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09/08/2012 12:42 | By Nikki Haynes, contributor, MSN Food
Summer 2012's trendiest tipples

From the calimocho to beer cocktails, there are plenty of trendy Pimms alternatives about this summer…



One for the Road beer cocktail (© Drake & Morgan)
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Gone are the sickly Slippery Nipple and Sex on the Beach days of the 80s and 90s - these days we're seeing a return to classics like the martini, vintage cocktails, new incarnations of old favourites, and the soaring popularity of Italian aperitifs like Negroni and Aperol spritz. If you've been wondering what to drink now that the summer's (sort of) here, see if you can work your way through our list of the top 10 trendiest cocktails and other refreshing tipples adorning bar counters everywhere this summer...



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One for the road? You have got to be joking???
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7 out of 8 comments   are UTTER SPAM

 

PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS MSN   or people will stop coming here

 

BY THE WAY    my best summer drink has to be a properly made PIMMS

12/08/2012 13:14
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I'm not sure why I'm reading this as I'm under-age...let's just say I'm preparing in advance.
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A beautiful tasting and well alcoholic summer drink is a pint or a half of cider with a measure of Crabbies ginger wine in it. However be careful if drinking it on a Sunday as it will still record on a breathyliser on Tuesday.
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How about a drink that was actually brewed with hot weather & hotter climates in mind? IPA, or India Pale Ale... Jolly refreshing and flavoursome. Morrisons currently have Marston's EPA [yes 'E' for extra] for £1 a bottle and it is spot on for our 'Indian Summers' [a proper term used to describe unseasonably late summer weather] here in England.
29/03/2013 16:13
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Calimocho is not fashionable , i've been drinking that for almost 22 years . And yes when you tell people about it , you do get funny looks .
11/10/2012 08:49
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Why summer drinks its OCTOBER NOV 2 WEEKS  Clocks go back 28th. Oct.
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Queens Soldier will discreetly swallow a small Negroni when his wife isn't around.  I believe he got arrested for it while off duty in Africa.
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Love will tear us apart, sung : joy division. Well, you cannot prise Christopher Williams, from his Doom, bitter a few pints is enough to get Williams to lower his pants and expose himself. Disgraceful man, and I wish he would not attempt to sing all those classics on the karaoke machine. There was only one Frank Zappa, Williams looks like Zappa, but sings like : Tiny Tim.
10/08/2012 23:14
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Its funny that calimocho is being promoted as a trendy drink as in Spain its associated with young people who buy it because its cheap and gets you drunk. In other words its the equivalent of buying a litre of cheap cider here. Tinto de verano is nice but my favourite would be sangria. Be careful though as it goes down easily on a hot day and its very easy to overdo it (as I discovered a few times).
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