<p>I’m a beer drinker but headed to an all inclusive resort this summer. My understanding is that they don’t have the typical American Beers so I need to find something new. Not only do I drink beer, but I drink light beer - nothing fancy. Wine gives me a headache and I’m not much for hard liquor.</p>
<p>I do like hard lemonade and some of the various fruity “cooler” drinks that are sold in bottles. I’ve heard that the drinks at these resorts are weak, and not top shelf which is fine with me. I do need to be somewhat careful of the calories, but I can also deal with that when I get home!</p>
<p>So, I’m looking for ideas…what’s your go-to summer drink…and what’s in it?</p>
<p>I like pina coladas at resorts. I bet the bartender could lighten up one for you- and they might have light margaritas. I love foreign and craft beers. I bet you could find one you like. Corona Light is a good choice.</p>
<p>■■■■ & bull ginger beer cut 1:3 with water.
Sometimes I add Scotch.
I also drink gin & tonic & every other drink I have pineapple juice & soda water.</p>
<p>Summertime I like malta in a tall glass of ice. Malta is a non-alcohol beer-like soda pop that is popular in the Caribbean islands and Latin America. I like it with a ham sandwich or a hot pressed Cuban sandwich! </p>
<p>Don’t know where you are headed to but most foreign beers are much better than our bland offerings. They not only taste better but don’t have all the preservatives that give a person headaches (and hangovers).<br>
Where are you headed? It does make a difference in the recommendations!</p>
<p>A mojito is nice but you need to like mint. I prefer it made with soda water versus sprite.
I also like a Moscow mule but I love ginger beer.
If your going to a tropical locale they are bound to have margaritas or daiquiris made with the local fruit. I had a guava daiquiri on my last trip that was yummy.
When I go sailing I like a simple drink of rum mixed with pineapple juice and fruit punch. </p>
<p>Gouf, I dont know where you live, but the west coast beers are hardly bland.
<a href=“http://brewpublic.com”>http://brewpublic.com</a>
There is a local restaurant that makes fresh mango margaritas.
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I also had a shaved ice mai tai recently that was really good. It was made with fresh juice & wasnt too sweet.</p>
<p>The Gatsby, but I don’t like things too sweet. Rye whiskey, yellow chartreuse, and aperol, served manhattan-style, or can be on-the-rocks with a splash of champagne. It might be a stretch, though, to expect all 3 ingredients available at an all-inclusive.</p>
<p>Malta is delicious, probably my favorite non-alcoholic drink. I prefer it without milk and ice though. </p>
<p>If people are interested, you can find it usually at a Mexican/Latin American grocery store in the US, but generally not at a standard grocery store. </p>
<p>If I’m in a summery mood, like at a beach or outdoor restaurant, I get the rum drinks like Pina Coladas and Daiquiris. If I’m really thirsty, then it would be a Mojito. Indoors my summer go-to drink is a Lemon Drop martini, which is basically vodka, triple sec, and lemon juice. Usually with a sugared rim.</p>
<p>I’m not a beer drinker but DH swears by Summer Shandy. Odds are they won’t have it at your resort though.</p>
<p>EK–It’s not a matter of where you live, it’s a matter of where you are going.
Miami–that’s where the mojitos are–with real crushed sugar cane and someone who knows how to make one. Fun drink anyway but the best was in Miami.
Caribbean–you can drink the rum straight- it’s very smooth and will kill you if you aren’t ready. In the past we’ve had drinks that were more rum than mixer because the rum was cheap and the mixer was not. But you couldn’t tell how much you had until it was too late. But we weren’t at a resort.<br>
France–wine all the way–too many great selections even if you don’t think you like wine. And unlike the US a lot of it does not have the preservatives that US requires (and is a major cause of allergies and head aches). I don’t normally drink wine at all because of allergies but was able to in France.<br>
We recently visited Belgium–They have 650 different beers. Lots of variety and yes, US beers are bland or bitter comparatively. Craft breweries are the closest we have to it. The US versions of the beers are not the same as what you are served in Europe. And again, the preservatives and bitterness that appear in our US versions are usually absent in the European version.
Mexico has great beers.
Just don’t drink the water…</p>
<p>I had an apple-cucumber mojito the other day that was fabulous. So refreshing! Around here it’s typical to offer tropical-fruit flavored things; many bars have a mango mojito. But this was the first time I’d seen a whole menu of mojito flavors. (I don’t get out much…)</p>