Cold summertime cocktails. So hot right now. We’re visiting the best, trendiest hotel bars to find you the tastiest summer cocktails in NYC. Not only have we got the photos, we’ve got the recipes — directly from the bartenders — so you can make them at home. Grab your martini glass and hit the deck, you’re having a cocktail party.

This week we've got The Standard Hotel. Previously, we've taste-tested The James Hotel and Hilton New York Fashion District.

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The Standard, High Line

The Standard, New York

DRINK #1: Whiskey Punch

Whiskey Punch

2 oz rye whiskey1 oz lemon juice½ oz orange juice1 oz simple syrupProsecco

Pour all ingredients except Prosecco into mixing glass with ice. Shake and strain into tall glass with crushed ice. Add Prosecco.

Garnish with an orange twist.

DRINK #2: Cosmonaut

Cosmonaut

2 oz vodka2 oz Lillet1 oz elderflower cordial

Shake all ingredients and strain into martini glass.

Garnish with an orange twist.

DRINK #3: Raspberry Ricky

Raspberry Ricky

2 oz gin2 spoons fresh bramble mix*1 oz sour soda

Pour all ingredients except soda into mixing glass with ice. Shake and pour into tall glass with ice. Add soda.

Garnish with raspberries.

*The bramble mix is made in-house by cooking berries in sugar until the berries make their own juice. This is taken off the flame before the beries break, so the mix consists of whole berries with a sweet syrup.

DRINK #4: Jalisco Gimlet

Jalisco Gimlet

2 oz tequila1 oz lime juice1 oz simple syrup1 oz grapefruit juice

Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into martini glass. Top with lime zest.

Garnish with grapefruit.

DRINK #5: Rickshaw

Rickshaw

2 oz bourbonGinger beer

Fill with ginger beer.

Serve in a high ball glass with crushed ice.

Garnish with a lime wedge.

The Standard New York

The Standard New York