Summer is the perfect time to spend time outdoors with your family like cooking up some barbecue or just relaxing by the pool or in the hammock with a cool beverage in hand, whether it's an ice-cold lemonade or a cocktail. There are plenty of refreshing summer cocktails to explore and to make you feel cool this summer. Try these boozy options that will surely beat the heat this season!

Best-Ever Michelada by Lena Abraham

Total Prep Time: 12 minutes

Yields: 1 cocktail

Here's what you need:

• 1 tsp. salt 
• 1 tsp. chili powder 
• Lime wedges 
• 2 oz. fresh lime juice 
• 2 tsp. hot sauce 
• Dash of soy sauce 
• Ice 
• 12 oz. light Mexican beer, such as Modelo or Tecate  

How to mix:

1. In a shallow plate, add salt and chili powder and stir to combine. Rim the large serving glass with lime wedge and chili salt.
2. In the serving glass, add lime juice, hot sauce, and soy sauce and stir to combine. Fill the glass with ice, then top with beer. Stir lightly, garnish with a lime wedge and serve.

Fresh Mint and Lemon Iced Tea by Kate Merker

Total Prep Time: 10 minutes

Yields: 4 cocktails

Here's what you need:

• 8 c. water
• 3 3-inch strips Meyer lemon zest
• 1 large bunch fresh mint
• 5 tbsp. pure honey
• sliced Meyer lemons, sliced strawberries, mint sprigs, for garnish

How to mix:

1. Bring water to a boil. Remove from heat and add lemon zest and fresh mint; let it steep for 5 minutes.
2. Add pure honey, stir until dissolved. Strain into a pitcher and let it cool. Serve over ice with sliced lemons, mint sprigs and strawberries.

Mermaid Lemonade by Lindsay Funston

Total Prep Time: 10 minutes

Yields: 4 cocktails

Here's what you need:

• 2 c. ice
• 1/4 c. blue curaçao
• 1 c. white rum
• 2 c. lemonade
• 4 lemon slices
• 8 maraschino cherries

How to mix:

1. In each glass, add ¼ cup, a splash of blue curaçao, ¼ cup rum, and another ¼ cup ice. (The ice helps with the ombré.) And pour over ½ cup lemonade.
2. Skewer a lemon slice and 2 maraschino cherries on a paper umbrella or toothpick and garnish drinks before serving.

Best-Ever Hurricane by Rian Handler

Total Prep Time: 5 minutes

Yields: 2 cocktails

Here's what you need:

• 2 oz. light rum
• 3 oz. dark rum
• 6 oz. passion fruit juice
• 6 oz. orange juice
• 2 tbsp. grenadine
• Ice
• 2 Orange slices
• 2 maraschino cherries

How to mix:

1. In a large liquid measuring cup, add rums, passion fruit juice, orange juice, and grenadine, stir to combine.
2. Pour over iced-filled glass.
3. Garnish each glass with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry.

Sweet Tea Sangria by Delish

Total Prep Time: 1 hour

Yields: 6 cocktails

Here's what you need:

• 1 750-ml. bottle white wine, such as Sauvignon Blanc
• 4 c. sweet tea
• 1/4 c. triple sec
• 2 c. sliced frozen peaches
• 2 c. raspberries
• Fresh mint, for garnish

How to mix:

1. In a pitcher, add wine, sweet tea, triple sec, frozen peaches, and raspberries, stir until combined. Refrigerate until chilled.
2. Garnish with mint before serving.

Add bling to your wine glasses or cocktail glasses with these precious Tiny Crystal Flower Wine Charms this summer. These magnetic wine charms shimmer and sparkle and are adorable in person.

Keep your pitchers filled this summer with these summer fresh cocktails to celebrate this season. Stock up some supplies, mix up some fascinating and freshest cocktails at home. Let the summer season begin!

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