It's just about time to call it weekend and fix up an August-appropriate cocktail. Here are 5 drink recipes that'll help you take a break in style.

Peach Caipirinha

If there are eat-over-the-sink juicy peaches at your local farmers' market, grab a bunch and use some for these easy cachaça cocktails, made by muddling peach and lime with a little sugar. If you don't have cachaça on hand, feel free to try it with rum.

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Monkey See Monkey Do

While we're talkin' peaches, try out this cocktail from bar star Matthew Biancaniello (formerly of LA's Library Bar, now of Cliff's Edge). White peaches are wonderful when mixed with St. Germain elderflower liqueur and floral-cucumbery Hendrick's gin. If you don't like (or can't find) shiso leaves, you can substitute mint.

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The Ultimate Fully Loaded Bloody Mary

A well-made Bloody is a beautiful thing, especially if you're a little hungover. You can read all the details of The Food Lab's Ultimate Bloody (spoiler: it helps to add extra-savory ingredients like Worcestershire and soy), or just skip to the recipe and start drinking already.

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Santa Carla

If it's hot where you are, this tequila variation on a Tom Collins is the must-make drink of the weekend. Cool, refreshing, easy, and crisp, it features lots of fresh lemon and a few dashes of grapefruit bitters for a more complex flavor.

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Pamplemousse

This is one of our favorite brunch drinks, made with fresh white grapefruit juice, lemon and a touch of elderflower liqueur that serves to emphasize botanicals of the gin. It's delicious enough that you could easily drink a pint-full fast. Be careful, kids.

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