Spring may have its rites

Spring may have its rites, but summer has the best cocktails. Here are recipes for popular tropical pleasures and trendy treats. We've also got recipes for seven classic cocktails and four tasty nonalcoholic mocktails.

Want to know the proper glasses for these cocktails? Consult this handy stemware guide.

• Frozen daiquiri
• Mai tai
• Frozen margarita
• Planter's punch
• Kamikaze
• Sangria

• Lemon vodka gimlet
• Champagne cocktail
• Metropolitan
• Sazerac
• Negroni
• Lemon drop
• Melon ball







• 2 ounces light rum • 1½ tablespoons lime juice • ½ ounce Rose's lime juice • ½ teaspoons superfine sugar • 1 cup crushed ice					Put all ingredients in a blender and frappé until the mixture has the consistency of slush. Serve immediately in a margarita glass, with a short straw.


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• 2 ounces dark rum • ½ ounce curaçao • ½ ounce apricot brandy • 1½ tablespoons lime juice • 3 or 4 ice cubes • Pineapple spear					Combine all ingredients, except the pineapple, in a cocktail shaker and shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with the pineapple.


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• 1 jigger (1½ ounces) tequila • 1 jigger (1½ ounces) fresh lime juice • ½ teaspoon superfine granulated sugar • 1 pony (1 ounce) triple sec or Cointreau • 5 ice cubes					Rub the rim of a margarita glass with a lime wedge and dip it in a bowl of salt to lightly coat it. Chill the glass. In a blender, frappé the ingredients, including the ice cubes, for 30 seconds. Pour into the glass.


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• 3 tablespoons lime juice • 2 teaspoons superfine sugar • Finely crushed ice • 2 to 3 ounces rum • 2 dashes angostura bitters • 2 ounces club soda • Slice orange • Slice lemon • Pineapple spear • Maraschino cherry					Muddle the lime juice and sugar in a small glass until the sugar is dissolved. Fill a Collins glass with crushed iced to the ¾ mark and stir until glass is frosted. Add lime juice, rum, bitters and club soda and stir to mix. Garnish with fruit.


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• 1½ ounces vodka • 1 ounce Cointreau • 1 ounce lime juice					Stir all the ingredients in a shaker half-filled with ice; strain into a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with a lime twist.


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This refreshing summer punch recipe makes about 20 servings.

• 2 bottles chilled dry red wine • 1 cup cognac • ½ cup triple sec • 1/3 cup superfine granulated sugar, or to taste • 1 orange, sliced thin • 1 lemon, sliced thin • 2 cups chilled seltzer or club soda					In a large bowl, combine wine, cognac, triple sec and sugar, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Add the orange and lemon slices and chill for at least one hour (can be prepared a day ahead). Transfer to a punch bowl, stir in seltzer and add a block of ice or ice cubes.


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• 1 jigger (1½ ounces) lemon-flavored vodka • 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice • 1 tablespoon Rose's lime juice • Lime twist					Mix together vodka, fresh lime juice and Rose's lime juice in an old-fashioned glass. Fill the glass with ice cubes and garnish with a twist of lime.


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• 6 ounces chilled champagne • 1 cube sugar • Angostura bitters					Soak the sugar cube with the angostura bitters. Place it in the bottom of a champagne flute and fill with champagne. Garnish with a lemon twist.


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• 1½ ounces gin • 1½ ounces chilled cranberry juice • 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice • Lemon twist					Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice and shake well. Strain into a chilled stemmed cocktail glass and garnish with a twist of lemon.


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• 1 dash Pernod • 1 dash Peychaud bitters • 1 teaspoon sugar • 2 ounces rye whiskey					Coat a chilled old-fashioned glass with Pernod, pouring out any that remains. Muddle sugar and bitters until sugar is dissolved. Add whiskey and serve with a swizzle stick. This drink is traditionally served without ice.


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• 1½ ounces gin • 1½ ounces sweet vermouth • 1½ ounces Campari • Orange slice					Combine all ingredients in a shaker half-filled with ice. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange slice.


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• 1½ ounces lemon vodka • ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice • 1 teaspoon sugar • Lemon slice					Add ingredients to a shaker half-filled with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon slice.


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• ¾ ounce Midori • ¾ ounce vodka • 4 ounces orange juice • Maraschino cherry					Stir Midori, vodka and orange juice with ice. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with a cherry.