Photographer: Janelle Jones/Bloomberg; Food styling: Liza Jernow
Three Cocktails You Can Make at Home, Then Take to the Beach
Batching is a man’s best friend. Freeze these recipes overnight, and you’re good to go.
Drinking on the beach is one of life’s many joys, but it’s not always easy to pull off. In most cases, you’re far from the conveniences of civilization, such as running water and refrigeration. Plus, it’s easy to make mistakes—have you ever tried to bring bubbly and ended up with lukewarm fizz?
After years of experience both bartending and beach-drinking, I’ve started using a technique lifted straight out of the professional’s playbook: batching. In my years of working in cocktail bars and restaurants in New York City, we usually prepare for an offsite event, such as a charity dinner, by bringing the non-alcoholic ingredients pre-measured to the location. Like the beach, access to traditional kitchen facilities at these places is often nonexistent.