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Nothing like freshly squeezed lemonade, with or without vodka.

It's definitely got to be sweet tea, made the authentic way, with real sugar stirred into still-hot tea and cooled down with a pitcherful of ice cubes.

@bobcatsteph3... me too! I love fresh squeezed tart lemonade with vodka. That's one of my favorite drinks for any season. ;)

I also like the girlie mudslides that come in the half gallon pre-boozed bottle, which I make less girlie by adding extra spiced rum, into a blender with lots of ice until smooth... like a leaded chocolate milk almost. ;)

Sweet Tea! My grandma made a fresh pitcher everyday and we'd sit in the glider and drink it and watch the cars go by on the blacktop.

If I'm having BBQ, it's sweet tea -- otherwise, a salty dog is summertime fave!

fresh, cold, home-made lemonade: no contest.

I agree: fresh-squeezed, ice-cold lemonade.

My dad's sweet tea with lemon, hands down.

Iced tea--the only real thirst quencher other than water.

Sweet tea! My Grandma made a pitcher everyday and we'd sit in the glider, drink it and count the cars passing by on the blacktop road.

Iced Tea, Lemonade or Cold Beer.

Nothing beats an ice cold glass of Savingnon Blanc on the back deck after work. Relaxation at it's best.

mint iced tea, with or without a shot of bourbon :)

Meyer lemonade, with mint and kumquats = summer blissfulness

Homemade jalapeno soda!

sun tea, iced

Iced Sun Tea w/ Lemon and Stevia -- I live on the stuff all summer.

for sure the arnold palmer, half ice tea, half lemonade

Cedevita Lemon

iced tea or a chocolate milkshake with frozen strawberries in it

Sweet tea in a jar! Who needs a Nalgene? ;)

lemon aid

Vodka Lemonade

Hope yall have fun with Screen Doors and Sweet Tea. Try the Cantaloupe
Daiquiris page 8 or a Mailbox Cocktail page 5!

mojitos, sangria and vodka soda ... and lemonade!

I like half ice tea, half lemonade (ie. the Arnold Palmer).

Sweet tea, lemonade, iced coffee, or a nice glass of rose.

Now I'm thirsty.

large milk with ice cubes

Sweet tea with lemon or brain-freeze cold water.

iced sun tea with mint

Iced tea

sweet tea...oh that sweet tea brings so many wonderful memories...i used to have a wee sip from my moms glass as children were ot alowed tea until you were 12....so those little icie cold tiny sips of sweet tea were heaven and it remains my heaven!

I spend much of my time on the road in a touring band - last summer we were rolling through Chapel Hill, NC and found an elderly man on the side of the road selling sweet sun tea. It was incredible, and no other summer beverage I've had since has really been able to cut it...

watermelon juice with a little lime and a shot of vodka

Water with slices of chilled cucumber.
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Ha! Nezrite totally called it, though I consider the cock and bull ginger beer more important than the copper mug, and I prefer Rose's lime in addition to the wedge. Now that there's real sugar Coke all over my neighborhood, though, I have to admit an extreme infatuation..

Lemonade - with Bourbon if trying to get tipsy.

Iced tea or a Margarita

watermelon juice - blended ice, watermelon, and a pinch of sugar.

good ole beer or fresh lemonade

This year I'm all about green tea mixed with homemade lemonade.

Depending on the time of day and my mood I enjoy the following:

iced coffee
mojitos
margaritas
crisp white wine like a sauvignon blanc or a vinho verde
a spicy shiraz with barbecue
beer

I drink Oolong Tea, so in the Summer, I cool it in the frige and make OOlong Ice Tea!

Sangria

Sweet tea, of course!! It's the house wine of the South!!!

A margarita from Frontera Grill...oh, why did I have to move from Chicago!?!?!

Iced Irish breakfast tea with lime, mint, and a touch of sugar

Limoncello! Maybe with a side of mango sorbet. And a butter cookie.

Orangina. Nothing is more thirst-quenching. For later on, a mojito made from scratch - sugar muddled with fresh mint, a lime squeezed over it, rum (Jamaican is what I prefer) and some club soda. It looks like you took a scoop of swamp water and put it over ice, but it's sure good.

Iced sun tea with no sugar or lemon or a cold beer.

On the alcoholic side, no contest: michelada, a mix of lime juice, tabasco and lager in a salt-rimmed glass.

