Working with ingredients most of us have on hand, Brigette teaches how to create restaurant-quality drinks at home.

Brigette was nominated by the Massachusetts Restaurant Association for “Stars of the Industry: Bartender of the Year” for her unique cocktail creations and unrivaled hospitality. Visit her website to book a Zoom cocktail hour: www.idealmixology.com.

Kiwi Breeze

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KIWI BREEZE

1.5 oz gin

1/2 oz green chartreuse

1/4 oz calvados

1/2 oz Torani kiwi syrup

1 oz lime juice

1 oz pear nectar

Combine all ingredients in shaker. Add ice and shake for 15 seconds. Strain over fresh ice in a high ball or collin’s glass. Garnish with a slice of kiwi and a slice of lemon.

Desert Sunrise

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DESERT SUNRISE

1 oz cachaça (Brazilian rum)

3/4 oz mezcal

1/2 oz Luxardo liqueur

1/4 oz orgeat (almond syrup)

1/4 oz pineapple juice

1.5 oz guava nectar

1 oz lime juice

Combine all ingredients in shaker. Add ice and shake for 15 seconds. Strain over fresh ice in hurricane glass. Garnish with three Luxardo cherries and a lime wheel.

The Limbo Martini

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THE LIMBO MARTINI

1 3/4 oz vodka

1/2 oz limoncello

1.5 oz limbo mix (1/2 oz pineapple juice, 1/2 oz lemon juice, and 1/2 oz orgeat syrup)

2 oz prosecco

Splash pomegranate liqueur

Gummy bears

Thread brightly colored gummy bears onto a skewer.

In a shaker, combine vodka, limoncello, and limbo mix. Add ice and shake for 15 seconds.

Strain into a martini glass and drizzle pomegranate liqueur down the side of the glass so that it drops to the bottom.

Place your dancing gummy bears on top. Perfect for a fun dessert drink.