50 Best summer drinks

At this time of year, when there's plenty of outdoor quaffing going on, you might fancy something cooler than your usual tipple: chilled smoothies, fruit beers, alcoholic fizzes or just about anything you can pour over clinking cubes of ice. Caroline Stacey and her expert panel have teamed up to quench your thirst

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Best soft drinks
Luscombe Organic Cool Ginger Beer
Tazo Iced Tea
Cawston Vale Apple Juice
Innocent Fresh Fruit Smoothies
Elderflower Cordial
Home-made lemonade
Lassi
Amé
Apple, pineapple and ginger
Strawberry Milkshake
Rose's Lime Cordial
A lovely cup of tea

Best beer and cider

Arran BlondeBurrow Hill Kingston Black CiderFuller's Chiswick BitterFrench CiderCooper's Sparkling AleRose de GambrinusSpringbock wheat beerLiefmans FrambrosenHoegaardenRodenbachDeuchar's India Pale Ale

Best wines
1996 Pelorus
2000 Rose de Provence, Cotes de Provence, Cuvee Victoria
2000 Tesco Finest Great Southern Riesling
1997 Chateau Liot, Sauternes
2000 A Mano Primitivo
2000 Albarino Pazo de Seoane, Rias Baixas
2000 Incognito Adelaide Hills Chardonnay
2000 ASDA Chilean Sauvignon Blanc
Manzanilla las Medallas de Argueso
Buck's Fizz
1998 Domaine Le cazal Minervois
1998 Yellowglen Fizz
2000 Tohu Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
Nivole, Mocato D'asti, Michele Chiarlo

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