Hot summer days and outdoor parties call for cooling cocktails and beverages that can serve a crowd. Whether fruity, frozen or just over ice, our best cocktails — margaritas, sangria, mojitos and more! — and sweet shakes and smoothies will quench your thirst this summer.

Best Summer

Drinks

Shake up sweet fruit-filled cocktails, like this two-tone tequila sangria, and remix your favorite summer beverages with a Cooking Channel twist.

Tequila Sangria With Berries Recipe

Beer Cocktails

Bobby Flay's Beer Cocktail RecipesPlay Video (02:24)

Bobby subs in beer for other liquors to make twists on the Bloody Mary and a mimosa — perfect for brunch on a hot summer day.

How to: Bobby’s Beer Cocktails

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Shake Things Up

Apple Pie MilkshakePlay Video (02:45)

Too much leftover pie? Freeze a slice and power up your blender: Kelsey remixes hers as a super-sweet shake.

Watch: Kelsey’s Leftover Pie Shake

More Shakes & Smoothies

When Life Hands You Lemons ...

Lemon Syrup LemonadePlay Video (02:41)

Keep Laura Calder’s simple Lemon Syrup on hand all summer long, and have fresh lemonade whenever you like.

Watch: How to Make Simple Lemon Syrup

Sweet-Tart Lemonade

Still Thirsty?

Bar Basics

Darryl Robinson Cocktail Advice

Mixologist Darryl Robinson takes you behind the bar to learn his trade secrets.

How to Stock a Bar

Classic Cocktails

David Rocco's Mint Martini Recipe

If sweet, fruity cocktails aren’t your thing, these perennial drinks always do the trick.

David Rocco’s Mint Martini

Shots & Shooters

Tropical Kamikaze Shooters Recipe

Sweet, tropical flavors collide in these perfect one-gulp party drinks.

Tropical Kamikaze Shooters

Booze For Brunch

Orange Cream Mimosa Recipe

Sweet, bubbly sips, alcohol-spiked tea and more morningtime drink recipes

Orange Cream Mimosas

Pleased As Punch

Hurricane Punch Recipe

Serve a crowd with sweet booze-filled bowls that, well, pack a punch.

Grown-Up Hurricane Punch

Hot Now: Bourbon Cocktails

Blackberry-Bourbon Iced Tea Recipe

Bourbon adds its stormy color and smoky-sweet flavor to summer drinks.

Blackberry-Bourbon Iced Tea

Some Like It Hot

Michael's Bloody Maria Recipe

These spicy drinks will make your body temperature rise — helping you to cool down.

Michael’s Bloody Maria

Sparkling Sips

Limoncello Spritzer Recipe

A splash of sparkling wine adds refreshing fizz to these sweet summer spritzers.

Extra Virgin Limoncello

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