Whether you’re celebrating a holiday like the Fourth of July or looking for un cóctel to drink at your next asado, nothing beats a very refrescante beverage as the temperatures rise. Regardless of what you’re celebrating or munching on, a cocktail is a great way to toast to life.

From the light and fruity to the smooth and sultry, the below ten cocktail recipes will be a hit at all of your family parties this season.

Blueberry Lemon Sol Fresca

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients: 

• 8 oz. Casa Del Sol Blanco 
• 1 cup Fresh Lemon Juice
• 1 cup Blueberries
• 3 tablespoons agave nectar
• Garnish: Lemon slices and Blueberries 

Directions:

1. In a mixing glass, muddle all the ingredients. 
2. Strain into a glass over ice.
3. Top with sparkling water or soda water. 
4. Garnish with lemon slices and blueberries.

Chocolate Cake Shot

Ingredients: 

• 1 part Frangelico
• 1 part SKYY Citrus Vodka
• Lemon Wedge
• Sugar

Directions: 

1. Run the slice of lemon around the edge of a shot glass. 
2. Dip the edge of the glass and lemon in sugar. 
3. Combine Frangelico and vodka in a shot glass. 
4. Take the shot and chase with the sugar-coated lemon wedge.

Campari Spritz

Ingredients:

• Ice
• 3 parts Cinzano Prosecco 
• 2 parts Campari
• 1 part Soda Water
• Slice of Orange
• Glassware: Wine Glass

Directions:

1. Fill the glass with ice. 
2. Add Prosecco, Campari, and soda water to the glass.
3. Garnish with an orange slice.

Firecracker G + T

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz. NOLET’S Silver Gin
• 1 Bomb Pop (or other popsicle)
• Frozen raspberries & blueberries
• 4 oz. Tonic Water

Directions: 

1. Fill a Balloon glass with ice and frozen fruit. 
2. Add NOLET’S Silver, tonic water, and a popsicle.

California Gold Rush

Ingredients: 

• 2 oz. Argonaut Saloon Strength Brandy
• ¾ oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
• ¾ oz. Honey Simple Syrup
• Garnish: expressed lemon peel with a brandied cherry
• Glassware: Rocks glass

Directions: 

1. Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. 
2. Shake together to combine and chill. 
3. Double strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. 
4. Garnish with an expressed lemon peel and brandied cherry.

Fragaria Martini

Ingredients:

• 1½ oz. Revivalist Garden Gin 
• ½ oz. Strawberry liqueur 
• ¾  oz. Lemon juice
• 1 tsp (5g) Strawberry jam
• Glass: Coupe/stemmed glass 
• Garnish: Fresh strawberry slice

Directions: 

1. Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice to the top. 
2. Shake hard for ten seconds. 
3. Double strain into a chilled coupe glass.

Woodford Porch Swing

Ingredients:

• 1½ oz. Woodford Reserve Straight Bourbon Whiskey
• ¾  oz. Lemon Juice
• ½  oz. Honey
• 6 oz. Peach Tea

Directions: 

1. Combine ingredients into a tall glass and stir. 
2. Garnish with a slice of peach or lemon wheel.

The Sunburn

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Sunshine Punch 
• 2 parts Pineapple Juice 
• ½ part Coconut Rum

Directions:

1. Combine Sunshine Punch, pineapple juice, and coconut rum in an ice-filled shaker and shake for 20 seconds. 
2. Pour into a rocks glass over fresh ice. 
3. Garnish with an orange wedge.

Papito

Ingredients: 

• 2 oz. Desolas Mezcal
• 1 oz. Lime juice
• ½ oz. Hagave Spiced Nectar
• Top of red wine (~1 oz)

Directions: 

1. In a shaker we pour Desolas Mezcal, Hagave and fresh lime juice. 
2. Add ice and shake until chilled. 
3. Once shaking is completed we pour over ice in a rocks glass. 
4. Garnish with red wine float.

Delaney

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz Fior Scotch
• 1 oz Sweet Vermouth
• 1 oz Campari
• 1 Orange Twist (for garnish)

Directions:

1. Add the Fior, Vermouth, and Campari to a cocktail shaker with ice. 
2. Gently shake until chilled. 
3. Strain into a chilled glass. 
4. Garnish with an orange twist.