I’m sure you’re aware that White Claw hard seltzer is all the rage right now, and has been for awhile. It seems like everywhere I go, somebody is drinking a can of it. People can’t get enough!

And while I drink non-alcoholic seltzer daily and sparkling mango lemonade using seltzer), White Claw on it’s own was honestly not my favorite (give me a lemon bourbon rosemary cocktail any day, though).

And of course, I didn’t discover that until I already had a full case of it chilling in my fridge.

So, if you love White Claw straight from the can, I’m happy for you. Go forth and enjoy your summer with a Claw in hand.

But, if you’re like me, you might enjoy a cocktail, like a gin and seltzer made with White Claw, a little bit more. This cucumber and lime White Claw cocktail might become your favorite drink this summer!

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As promised yesterday when I shared my rosemary simple syrup recipe, I’m back with a cocktail recipe that uses it!

I didn’t always love gin (sometimes I just wanted a brandy old fashioned or strawberry moscow mule instead). I didn’t understand gin, and definitely thought it had that “pine tree” flavor that most gin haters complain about.

But I’ve slowly begun to appreciate it in the past few years. So much so that I now usually have three different bottles of gin in my bar cabinet at any given time (currently: Bombay Sapphire, The Botanist, and Gray Whale).

While I usually make a classic gin and tonic or a white negroni, this Rosemary Gin Cocktail is for when I want to feel like a fancy bartender. I mean, anytime you’re using a homemade simple syrup, you’re fancy.

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It took me a long time to warm up to gin. It’s just so  . . .  flavorful, compared to vodka (which has virtually no flavor). I can see how if you weren’t prepared for it, you could think that gin tasted like soap, or medicine, or pine trees (thanks to the juniper berries).

But over the years, I had many small sips of gin cocktails ordered by friends, to see if my taste buds had changed. And lo and behold, a few summers ago, they did.

My taste buds realized that gin and tonics were amazing. I mean seriously, they taste like an adult version of Sprite or something, right?

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