3 batch cocktail recipes for easy summer entertaining
These fruit-filled cocktails scream "summer is here!"
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Between serving guests and enjoying your own party, summer entertaining can be challenging. Nobody likes spending time away from the guests they invited over because you’ve become the bartender for the night. Enjoy your guests’ company and have a good time together by making Shoana Jensen’s 3 fruity batch cocktails that will make your summer entertaining a breeze!
Ingredients
Blueberry Mojito
7 1/2 oz (just short of 1 cup)
Flor de Caña 12
2.5 oz (1/3 cup)
lemon juice
10 tbsp
sugar
5 sprigs
peppermint
20
blackberries
10 oz
club soda or carbonated water
Peach Whiskey Iced Tea
12 oz (2 1/2 cups)
iced tea
9 oz (1 cup plus a splash)
Bourbon
4 1/2 oz (½ cup)
peach schnapps
1 1/2 oz
ginger liqueur
4 1/2 oz (½ cup)
fresh lemon juice
Sliced peaches
Ice
Strawberry Sangria
4 cups
whole fresh strawberries
2 tbsp
granulated sugar
1 bottle
dry rosé wine,, chilled
1/2 cup
triple sec, Cointreau or Grand Marnier
1 handful
mint leaves
1
orange,, sliced into rounds
1
lemon,, sliced into rounds
Soda water,, for serving (optional)
Fresh mint and cocktail skewers, for the garnish
Instructions
Blackberry Mojito
- Add mint, blackberries, and sugar into a pitcher and muddle together.
- Next, add rum, lemon juice, and club soda.
- Stir together, add ice, and enjoy!
- Add iced tea, bourbon, peach schnapps, ginger liqueur, lemon juice, and peach slices to a bottle. Mix together.
- Add ice to a glass. Pour the drink mixture over ice to serve.
- Add strawberries, mint, orange and lemon slices, dry rosé wine, and orange liqueur to a french press. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Add ice to a glass. Push down the french press and pour the drink over ice. Serve and enjoy!