Traditional Spanish Sangria with Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice & Rum

Serious Eats is drinking in season with an apricot and mint cocktail

The B7: the perfect tropical cocktail to make you forget the hurricane

Blueberry lavender lemonade with vodka is the perfect cocktail for late summer evenings.

Whiskey, not just for drinking straight up. Whiskey cocktails abound, but whiskey drink cocktails for Summer? Meet the Blood and Sand Cocktail.

Raspberry Shrub: a sweet/sour/fruity summer cocktail made with Prosecco

Summer Fruit Sangria. Plums, peaches, cherries, grapes, black raspberries all come together to create the perfect celebration of seasonal fruit.

Natural Born Berries: Cloudberries and aquavit make for an intriguing combination

Cocktalia shakes up a whiskey sour

Rye, thyme and fresh apricots make up the Helen.

Take Out Wine Pairings! A fun video collaboration between Brunellos Have More Fun and Kitchy Kitchen.

Raspberry Limoncello Cocktail with Basil

Sip away the last summer day with this watermelon cucumber margarita!

Fresh raspberry daiquiri, perfect during the heat of the summer.

Italian Ice Tea cocktail

The fabulous Lemon Drop Martini served at the Legends Ball by Oprah Winfrey, sweet and sour just like eating the candy.

Bellinis (in a few flavors!) are a perfect make-ahead solution for a late-summer party.

Bloody Mary Popsicles

Strawberry Basil Daiquiris with Rum & St. Germain

Perch ~ Poised atop the Pershing building in downtown LA perch offers a happy hour with an amazing view! French wines,Kir Royal, and more on the 15th floor!

Scientist believe they have discovered the origins of the yeast used to brew German lagers... all the way over in South America.

Classic Irish coffee... Simple and warming!

This week’s delicious roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious includes homemade California rolls, citrusy pomegranate sangria and decadent chocolate peanut butter birthday cake.

The SoNo Sunrise is the perfect cocktail for the trailing days of summer.

The White Peach Sgroppino, a NYtimes case study.

Veuve Cliquot Clicq'up Origami Ice Bucket in person! It is so flat and portable, i've had it in my laptop sleeve... and now popped up on the balcony in Santa Cruz with some bubbly!

One of the most iconic yet elusive pot-still Irish whiskeys has been the multiple –award-winning Redbreast 12-year-old, along with its even more evasive cousin, Redbreast 15-year-old.

Bourbon Peach Slush-the perfect summertime cool down drink.

Taco Truck Wine Tasting ~ domaineLA and Mariscos Jaliscos teamed up for some serious street food and wine pairings like rosé and fried shrimp tacos!

Using essential oil, the Grand Fir Martini takes gin to an entirely different level.

Citrusy sangria flavored with pomegranate molasses

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité! The Liberté Cocktail. Use up that Lillet and Gin in your cabinet for this refreshing martini derivation!

Dangerous Old Fashioned ~ Bar on Fifth mixologist Robbie Clift's cure for a bad workday... tequila, agave syrup, and grapefruit bitters.

There's the dirty vodka martini and then there's the extra dirty martini. What's the difference and how to make an extra dirty vodka martini.

Mango Margaritas made with fresh squeezed mango juice from a back yard tree.

Farmer's Market Gin and Tonic featuring cucumber, rosemary and locally distilled Rob's Mountain Gin from Boulder Distillery.

Glenmorangie, the most popular single malt in Scotland, pioneered the “finishing” of its bourbon- and sherry-barrel-aged whiskies in barrels formerly used for other wines, such as port.

Peach Ginger Margarita. A perfect way to enjoy late Summer.

Shochu, a japanese spirit typically from barley, rice or sweet potato, comes of age in LA, according to the latimes.

Fresh peach and white wine drink - A great cocktail to drink during the summer!

This week’s delectable roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious includes homemade cherry vanilla coke (with a rummy twist), decadent S’mores Cakelettes, homemade curry puffs and more.

Two daiquiri recipes from La Floridita in Havana, Cuba, including the 'E. Henminway Special'. Also, pics of Havana and Hemingway's house, from the Library of Congress!.

Boozy Cherry Dark Chocolate Ice Cream: a tribute to the finer aspects of summer.

High West captures the barrel aged cocktail craze and brings it to retail with a Barreled Manhattan.