What are the best drinks for a picnic?
Rosie, London, England, UK
Picnic drinking (in moderation, of course) is a tricky business. First off, says Zoe Burgess, the founder of drinks consultancy Atelier Pip and author of The Cocktail Cabinet, there are the logistics, guests and food to contend with. Then, warns Mark Diacono, the author of Herb, Spice and Sour, “you don’t want to premix something in which one element is fizzy and another sharp [think lemon or lime juice], because it will totally lose its sharpness over time”. And you really don’t want anything too potent, Burgess says.
For these reasons, shrubs (or drinking vinegars) are good, especially when the summer fruit glut arrives, Burgess says: “Pick your fruit, then heat it with caster sugar and verjus, which…