What To Do With Your Left Over Summer Hard Seltzers
It is officially fall so hard seltzer season is coming to an end. While there’s nothing wrong with sipping your spiked bubbly water straight from the can, you can also easily upgrade it to a full-on cocktail.
According to Bustle, these hacks will dress up your hard seltzer and the best part? They’re all made with things you probably already have in your kitchen.
- Add fresh fruit – You can never go wrong with adding lemon or lime to a hard seltzer. A squeeze of grapefruit or fresh strawberries are good additions as well.
- Mix with juice – A splash of orange juice or cherry juice will upgrade the flavor of your spiked seltzer.
- Use it as a mixer in a cocktail – If you’re making a vodka soda, swap regular club soda for a lime or any citrus hard seltzer.
- Add it to your Aperol Spritz – Fans of this cocktail can sub the seltzer of their choice for either the club soda or the prosecco. And if it’s an orange-flavored seltzer? Even better.
- Make a wine spritzer – Use the boozy bubbly instead of club soda in a white wine spritzer.
- Add mint, lavender or another cocktail herb – Make it fancy by adding a sprig of lavender or a few mint leaves.
- Use it to make other cocktails – Hard seltzer is a great swap in a Gin Rickey, a hard lemonade or limeade, a makeshift margarita, sangria or a knock-off French 75.
- Add a splash of simple syrup – And if you want it to be really extra, try cardamom-infused simple syrup with a grapefruit hard seltzer or jalapeño-infused simple syrup.
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Alabama: Bellini
A twist on a mimosa a bellini is made with prosecco and peach puree.
Alaska: Tequila Sunrise
Nothing like tequila to wake you up. A tequila sunrise features OJ, grenadine, and tequila. Cheers!
Arizona: Tequila Sunrise
Arkansas: Screwdriver
OJ and vodka make up this popular cocktail.
California: Paloma
Now this will be my order my next brunch. A Paloma is tequila, grapefruit soda or seltzer, and lime juice.
Colorado: Irish Coffee
Any good morning begins with caffeine. And adding whiskey to your coffee, now that’s perfect!
Connecticut: Sea Breaze
Perhaps more ideal for a warmer climate, the Sea Breeze features grapefruit juice, cranberry juice, and vodka!
Delaware: Irish Coffee
Florida: Mojito
Mint, white rum, and club soda make up this refreshing cocktail.
Georgia: Mimosa
Ten states in the classic finally make an appearance. Georgia, you’re basic but we love it!
Hawaii: Pina Colada
When in Hawaii, have a pina colada for brunch. What’s better than rum, coconut, and pineapple on a beach? The answer is nothing.
Idaho: Screwdriver
Illinois: Mimosa
Indiana: Tequila Sunrise
Iowa: Screwdriver
Kansas: Screwdriver
Kentucky: Mint Julep
It’s no surprise the home of bourbon prefers the signature cocktail of the Kentucky Derby.
Louisiana: Daquiri
When in Louisiana. Go big or go home with the frozen daquiri.
Maine: Sea Breeze
Maryland: Sangria
Wine, fruit, and rum make up this refreshing drink.
Massachusetts: Sangria
Michigan: Screwdriver
Minnesota: Sex On The Beach
While not the drink I think of when I think of Minnesota, they love their sex on the beach. The classic beach cocktail is made of vodka, orange juice, peach schnapps, and cranberry juice.
Mississippi: Screwdriver
Missouri: Screwdriver
Montana: Sex On The Beach
Nebraska: Dirty Shirley
Nebraska, you’re young at heart and we love you for it. A Dirty Shirley is a take on the classic Shirley Temple (ginger ale or lemon lime soda) and grenadine. The boozy version also ads vodka.
Nevada: Mimosa
New Hampshire: Mudslide
Dessert for breakfast? In New Hampshire, it’s a win! The state’s most popular cocktail is a mudslide, which usually includes vodka, coffee liqueur, Bailey’s, and heavy cream.
New Jersey: Sangria
New Mexico: Screwdriver
New York: Prosecco
Why worry about mixers when you can just drink the prosecco straight. New York, I’m with you on this one!
North Carolina: Screwdriver
I’ve honestly never ordered a screwdriver at an NC restaurant. But clearly, a lot of y’all are!
North Dakota: Sex On The Beach
Ohio: Screwdriver
Oklahoma: Screwdriver
Oregon: Madras
Oregonians love the madras which is vodka, cranberry juice, and orange juice!
Pennsylvania: Spiked Tea
Sweet Tea and alcohol. Surprised this isn’t the choice of the south!
Rhode Island: Expresso Martini
Vodka, coffee liqueur, espresso, and sweetener. This is the kick you need to get your morning started.
South Carolina: Tequila Sunrise
Ok, SC!
South Dakota: Fuzzy Navel
You have to like sweet drinks to like this. Vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice, and grenadine.
Tennessee: Screwdriver
Texas: Mimosa
Utah: Screwdriver
Vermont: Painkiller
A twist on a Pina Colada, the painkiller also features orange juice.
Virginia: Irish Coffee
Washington: Mojito
West Virginia: Screwdriver
Wisconsin: Bloody Mary
I’m shocked we are just now seeing the bloody mary on this list. Spicey or not, an entire meal of garnishes, build your own? The options are endless.
Wyoming: Sex On The Beach
