Beach Club Day
Packed cold, poured on the sand
Everything you need for a day at the water: insulated tumblers pre-loaded with syrup, a cooler of cans and nugget ice, and a striped umbrella to anchor the afternoon.
The menu.
Coconut Lime Dew
Citrus soda, coconut and an extra hit of lime.
Citrus · Tropical · Creamy
Piña Colada Fizz
Pineapple, coconut and sparkle. No rum required.
Lemon-Lime · Tropical · Creamy
Raspberry Coconut Fizz
Raspberry, coconut and cream. A beach-cabana favorite.
Lemon-Lime · Fruity · Creamy
Sparkling Coconut Water
Coconut water, lime and bubbles. Barely sweet.
Sparkling · Skinny · Tropical
Set it up
- 1
Pre-pump syrup into each insulated tumbler and label the lids.
- 2
Pack nugget ice in a separate cooler from the cans so it stays dry.
- 3
Bring lime wheels in a sealed jar and coconut cream in a squeeze bottle.
- 4
Build drinks on a rattan tray to keep sand out of the glasses.
Timeline
The night before
Freeze ice packs and run the ice maker. Chill cans.
Before you leave
Pre-load tumblers with syrup and pack the cooler.
On the sand
Ice, soda, cream, lime. Thirty seconds per drink.
The calculator
How much do I need?
- Drinks
- 20
- Nugget ice
- 18lb
- 12 oz cans
- 22
- Syrup bottles
- 4
- Cream
- 1qt
- Limes
- 5
Assumes 24 oz drinks, about an ounce of syrup each, and a fresh round every couple of hours. Nugget ice melts fast outdoors, so round up.
Shopping list
0/10 sorted- Stanley Quencher 40 oz TumblerAmazon ↗
- GE Profile Opal 2.0 Ultra Nugget Ice MakerAmazon ↗
- Hummingbird Glass Wide Glass StrawsAmazon ↗
- Business & Pleasure Co. White Fringe Market UmbrellaAmazon ↗
- Woven Rattan Serving TrayAmazon ↗
- Solino Home Linen Cocktail NapkinsAmazon ↗
- Torani Coconut Syrup, 4-PackAmazon ↗
- Monin Pineapple SyrupAmazon ↗
- Torani Raspberry Syrup, 4-PackAmazon ↗
- Torani Sugar Free Coconut SyrupAmazon ↗
The gear.
GE Profile
Opal 2.0 Ultra Nugget Ice Maker
The countertop machine behind every great home soda bar. Soft, chewable nugget ice on demand, and it looks good on the counter.
Set the table.
Business & Pleasure Co.
White Fringe Market Umbrella
Fringed, breezy and very Palm Springs. It makes any patio feel like a resort.
