We went to the best bar in the world to find out what the drink of the summer will be - here's the verdict

Summer is drinking season.

Every year, a new breed of cocktail emerges as the drink du jour. But what is the ultimate summer cocktail? The one you can drink year in and year out, without worrying about frilly, hard-to-follow trends?

That's what we wanted to find out, so we donned our deerstalker hats and made our way downtown.

We call it: "Business Insider and the case of the missing drink of the summer."