We need to talk.

We’re into the dog days of summer. And we don’t see enough leisurely summer-drink-in-hand situations on your calendar.

Nope, not enough of those at all.

Allow Ketel One Vodka to assist. Because in addition to expertly crafting exceptional vodka, they’d like to light the way for your summer refreshment with a Ketel One, ginger beer and lime cocktail called a Dutch Mule (while it’s still peak weather for enjoying such things).

As you may have guessed, this drink is especially good when the vodka is a certain Dutch, family-made variety, so here’s where you can score just that...

With early-evening oysters.
Duck into Onieals, this charmer of a SoHo date spot. Dim lighting, plush leather couches, many bivalves. Stuff you want.

On a lush garden patio.
Find yourself in back of Huckleberry Bar, a Brooklyn joint with a thing for small cheese-and-prosciutto plates served with your new favorite vodka drink, both on a quaint plant-filled patio.

For a midweek nightcap.
Head to the Sofitel New York. It’s a hotel bar. The artsy-loungy kind usually populated with attractive strangers sipping vodka from copper mugs.

You know the kind.