"Refreshing Summer Drinks" sent in by Jackie Trotter

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Since we are in the long hot summer nights now, I thought it would be nice to have some cool refreshing drinks. It's all ways fun to try something different and maybe one of my favourites will become yours too.
Please remember to drink sensibly, because some of these refreshments pack a wallop.

LONG ISLAND ICED TEA
1/2 oz. gin
1/2 oz. vodka
1/2 oz. white tequila
1/2 oz. white rum
1/4 oz. white creme de menthe
3 oz. sour mix
Cola
Lemon Wedge
Mint springs (optional)
Mix all ingredients, except cola, lemon and mint, with crushed ice in a blender and pour into a tall, chilled Collins glass. Fill glass with cold cola, stir gently and garnish with lemon wedge and mint sprigs.
From the United Nations Plaza Hotel, New York


CHURCHILL DOWNS COOLER
1 1/2 oz. bourbon
1 oz. creme de banane
1/2 oz. triple sec
3 oz. pineapple juice
Club soda
Pineapple slice
Maraschino cherry
Mix all ingredients, expect soda, pineapple slice, and cherry, with cracked ice in a shaker or blender and pour into a 14 oz. Collins glass and fill with soda. Garnish with pineapple slice and cherry

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GRAPE VINE
1 1/2 oz.. gin
1 oz. grape juice
1 oz. lemon juice
1/2 oz. sugar syrup
Dash Grenadine
Pour all ingredients into a chilled Old Fashioned glass with several ice cubes and stir well.
This next drink recipe is this years summer drink at our house.