James Silverton wrote:

I'm still in the air about making anything special to drink?

If you don't think beer is festive enough, have some California
champagne or a robust red wine: an Ozzy Cabernet or Merlot might be good
or else a real Chianti, IMHO.

I actually have some lovely Italian Asti (Mondoro) which I picked up a
few weeks ago. I have beer! I have sweettea! I am not terribly
confident in my mojito making abilities.
So it sounds like I've covered enough bases, eh?