Otherwise, iced coffee or tea, unsweetened, with milk.

lemonade :)

Limeaid. I love ice cold limeaid.

oof...either freshly made lemonade or fruit smoothies. mmm....smoothies..

I love lemonade but it kills my stomach (the acid)

Pimms with lemon soda or gingerale, cucumber and orange. It says summer to me.

Beer!

A nice cold, but not ice cold, Belgian style wheat ale.

Lemonade is my favorite, or ice water!

I love a nice tall glass of sweet tea on a hot summer day. Thanks so much for this giveaway!

I drink ice water most of the time, and crave it, but for a treat I love real lemonade (pulp and all) or herbal peppermint iced tea. Thanks for the offer--the book sounds like great way to get back to my roots.

iced anything...

good cold ice tea with lots of lemon...um it hits the spot

I am southern.....the best summer beverage for my family is sweet tea!

Sweet tea!!!!

Two choices. Either an icy cold beer or a Cuervo margarita on the rocks.

Strawberry lemonade or a great iced tea with lemon....mmmm....

Sweet ice tea--with a lot of lemon.

sweet iced tea that I add some orange and lemon slices to Great for the hot days of Florida's summer

Water

water or a cold beer

Sweet tea or lemonade

Unsweetened ice tea - the best and home-brewed.

I like grapefruit flavored vodka mixed with kiwi strawberry lemonade, with a slice of fresh lime. Serve this ice cold! Great summer party drink!

My current favorite summer drink is red wine mixed with diet 7up and a lot of ice. It is cool and refreshing.

Mojito!!!

Fanta. After hiking.

Fresh lemonade with juice from one fresh orange (for every ten lemons) to cut the tartness just a tad.

muddled fruit (like strawberry, raspberry, blueberry) with mint and ice cold lemonade in a tall glass half filled with ice.

fresh, not-too-sweet lemonade mixed with sparkling water and a little bit of basil

Sweet tea with fresh mint leaves from my garden.

cold beer while lounging in a hammock. barefoot, of course.

Sweet tea.

Sweet Tea and Mojitos

Iced tea lemonade or a beer.

Good ol' water! But I can't resist a nice cold glass of cream soda.

Water or vinho verde

mint iced tea, and lemonade and milkshakes!

Sweet tea, of course!

For me, it's a toss-up between lemonade and iced tea.

I love sweet tea.

What we refer to as boozy-ade in my house: lemonade spiked with vodka. Of course, lemonade by itself is also a favorite.

Growing up, my Mom made a slushee type of drink she called yellow ice.... sounds weird, but I loved it. I know it had an orange, mango and other flavors in it, but she still won't let go of the recipe. Someday!!

Cold Sancerre or Proseco.
Or lemonade and seltzer.

Strawberry pink lemonade.

Definitely sangria - I make both red and white varieties and they are delicious....

On the nonalcoholic side - fresh squeezed lime-ade....

Lemonade, fer sure.

I had a watermelon vodka recently and fell in love
Fresh, crushed watermelon + sugar, to taste + vodka + ice = summer heaven

Cherry slushies! Mmmm!

Sweet tea, of course! But if I am in a party mood......Bailey's on the rocks, YUM!

Iced tea, water with citrus, or beer, depending on time of day and mood. It's almost beer-thirty, I think.

Brewed Iced Tea with fresh mint leaves

Sweetened lemonade with a hint of mint from the garden.

Fresh lemonade or sweet tea.

Nothing says summer quite like a cold beer. Except for, perhaps, another cold beer. ;)

I'm from the South, so what do y'all think it is. Sweet tea, of course!!

Strawberry lemonade

Sweet ice tea for sure. My second favorite is fresh homemade lemonade. The price of lemons keeps me from making it much though.

Ice Tea sweetened with Peach Nectar. Yum!

Kiwi strawberry lemonade and sweet tea

I'll have IBC cream soda, please!

Frozen sangria! Iced Moroccan Mint Tea would be a close second.

beer

fruit smoothies

fresh squeezed lemonade!

Peach Iced Tea.

Nothing beats an afternoon on the porch with a good book and some Long Island Iced Tea.

My favorite is Frozen Melon Margaritas - good stuff! Thank you so much!

Peach milkshakes on a hot day

The summer cooler from P