We Asked 18 Bartenders: What’s the Most Underrated Summer Cocktail? (2025)

We Asked 18 Bartenders: What’s the Most Underrated Summer Cocktail? (2025)

Every year from late May to early July, scores of publications and industry insiders proclaim a single cocktail to be the “drink of the summer.” Some drinks wear the title well, like the Hugo Spritz. Others quickly turn into the liquid pariahs of the bar scene, like the Dirty Shirley. Whether the attention’s justified or not, these anointed drinks steal the scene’s spotlight for several weeks. They also draw attention away from other drinks that…