Summer Breeze Cocktail

The Summer Breeze Cocktail is a delicious blend of fresh grapefruit juice, pineapple juice & gin. Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

New recipe! Summer Breeze Cocktail

I’m currently sitting in a rental house with my family. My Dad is reading some mystery novel on his kindle (it’s so cute how big the font is!), my mom is on the computer playing solitaire, my niece is up in her room watching YouTube videos and Casey and Cooper are watching the Red Sox game next to me.  I’m sitting here with a bourbon & ginger beer drink… contemplating headphones because I’d like to tune out baseball commentary. Uggh. Headphones mean I have to stand up. I don’t want to stand up.

The Summer Breeze Cocktail is a delicious blend of fresh grapefruit juice, pineapple juice & gin. Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

My point is…we all have our own ways of relaxing. Mine usually comes in cocktail form. A cocktail signals that I am ready to chilllllllllll. All it takes is one and then I’m cool.  That’s why I’ve got one by my side right now.  This Summer Breeze Cocktail is my new favorite. I made it right before we left on our trip (such good packing fuel!).  It’s got a combination of fresh grapefruit juice, pineapple juice and gin. I used Hendrick’s because I like the cucumber notes. It helps make the drink kinda spa-like.  It tastes like drinks by the pool with a little too much sun on your cheeks… and a dozen of magazines at your side. I see an OK Magazine in your stack…. It’s cook. No judgement.

Let’s gather our ingredients:

The Summer Breeze Cocktail is a delicious blend of fresh grapefruit juice, pineapple juice & gin. Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

Ice Ice baby.

The Summer Breeze Cocktail is a delicious blend of fresh grapefruit juice, pineapple juice & gin. Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

Grapefruit is juiced.

The Summer Breeze Cocktail is a delicious blend of fresh grapefruit juice, pineapple juice & gin. Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

Gin goes in.

The Summer Breeze Cocktail is a delicious blend of fresh grapefruit juice, pineapple juice & gin. Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

Pineapple juice follows.

The Summer Breeze Cocktail is a delicious blend of fresh grapefruit juice, pineapple juice & gin. Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

Hello grapefruit.

The Summer Breeze Cocktail is a delicious blend of fresh grapefruit juice, pineapple juice & gin. Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

A little stir and some umbrellas. You could add seltzer to spritz up this drink.

The Summer Breeze Cocktail is a delicious blend of fresh grapefruit juice, pineapple juice & gin. Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

Cheers to that!

The Summer Breeze Cocktail is a delicious blend of fresh grapefruit juice, pineapple juice & gin. Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

Summer Breeze makes me feel fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine.

For more GIN drinks, try:

 

Summer Breeze Cocktail

makes 1 drink

recipe adapted from Martha Stewart Living

  • 1/2 cup pineapple juice
  • 1/4 cup pink grapefruit juice
  • 2 ounces gin
  • ice

In a large glass, combine pineapple juice, grapefruit juice, gin. Add ice and serve.

  • Ashlyn

    This looks really refreshing! I love the color!

  • My Dish is Bomb

    I need to start getting my cocktail game on. My version of “chill” is usually boxed wine but I’ve been feeling margaritas lately. Love how fresh this cocktail looks and I’m totally addicted to grapefruit juice too (drinking it as I type!)

  • Danae @ Recipe Runner

    Sipping on a cold cocktail is definitely one of the ways I like to relax. I love this Summer Breeze cocktail, the pineapple and grapefruit sound so refreshing!

  • Melissa Belanger

    I don’t know what’s worse – baseball commentary or golf commentary. Either way, I’m totally on board with drowning out the sound of it with a cocktail, and this one looks so delicious. Enjoy your vacation 🙂

  • Ashley | the Pike Place Kitchen

    i feel like you might be my spirit animal – cocktails are SO my way to relax too (and i completely agree with the packing fuel statement)! these are so pretty, I can’t wait to try!

  • Nicole

    What other juice could I use in place of Grapefruit? Due to a medication I take, grapefruit is a no go. This drink looks really yummy!

  • Tricia

    Just looking at your drink photos is enough to make me chilllllll. So inviting.

  • Jessica H.

    I love fruity drinks! They’re delicious and yet so dangerous in that way that they sneak up on you! 😉

  • pam

    Gin is my number one relaxer! I would love it if you would link this up to Tipsy Tuesday at Grey is the New Black – a weekly cocktail link up.

  • English Sweets

    Well… it’s sort of summer.. I think I can justify one of these 🙂

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