Summer cocktails are the ultimate way to elevate warm-weather gatherings—light, refreshing, and bursting with seasonal flavor.
Whether you’re serving a citrusy spritz, an herb-infused cooler, or a tropical rum punch, summer cocktail recipes set a festive tone and invite guests to unwind.
With vibrant colors and breezy flavor profiles, this list of delightful summer cocktails will help make every get-together feel like a celebration.
Festive Summer Cocktails
1. Tajin Peach Martini
Sweet, fresh peaches meet a dash of sultry spice in this mash-up of flavors that gives way to one of my favorite summer cocktails. Once guests try it, they’ll be asking you to make this Tajin Peach Martini recipe again and again.
2. Caipirinha
No list of the best summer cocktails would be complete without including Brazil’s national cocktail: the caipirinha. Made with freshly muddle limes, cane sugar, and cachaça rum, this crowd-pleasing Caipirinha recipe is as summery as it gets.
3. Dad’s Best Whiskey Sour
This summer cocktail recipe for Dad’s Best Whiskey Sour can hold it’s own against more traditional citrusy or fruity summer sips, since the tartness of the sour mix captures citrus notes and the frothy egg whites or aqua faba add a layer of decadent creaminess.
4. Cherry Blossom Bourbon Cocktail
Homemade cherry-infused bourbon is the star of this amazing summer cocktail. And as a little extra bonus: Explaining to guests how you soaked the bourbon in a jar of hand-mashed cherries for two days to bring this Cherry Blossom Bourbon Cocktail recipe to life makes for a great party story!
5. Elevated Black Salt Rim Margarita
This Elevated Black Salt Rim Margarita is the ultimate conversation-starting summer cocktail recipe, since the black Hawaiian sea salt is completely unexpected. It adds an earthy, smoky flavor to this classic sip.
