Now, I don’t want to turn this into another fruitless search for the Single-of-the-Summer-type quest, but I think it’s time to start looking for candidates for the 2005 Drink of the Summer.
Sandy introduced me to micheladas yesterday, and I think I’m hooked. It was kind of like a spicy, tangy fake iced tea with hint of beer flavor.
There doesn’t seem to be a real consistent recipe (the ones we were drinking were beer + an ounce or two of lemon juice + a vigorous dash of cayenne pepper, all over ice), and I look forward to spending the summer finding the right mix. Other recipes include ingredients like black pepper, Worcestershire, soy sauce, Tabasco, and tomato juice. I’m not sure about the tomato juice, but I can see the others contributing to a nice, savory summer drink.
I’ve always been a little nervous about mixing beer and wine with anything else (except for about 6 hours in 1997 when I thought vodka and red wine *ruled*), but the micheladas have me ready to try almost anything. I’ve seen Michael and Amy mix red wine and coca-cola; Tim said something about beer and sprite. Any other recommendations/reformulations?
Also, if anyone has any early candidates for Single of the Summer, please let me know. I never find out what it is until summer’s over. I’d suggest "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani, but that officially came out last winter.
i have a recipe for a little drink i like to call, the pink panty pull-down…
a lot – gin
some – beer
enough – lemonade
until it’s pink – grenadine
it’s delicious.
A brite = MGB (or other such cheap beer) + Sprite (or Crystal Lite). Trusted sources vouch strongly for its deliciousness!
MGD, I meant. Goddammit.
oh god if hollaback girl becomes the song of the summer i’ll shoot myself.
my friend tara drinks this thing called a pbr cocktail which is just pbr over ice with a squeeze of lime. but she SWEARS it tastes like a totally different thing. i havent tried it.
the stuff they are selling on that website is almost all tomato juice. it looks very muck like a red beer or red eye (beer and spicy V8), something my dad used to drink when he was hung over.
I don’t know, man – I’m of the “beer and wine don’t mix with anything” mentality, myself, but I could be converted.
Single of the summer, without a fucking doubt, and Hortense will back me up on this one, is “1 Thing” by Amerie. Holy shit! Like “Crazy In Love” but better. (Hortense may not back me up on that last part.)
I’m not sure this counts, but my vote is for Ted Leo’s cover of “Since U Been Gone.”
http://a.wholelottanothing.org/2005/03/this_weeks_best.html
oh man that ted leo cover was awesome. i agree with that mcchris guy.