40+ Refreshing Summer Cocktail and Mocktail Recipes
Sit back, relax and enjoy the hot days and nights of summer with one (or more!) of these refreshing cocktail recipes (some mocktails included too)!
*Originally published June 2017. Updated June 2020.* This page contains affiliate links. See below for full disclosure statement.
Cocktails are delicious all year round, but there’s nothing better on a hot summer day than sitting on your back porch sipping on an ice-cold, refreshing drink. Especially if said drink is made with some of the most aromatic, flavorful, and eye-catching fruits, vegetables, and herbs of the season.
Whether booze-filled or booze-free, summer drinks are some of my favorites, and I don’t think I’m alone. That’s why I’m sharing over 40 of some of the season’s most refreshing cocktail and mocktail recipes from fellow RDs and food bloggers.
So grab your cocktail shaker, muddler, or blender, and let’s get mixing! Cheers to the start of summer!
Summer Cocktail Recipes
Summer Drinks Made with Tequila
Summer Drinks Made with Gin or Vodka
Summer Drinks Made with Rum
Summer Drinks Made with Wine or Champagne
Summer Mocktails (Non-Alcoholic Drinks)
What are your favorite summer cocktail recipes?
Please share with me below or on social media!
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I’m thirsty! Great and creative ideas – thanks for sharing. Pinned 🙂
Haha..I know, right?! Thanks for pinning!
I am not a big drinker but I have to say, all of these look and sound amazing! This has me all excited for Memorial Day weekend 🙂
Thanks Alanna! I wasn’t a big drinker either – until I had kids 😉
Oh, my goodness! Absolutely everything looks amazing!!! Thanks so much for including my Mezcal Margarita, and Strawberry Watermelon Mint Elixir-wish we could celebrate together!
Thanks ea! That would be so much fun! We’ll have to make some of these the next time we’re at a blogger event together!
The colors of these drinks are stunning! They all look so incredibly refreshing. Thanks so much for including my lemonade 🙂
Aren’t they all so pretty?! I want to try them all! You’re most welcome! Enjoy the holiday weekend!
What a great list! Pinned this one to my happy hour board. I know it’s not 5 o’clock yet but I’m thirsty 😉
Thank you Katie! I always say, it’s 5 o’clock somewhere! (Plus mocktails are allowed any time!!)
I’m SO glad I found this roundup just in time for the weekend. They all look so delicious – I don’t know where to start! Is it 5PM yet 😉
Thanks so much Jamie! I’d love to know which you try and what you think!! Enjoy!
Liked your recipe a lot. Looking forward for some more mocktail recipes. Keep up the good work.
I need to give this list to my husband. He is always asking me to look up cocktail recipes for when we have guests over. Why not have him try making one of my peer’s recipes!! 🙂
Definitely GiGi!! Hope you guys like some of these! Cheers 🙂
Great collection! I’ve updated my to-drink list. Have you come across any fun things for using lavender? I have a lavender plant now and want to do something creative with it.
I recently had a drink at an event that had lavender in it. It was gin, honey, lemon and lavender. Was delish!
Love all of these cocktails!! Can’t wait for the weekend!
Thanks abbey. Me too!
I love a good mocktail and these look great! Thanks for adding them to your roundup for those of us who like a mixed drink without the alcohol 😀
You are most welcome! I’m all for cocktails, but it’s nice to have a non alcoholic variation too!
These are SO cool! I could use a cocktail tonight. Training and work have me STRESSED!
Hope you got some r&r tonight!
I think I may need to test each and every one of these this summer. 🙂
Haha…let me know if you have any favorites!
I need to try ALL the lemonades!
I love lemonade in the summer!
All of these look so refreshing! What a great collection to enjoy all summer long!
Thanks Taylor! Hope you get to enjoy some!
You’ve supplied the recipes, now I just need to put on my bathing suit, head down to the pool, and let my husband serve me one of these. Ultimate staycation complete.
Lol, absolutely! I think I should follow your lead! Enjoy!
Such a great list! Perfect for this hot weather. They all look incredibly refreshing!
Thanks so much Christine! Hope you enjoy some this summer!
This is the ultimate cocktail guide! Definitely going to be consulting this list for upcoming parties, grill outs, date nights in, etc. 🙂
Thanks Jordan! Hope you get lots of enjoyment from all the cocktails and occasions that go with them!
This has got to be the best roundup of the day! I love all of the recipes! Will be hard to choose which one to start with!
Haha…cocktails for the win! Hope you get to enjoy some this summer Kristina!
What a fantastic round up of awesome cocktails for summer! I’ll be sharing this with my friends who drink!
Thanks Andie! Hope your friends enjoy them!
There are so many great cocktails!! I’ll have to start making my way through the list 🙂
Seriously! Too many even for the summer alone!
What a great collection of delicious ideas!
Thanks Betsy! Hope you enjoy some this summer. Cheers!