10 Perfect Cocktails for a Summer Cookout

Hippie Juice is the perfect big batch cocktail to make for a crowd. It’s fresh and fruity, and a fun easy-drinker cocktail for barbecues and get-togethers. It's made with pink lemonade, watermelon vodka, and coconut rum.

Red Wine Sangria is a fruity and fun way to serve wine at a party or just to sip on a hot summer day. It’s the best kind of adult punch you can make. It’s sweet, fruity, and boozy. With just a few easy ingredients, you can whip up a pitcher of sangria to enjoy.

This cocktail is very popular in Valencia, Spain – home to the famed Valencia orange. It combines Cava (Spanish sparkling wine), with orange juice, gin, and vodka. Make it by the pitcher or the glass.

Raspberries are the perfect addition to a gin fizz to liven it up and make a vibrant, tasty cocktail. You’ll end up loving this raspberry gin fizz. This cocktail goes a step further by making a raspberry simple syrup that infuses maximum raspberry flavor into the cocktail. It makes this raspberry and gin cocktail so much more flavorful than other raspberry cocktails.

Everyone loves a Classic Mojito. The refreshing and cool mint flavor, mixed with fresh lime juice, rum, and sugar makes a lively combination. Making a classic mojito is very easy and it’s fool proof if you follow this recipe. All you need is rum, mint leaves, lime wedges, sugar and soda water.

This delicious, refreshing Frozen Mango Margarita does not require any added sweetener thanks to the wonderfully sweet mango. A small amount of fresh lime juice adds just the right amount of sour to balance out the sweet.

Summer just got better with this frozen gin and tonic slush. In the heat of the summer this slush is a refreshing way to cool down and relax. I love a gin and tonic. So simple, and so delicious in frozen form.

The Classic Moscow Mule has a very good balance of sweet, sour, spicy, and boozy, but watch out…they go down easy! There’s a reason everyone loves a Moscow Mule cocktail. It’s both refreshingly chilled for summer and cozy for winter in its festive copper mug.

These gorgeous Blood Orange Martinis are a great way to dress up your typical vodka martini with a zesty orange flavor and vibrant red color. Whether you call this a Blood Orange Martini or a Blood Orange Cosmo, it’s a cocktail you’ll love.

Liven up your typical margarita recipe with fresh blueberries to create a Blueberry Margarita cocktail that is oh so pretty. This Blueberry Margarita is made with tequila, lime juice, and triple sec, just like the original, but we’ve added blueberry juice from muddled blueberries to give it a pop of color and a bit of fruitiness.