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MEAGAN EVANS Society Garden While hazy IPAs and fruited sours have become my beer of choice, with Society Garden's gates closed this spring, my favorite backyard cocktail is easily the Pimm's Cup. My family has spent the last eight weeks running around in our backyard, and this traditional British drink brings garden freshness straight into the glass. While my two girls are chasing our eight chickens, wrangling 10 baby ducks and screaming when our two dogs get too close to either fowl, I can sit back on our swing overlooking our pond and sip on a Pimm's – and life is good. Quarantine time has reminded me to cherish the little moments and long afternoons. We'll all be back to being too busy, chasing down more hours in the week, soon enough. NIKKI HAMMOCK Oliver's Corner Bistro Impress your friends with this easy yet fancy summer cocktail! RYAN SMITH Lazy Susan Tapas Bar My go-to quarantini is a Caipirinha. It goes great with gardening, patio weather and pretending this is just a super long staycation and not something more sinister. Fun fact, it's the national cocktail of Brazil, but the best thing about it is you can make it with things you probably have around your casa. After this is all over, if you feel like having the best damn Caipirinha money can buy, stop into Susan's and snag it off our summer cocktail menu! Until then, let's raise a glass to health, saude! PIMM'S CUP 2 ounces Pimm's No 1 Cup 3 ounces Sprite or ginger ale (ginger beer is even better!) Cucumber, sliced Any fruit in your fridge, sliced (strawberries and apples work well) Garnish with mint from the garden if you have it Pour ingredients in a glass over ice, garnish, stir and serve. CAIPIRINHA 2-4 ounces Cachaca Brazilian rum or substitute Panama rum (2 if you're doin' alright, 4 if you're really feeling the existential dread setting in) 2 lovin' spoonfuls of sugar in the raw 1 half a lime cut into 4 cubes Add sugar to base of glass, then limes. Muddle limes until their juice is extracted, then mix with sugar to make a paste. Top with Cachaca and ice, stir to combine and chill. Bottoms up, buttercup! THE DUTCHESS 1 1/2 ounces botanical gin 3/4 ounce creme de violette 2 dashes lemon bitters Sprite Combine all, add ice, add Sprite. Garnish, if you please! It would probably be delicious with some flavored Pellegrino instead of Sprite as well. 100 maconmagazine.com | JUNE/JULY 2020