Best Drinks for Labor Day BBQs (white wine, tequila, grape, Pinot)

[drinkay]

Minty Peach Sangria (can be served as a pitcher)

• 3 parts Brancott Estate Sauvignon Blanc
• (or Chardonnay or Pinot Gris)
• 3 parts peach nectar
• 1 part orange-flavored vodka
• Several mint leaves (for every one serving, use 8-10 mint leaves)

Directions: Slap the mint leaves between your palms to release oils, then drop into glass. Add ice and remaining ingredients and stir. Garnish: mint sprig and fresh peaches

Malibu Mango Sunset

• 1.5 parts Malibu Mango Rum
• .25 part Peach Schnapps
• 2.5 parts Margarita Mix
• 1 Dash of Grenadine
• 1 Scoop of Ice
• 1 part Strawberry Puree

Blend first five ingredients until smooth. Pour into glass with strawberry puree.

Mamasjito

• 2 part Mama Walker’s Blueberry Pancakes
• 7 blueberries
• 10 fresh mint leaves
• 1 part simple syrup
• 1/2 of lime cut into wedges
• Splash Club Soda

Muddle the mint, blueberries, lime wedges and simple syrup in shaker. Add HW Blueberry Pancakes and ice. Strain into a highball glass with fresh ice, top with soda.

[ccm123]

Those sound great! I usually serve up different varieties of beer and wine coolers.

[CMichele]

I would definitely have some brew on hand. Why not fill a cooler or a kiddie pool with various beers, ales, lagers, and coolers?

[Ohiogirl81]

Beer, beer and more beer.

Maybe a gin and tonic, if it's really hot.

[deckdoc]

Allergic to beer~ maybe soda, water, or chocolate milk?

[Bunjee]

I'll take a mixed drink if someone else is bartender! But I usually don't do mixed drinks. Beer, you're it. Otherwise, white wine sangria. Then I'd have vodka, ice, ginger ale, an assortment of citrus and juices, and liqueurs or mixers on hand (Chambord, Poire William) for very simple DIY cocktail mixing. Margaritas too.

[grmi66]

A quick and easy cocktail that I've been drinking this summer are Palomas. I've read that this drink is more popular in Mexico than Margaritas. Just mix grapefruit soda, tequila, squeeze in a lime and you are done. Salting the rim of the glass is optional.