2019 Pitcher cocktails for parties

[EmilyOTR]

This was a great thread last year.

Pitcher Cocktails for parties!

I'm trying to step up my pool party game this year - does anyone have any great cocktails that can be made in larger quantities for a party? We don't have big drinking families but having a cocktail available would be nice without having to make individual drinks.

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What large batch cocktails do you like to serve at pool parties?

 

[mknauss]

I open a beer --- but we have some other mixaholics in this group!

Take care.

 

[PoolGate]

No one complains about a margarita machine. Also make a nice batch of sangria.

 

[Brentr]

I have never done this before but you can mix your favorite juices like cranberry juice with a little grapefruit and cran-pineapple and add vodka. We like to drink these as they are very refreshing and add much needed vitamins etc when you are out in the sun.

 

[jimim]

No one complains about a margarita machine. Also make a nice batch of sangria.

I’m trying to find a sake white sangria similar to the one at morimoto down Disney.

Sooooo good.

 

[Chickinvic]

I open a beer --- but we have some other mixaholics in this group!

Take care.

Good man! That's about our style too lol.

 

[ModernCha]

I am almost strictly a beer guy but I dig this in large batches instead of a margarita mix.

Passion fruit caipirinha

Ingredients

• 3 limes
• 4 tablespoons golden caster sugar
• 75 ml cachaça
• 1 ripe passion fruit
• crushed ice

Method

1. Cut the limes into wedges.
2. Place all but two of the lime wedges and the sugar in a cocktail shaker and muddle for a couple of minutes, or until the sugar has almost dissolved.
3. Add the cachaça, then halve and spoon in most of the passion fruit pulp.
4. Fill the shaker with crushed ice and shake it vigorously for 1 minute.
5. Pour the cocktail into two glasses and top up with more ice, if need be.
6. Garnish with lime wedges and the rest of the passion fruit pulp.

 

[jimim]

I am almost strictly a beer guy but I dig this in large batches instead of a margarita mix.

Passion fruit caipirinha

Ingredients

• 3 limes
• 4 tablespoons golden caster sugar
• 75 ml cachaça
• 1 ripe passion fruit
• crushed ice

Method

1. Cut the limes into wedges.
2. Place all but two of the lime wedges and the sugar in a cocktail shaker and muddle for a couple of minutes, or until the sugar has almost dissolved.
3. Add the cachaça, then halve and spoon in most of the passion fruit pulp.
4. Fill the shaker with crushed ice and shake it vigorously for 1 minute.
5. Pour the cocktail into two glasses and top up with more ice, if need be.
6. Garnish with lime wedges and the rest of the passion fruit pulp.

Cachaca is my go to summer drink. Instead of sugar or bar sugar I make simple syrup to muddle with the limes.

I use pineapple or watermelon at times. I’ll have to try the passion fruit. Most of the time it’s just with the limes.

 

[chayne]

I open a beer --- but we have some other mixaholics in this group!

Take care.

Nothing but beer for me. the wifey drinks diet coke and rum all the time while at the pool.

 

[EmilyOTR]

this was my favorite last year and it was a hit again!

Hillside Farmacy's House Punch Recipe

 

[ComputerGuyInNOLA]

In Louisiana we have a take on the Bourbon slush. It is great on a hot summer day.

Recipe: Bourbon Fruit Slush

 

[woodyp]

Here's a concoction that I may have to take for a spin: Looks light, refreshing, and pretty!

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[staze]

Serious Eats has never led me astray.

21 Make-Ahead Pitcher Cocktail Recipes for Memorial Day

These big-batch, make-ahead cocktail recipes will make your Memorial Day cookout a breeze.

www.seriouseats.com

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Oh that is sooooo true! i used to read Serious Eats all the time.... sort of forgot about them. Thanks for the reminder

Maddie

 

[jimim]

I did my Mojitos last night as pitchers cause I was getting sick of doing them individual cause they take a while to make. I just multiplied my recipe by 6. Wasn’t able to shake them. I did uses separate ice than what was in the pitcher that I crushed and 2 pieces of mint and a piece of lime then poured them over that. Tasted exactly the same. They were green tea Mojitos and blackberry black tea flavored Mojitos.

I’m really liking the tea vs club soda for them. Nice summer change.