16 Big-Batch Cocktail Recipes For Your Next Summer Cookout

Lemonade + peaches + vodka + sparkling water = the most summery drink you've ever had.

Get the recipe: Sparkling Spiked Peach Lemonade

Feel free to use any stone fruit that looks good in place of peaches to make this punch. Plums, nectarines, and apricots would all work well.

Get the recipe: Bourbon Peach Lemonade Punch

Just like the pink lemonade you grew up with, only made with rosé and club soda to give it an extra kick.

Get the recipe: Pink Rosé Lemonade

This refreshing punch requires just four ingredients and can easily be made non-alcoholic by omitting the rum and using lemon-lime soda in place of Prosecco.

Get the recipe: Pineapple Party Punch

This is a good base recipe for classic sangria, but feel free to switch up the wine and fruit however you want.

Get the recipe: Easy Sangria

A combination of crisp white wine, refreshing melon, and cooling cucumber makes this sangria insanely refreshing — perfect for hot summer nights.

Get the recipe: Cucumber Melon Sangria

This recipe calls for Moscato wine, but you can use a dry white wine (like Sauvignon Blanc) to make it less sweet.

Get the recipe: Easy Pineapple Wine Punch

Dried lavender can be found in the spice section of most well-stocked grocery stores. If you can't find it, check the tea aisle and look for lavender tea to use instead. The flavor will be slightly different, but it will give you a similar floral note.

Get the recipe: Lavender Gin and Tonic Punch

This recipe makes one big pitcher (enough for six servings), but feel free to double the recipe for a larger party.

Get the recipe: Grapefruit Negroni

Red wine + Absinthe + rum = a serious party starter.

Get the recipe: Blackbeard Berry Sangria With Absinthe