If you are someone who is fond of entertaining guests at home, you would find it rather helpful to learn about the most popular summer cocktails for your next party. The main purpose of serving cocktails during summer is to make your guests feel cool.

While wine or beer can be relaxing after a long day at work or a regular family dinner, refreshing cocktails are favorites when it comes to enjoying a day in the backyard pool or entertaining guests on a summer weekend. Whether you are thinking of making a quick drink for yourself or a large pitcher of sangria, these recipes are sure to give you enough ideas to make a lazy summer day refreshing. There are many varieties that you could try depending on your taste; ranging from stiff bourbon drinks perfect for a backyard barbeque to sweet, fruity drinks that are ideal for cooling off.

Listed below are some of the most popular summer cocktails you can serve.

1. Margarita
   The list of most popular summer cocktails will be incomplete without a margarita. To make this cocktail, you need to take a cocktail glass, chill it well, and rub the edges with lime juice and sprinkle coarse salt on it. You can then add Cointreau, tequila, and lime juice with ice in a shaker. Once shaken, the mix is then poured into the glass filled with ice.
2. Mai Tai
   This favorite summer cocktail is made with dark rum, lime juice, orange curacao, rock candy syrup, and orgeat syrup. You can shake all these ingredients in a cocktail shaker that has been chilled well. The mix is then poured into a Collins glass and garnished with mint or lime.
3. Negroni
   You can add the ingredients, namely Campari, London dry gin, and vermouth Rosso in a shaker, and stir this well with crushed ice. The mixture is then poured into a glass containing cubed ice and garnished with an orange peel.
4. Mojito
   You can mix lime juice with superfine sugar in a Collins glass and add mint leaves to it. The glass is then filled two-thirds with cracked ice after which white rum is poured into it. You can top off with seltzer or club soda.
5. Berry spritzer
   Garden basil and fresh strawberries make for an excellent combo. You can make this drink into a mouthwatering cocktail by adding some vodka or gin to it. You can stir together orange juice, berries, sugar, and lemon juice to ensure that the sugar is completely dissolved and berries squashed well. You can then pour some vodka and top it with soda.
6. Piña Colada
   You must first add the rum, then the unsweetened pineapple juice with coconut cream inside the blender. After this has been well blended with crushed ice, you can pour the mix into a tall glass and garnish it well.
7. Sangria
   This is one of the most popular summer cocktails. It’s quite a hit with everyone, but it requires many ingredients to make it right. You will need red table wine, orange juice, brandy, pomegranate juice, sparkling water, blackberries, orange and apple slices, pomegranate seeds, and simple syrup. All ingredients have to be stirred together inside a pitcher and then put in the fridge for the night. You can serve it the next day by pouring the mix into tall glasses and garnish these with orange wedges.