How Rebekah does Mike's Hard Lemonade

Mike's Hard Lemonade, The adventure begins:
Hi There,Sorry that I have not posted in a while, Things have been a bit "LOCO".
At the end of May I mentioned that I had been to a graduation party and had tried a Mike's hard Lemonade.I thought that it was pretty tasty.
The bottles were kept icy cold in a freezing cold bucket of ice water. That was a Godsend since it had been one of our warmest days to date.
The temperature was creeping up around 90 degrees.
That means "CALIENTE" (Very Hot) during the month of May here in the plains of Southern Colorado. ( we still experience cold spells and even snow in May. )
The very next day we went to my brother in law and sister in laws for the first of the season pool party.
I told my husband let's get some Mike's. My husband prefers the ease of the drive up liquor store.
So we went to his favorite liquor store.When we ordered the "Party Pack" they explained that they had sold out the previous day. I had my heart set on Mikes. Not to worry.
Since the party pack is a mix of 12 any way, I just ordered 1 each of the Lime, The original Lemonade, a Raspberry and a Pomegranate. Boy were we surprised. I thought that they came in 4 packs. Noooo! they come in 6 packs and are 11.7 ounces kind of like beer bottles. Needless to say, 3 weeks later, we still have some on hand!

AnyHoo..The original is quite good if served on ice or as cold as you can possibly get it.

I actually favor the lime because when I drink lemonade, I prefer it on on the tart side and the original has no tang. The raspberry is good. It's just about what you would expect if you are used to drinking raspberry flavored coolers.
The Pomegranate is a nice surprise. It's quite tasty and definitely unique.The pomegranate has a bit of tart to tease you..

I decided to play with the original. I found that if you pour it over Ice it tastes something like Fresca or Squirt. If you add a good squeeze of lemon ( about a 1/4th of one) It gives it that good lemony lemonade flavor. Next I put just over a cup of ice in my blender, added about a 1/2 of a bottle of original to the ice and hit blend. Hmm, it was different, kind of like drinking a watered down margarita.
I was on a mission. So I added a good squeeze of lemon and hit blend.
Much better, it tasted like a frozen lemonade now. hmm, it still needed something,

Ahah.. I reached for my last little bit of Ciroc Vodka. All I had left in my bottle was about a shot, but that was enough. OOlala it tastes like frozen lemonade. The perfect drink for hanging around the pool all day. Or lounging around the yard on a warm evening with a bowl of spicy guacamole and warmed corn chips. I have a feeling that if you do not care for Vodka, Rum or Tequila will do nicely as well.

I get bored easily, I thought that I had discovered a good thing making a Mike's hard lemonade slushy with a twist and a shot but I could not stop myself. I took the remaining frozen mix and added frozen strawberries in syrup. You know, the kind that top french toast with or can use to make strawberry shortcake. Now we're talking after I blended the strawberries in the mix. I squeezed a wedge of lime.
Wow it tasted almost like a frozen strawberry Daiquiri. I realized that I left about a shot of original Mikes in the bottle, so instead of blending it back in. I just poured it in my glass wow it made it better cause the blender kind of zaps the carbonation, so by floating a about a shot over your drink will give you extra zip in your drink.

Strawberry Mikes:
add about 3 cups of ice, a bottle of Mike's Hard Lemonade, 2 Shots of your favorite " white " liquor. I prefer Ciroc Vodka for this particular drink, juice of 1/2 of each lemon and lime. 1/2 a cup of frozen sweetened strawberries( in sugar syrup) Blend until slushy and serve in your favorite pool side glass. If you like fizz float a shot of Mike's hard lemonade in you glass and stir.
Garnish with a slice of lemon or lime and a sprig of mint if you want to be fancy.
Cheers to you, Let me know how you liked it.
Rebekah