Pressed Strawberry with Fizzy Wine - Best BBQ Drink
For some time now I have been meaning to write up the results of last years ultimate BBQ drinks research. Yes, hard work I know, but someone has to do these things and we at iLoveMyBBQ.com are all very well qualified!
I should point out that we split the test into BBQ Drinks categories which were beers/lagers and ales, white wine, rose wine, fizzy wine and “others” and then chose an overall Best BBQ drinks winner. In this post I am just going to go over the overall winners.
Oh yeah, we also added our own things to make up some BBQ Drinks Recipes.
To make life a bit easier we got all of our drinks for the testing from Majestic Wines (a great place and very knowledgeable team of people as well).
We also carried out the testing over the entire summer of 2008 (would have been a long and messy event if it was done over just one weekend!).
Anyhow, the list of winners for each category will follow, but before I get onto that, the formal winner (or should I say winners) of the iLoveMyBBQ best drinks of 2008 was a really close call between traditional Pimms and Sparkling Wine with Pressed Strawberry’s in. It was such a close call we decided to name them both as winners.
iLoveMyBBQ.com 2008 Best BBQ Drinks are as follows:
Overall favourites:
Best served with all the usual garnish that makes this drink such a big summer favourite at every Barbecue we have! Just grab yourself a big jug and put just under one quarter Pimms to 3/4 Lemonade and you are halfway there. Cram in a load of ice, some sliced apple, orange, lemon and cucumber hey presto you are ready - ps, some liked it better with a bit of mint in as well.
A great BBQ drink which everyone unanimously liked.
Sparkling Wine with Pressed Strawberry’s
Chillax during your BBQ drink testing!
First up, the Sparkling Wine we chose as the winner was probably the cheapest on offer at Majestic but it certainly tasted much more superior than the likes of the Hardy’s, Jacobs Creek and Montana Sparkling Wines that we also tried. We all loved the Prosecco Frizzante II Cortigiano NV Veneto that costs just £5.99 a bottle. To give it the extra twist, and why it achieved the top spot you need to add some Straweberrys. You don’t need to do anything to them other than cut them in half and drop them in your chilled sparkling wine.
Once in, press the strawberry against the side of the glass and the juices will turn the drink a very light shade of pink.
A wonderful drink, and perfect to relax with when get jiggy with your grilling!
