As the sun returns to our skies for another season, it's time to turn our attentions back to the refreshing world of cooling tipples. A summer staple if you like drinking without the full-body flush (with most available all year round too), we've put together a list of places fronting our favourite frozen cocktails in Manchester, from new takes on classic concoctions to the quirkiest iced sippers.
Dirty Martini
Dirty Martini's new margarita menu includes a frozen strawberry number, one that will only set you back £7 if you head over during happy hour. The sweet, icy fruit is mixed up with Cointreau, Olmeca Blanco tequila and lime for the ideal refreshing serve, all while you take pics in front of the angel wings or nab plenty of other boozy treats off the extensive drinks list.
Get brain freeze from this tequila-laced tipple.
Sunset by Australasia
No surprises that this slick Spinningfields spot has something special up its sleeve - some of the tastiest frozen cocktails in Manchester, UK. Pretty-in-pink bar Sunset boasts the pornstar martini's sunshine-ready makeover, which blends Belsazar rosé vermouth and ice into the mix. The menu also includes a range of Sorbet Sunrisers, where frozen, fruity flavours are combined with prosecco.
She's beauty and she's grace, but this frozen pornstar martini will still get you off your face.
Be At One
Available all year round, Be At One's large frozen cocktail menu covers everything from indulgent white chocolate and Kinder Bueno flavours to classic frosé or icy piña colada. Whether you like keeping them to the summer months or love a cooling serve in every kind of weather, this fun bar's beauties will set you back just a tenner each.
There's nine icy drinks to choose between at Be At One.
Flight Club
Flight Club is widely regarded as one of the most quirky bars in Manchester, but did you know about its signature cocktail slushies? Packing one hell of a punch is the Watermelon Crush of lip-smacking lychee, strawberry, lychee, rosé wine and Ketel One. Meanwhile, the rum-laced Coco Fumada is finished off with pineapple, coconut, lime, mezcal and banana liqueur.
Cool off during darts with Flight Club's boozy frozen options.
Lock 91
When you want to drink a frozen cocktail at one of the most popular bars in Manchester, Lock 91 comes in hot with its ice-blended strawberry daiquiri - a permanent menu fixture. Taking that quintessentially British summertime fruit and giving it a boozy twist, this waterfront haunt's cool concoction is finished off by dashes of lime, raspberry, pomegranate and muscavado sugar.
Take in views of the canal while enjoying a daiquiri at Lock 91.
Ramona
If you don't want to get your frozen cocktails delivered, Ramona is on-hand with its cool converted MOT garage between the Northern Quarter and Ancoats. Here, you can enjoy bottomless iced margaritas alongside endless Detroit-style pizza and daily rotating fresh salads at any time of year. To top it off? The banana and pandan version is totally swoon-worthy.
Make your refreshing drinks bottomless at Ramona.
Crazy Pedro's
The clue is in the name at Crazy Pedro's, a place where everything from the maverick pizzas to the eye-popping decor is pretty consistently off-piste. The same goes for its all-year icy cocktail menu, which brings you different fruity takes on the classic frozen margarita, such as twista, strawberry or woo woo, and comes served with sweets as garnish.
Pair a frozen marg with a fried chicken, waffle, maple syrup and smoked bacon-topped pizza here.
7 Sins
As one of the best cocktail bars in Manchester, it's no surprise that 7 Sins is also delving out plenty of frozen options to enjoy. From the extremely heady disco iced tea made of tequila, rum, vodka, gin, blue Curaçao and lemonade to huge jugs made for sharing with mates (including pornstar martini or bramble), this place is keeping you cool all summer long.
These frozen cocktails are available as summer specials.
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