Delicious! The 5 Best Cocktail Recipes To Enjoy This Summer

Summer is all about kicking back and enjoying the warm weather, beach days, and outdoor parties with friends and family! What better way to entertain than with some delicious summer drinks? Click through to get OKMagazine.com’s top cocktail recipes!

Kim Crawford Summer Fizz

INGREDIENTS:

1 seedless cucumber, thinly sliced

1 lime thinly sliced

Fresh mint leaves

1/4 cup of lime juice

1/4 cup of honey

1 bottle of Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc

1 liter bottle carbonated water, chilled

DIRECTIONS:

In a large pitcher, combine cucumber, lime slices and 12 mint leaves in a large pitcher. In a small bowl, stir together lime juice and honey until combined. Pour over cucumber mixer, add wine, stirring gently. Cover and chill for at least two hours. (Recipe makes a batch. For single serving, use parts;1 oz = 1 part).

Cruzan Blueberry Lemonade Cooler

INGREDIENTS:

2 parts Cruzan® Blueberry Lemonade Rum

3/4 part Fresh Grapefruit Juice

1 small pinch Kosher Salt

Seltzer/Soda Water

DIRECTIONS:

Combine Rum, Grapefruit and Salt over ice in a shaker. Shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Double strain into a Collins glass over ice and top with Seltzer/Soda Water. Garnish with a twist of Grapefruit peel.

Skinnygirl White Wine Slush

INGREDIENTS:

1 part Skinnygirl® Pinot Grigio

1 part Cruzan® Light Rum

2 parts frozen lemonade

1 part seltzer

Peach for garnish

DIRECTIONS:

Blend all ingredients except seltzer with ice. Pour into a glass, top with seltzer and garnish with peach.

Hornitos High Tide

INGREDIENTS:

1 ¼ parts Hornitos® Plata Tequila

½ part fresh lemon juice

½ part simple syrup

Splash of seltzer

Strawberries

DIRECTIONS:

Muddle one strawberry in a shaker, combine remainder of ingredients (excluding seltzer) and add ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice. Add a splash of seltzer and garnish with a strawberry.

SVEDKA Vodka's Fury Fruit Cocktail

INGREDIENTS:

2 parts SVEDKA Grapefruit Jalapeño

1 part elderflower liqueur

½ part fresh lemon juice

½ part fresh lime juice

2 strawberry slices

2 orange slices

Pinch of mint

Club soda

DIRECTIONS:

Lightly muddle fruit and mint in the bottom of a Collins glass. Fill with ice, and add remaining liquid ingredients and top with club soda. Garnish with sliced strawberries, sliced oranges, and mint.