Backyard Barbeques and Wine Coolers

Fuzzy Navel, Margarita, Daiquiri, Bahama Mama and Pina Colada only name a few of the pre-made wine coolers that can be purchased at your local grocery or liquor store for that upcoming barbeque. As an alternative to the flavors created by companies like Bartles and James and Seagrams, did you know that you can make your own wine coolers.

Pre-Bottled Wine Coolers

Flavor is the last thing you will have to worry about when you decide to stock your party with pre-bottled wine coolers. In fact, the only thing you will have to worry about is deciding which flavors to add. If you can imagine it, then you can purchase it starting at six dollars a four pack and increasing in value to nearly twenty dollars. Some of the most popular brands include Bartles and James, Seagrams and Jack Daniels Country Coolers. There are also hard lemonades available for variety, and these are usually available in six-packs.

The two biggest drawbacks to purchasing pre-bottled wine coolers is sugar content and cost. For some people, these wine coolers are much too sweet and can become impossible to drink after the first one or two. This leaves these guests with the option of switching to beer or drinking water. Additionally, by the time you have five four-packs of wine coolers, you have already spent thirty dollars it truly does not take much to break the bank when planning a backyard barbeque that includes wine coolers, particularly the pre-bottled variety.

Wine Cooler Recipe

There is an alternative to the sugar and cost drawbacks associated with pre-bottled wine coolers. This is to do what many bars already do, and make your own. How. The recipe is simple and at a fraction of the cost of the pre-bottled variety. All you have to do is purchase two or three of the largest bottles of chilled White Zinfandel (about $15.00-$30.00), three or four lemons (about $1.00), and five bottles of club soda (about $5.00).

These items, while totaling $36.00 maximum, will make the equivalent of roughly eighty pre-bottled wine coolers, which will be more than enough for a moderately populated barbeque party at about half of the cost for the same amount in wine coolers. To make each cooler fill a water glass with ice and squeeze two lemon wedges over it, fill about half full with wine and top it off with club soda. Voila! You have made wine coolers that most everyone will love at a fraction of the cost.

More than that, though, they will look like you have put a tremendous amount of time and effort into in, when you and I know it took no time at all and allowed you to spend more money on the actual meat for your barbeque.

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