Welcome aboard, CampGirl. You will likely set a record for first post responses...the QJ'ers will be falling all over themselves... Drink recipes are like.....(you know)...everyone has one.

Personally, although a healthy imbiber at home I often travel to the Q sans alcohol. However, when I do pack the fuel I favor JD or other whiskey/scotch (Lafroig) which delivered via a nip straight or in a cup of coffee never fails to please.

But I suppose you are looking for real recipes....tough when cold beverages are nonexistent in the bush. Vodka (even a very nice Kettel One) somehow disappoints when combined with lukewarm Sturgeon Lake water and Crystal Light.  One year I premixed Capt. Morgan and Coke and froze them...so for the first 12 hours or so we had a relatively cold cocktail.

Vodka seems to lend itself best to the various drink mixes we bring to the bush. Other threads have discussed the relative merits of wine in a box.  I seem to remember Solotripper describing a Japanese freeze dried beer pill.  Like I said you'll get a ton of responses...I just can't really help you unless you can figure out how to get ice air lifted into your site.

The Beaver

Yeah, there'll likely be a fair amount of posts on this one. 
The real issue, at least in July & August, is getting the drink cold. Best I've been able to do is fill a nalgene with water, put it in a net bag weighted with rocks, and get it as deep as I can for about 30 minutes. I can't say the water is truly cold, but it is better than what you can get at the surface.  It's also a lot of work, and you still have to drink it before it gets warm again.
My personal preference is Bombay Blue Sapphire gin with Crystal Light iced tea. I call 'em t-bombs.

I once heard from a guy in Ely (in Cranberry's over a beer) about a guy who used the same technique to sink a 6-pack of beer somewhere between Moose lake and PP, then concealed and tied off the line along the bank somewhere. Days later, on the way out, he would retrieve the libation on the way back to Moose Lake and enjoy a cold one as he paddled in. I'm a little skeptical on this one, but stranger things have happened I guess.

By the way, booze is really cheap at the duty-free shop when I cross the border.

regards,

Wind-in-Face

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10-4...my spell check fails when it comes to single malts.
Laphroaig is mighty fine.

The Beaver

:exclamationMost lakes have thermoclines at different depths.  If you can get below the thermocline the water will be 4 deg C at all times and can really cool off your drink.  The thermocline will shift with depending on the wind state but can be as shallow as 10 feet if the lake has been cold.  As far as drinks go however most good bar drinks require ice unless you go for the hot drinks like toddy's and buttered rum. I own a nightclub and its amazing the new stuff people keep coming up with.  Some of your cream drinks don't need to be cooled as much.  I enjoy many of the coffee drinks in the evening like Keoke, or Kahlua coffees or coffee with Bailey's also many of your stouter beers can be adequately cooled in the water or by wrapping with a cotton sock and allowing the wind to drop the temp.  Many of the really malty heavier bodied beers are frequently drunk too cold in the US (at least in my opinion) so that the true flavors don't get a chance to come through, a good malty beer really should only be around 40 deg F. One other thought is the chemical freeze packs available at hospital supply houses, they'll get your beverage down a few degrees especially if you place the bag and the beverage in a tight and well insulated container together. There are battery operated devices that will freeze on one side and heat on the other available from some of the electronic supply houses but I've never fooled around with one.  I enjoy a drink socially every once in a while but I am pretty much a teetotaler  when I am out in the wild. I use the experience to cleanse my mind, my body and my soul. Check out the "Old Mr. Boston" bar tender's guide, its still one of the best compilations of drinks in the busiess and always available behind my bar for reference: there is always someone coming in for a drink I've never heard of.

ALso I may want to add, put alcohol in at the end so as not to cook off the booze.