Beach Cocktails

56 recipes, including Tinto de Verano (and Calimocho / Pé Sujo), Coconut Caipirinha, Viking Margarita.

56 easy cocktails for the beach and hot weather.

Tinto de Verano (and Calimocho / Pé Sujo) — Built right in the glass for maximum refreshment.
Coconut Caipirinha — Quick and easy with a pre-sweetened coconut cachaça liqueur.
Viking Margarita — A tequila margarita with hibiscus or cranberry syrup for fruity, floral notes.
Canchanchara — A Cuban classic balancing rum, bright citrus, and the sweetness of honey syrup.
Caipi Jambu — A passion fruit caipirinha with jambu liqueur and crushed ice.
Pinha Molhada — A tropical highball of silver cachaça, coconut cachaça, and fresh pineapple juice.
Maracugerald — A tropical take on the Fitzgerald, with passion fruit pulp and rich syrup to hold up the acidity.
Pineapple Devil's Margarita — A pineapple margarita with a floating layer of dry red wine, Devil's Margarita style.
Paloma — A Mexican classic of tequila with grapefruit and lemon syrups, topped with sparkling water.
Caipirinha Jorge Amado — A Paraty caipirinha with passion fruit pulp, lime, and clove-and-cinnamon Gabriela cachaça, served unstrained.
Cachaça Mojito — A mojito built with white cachaça, lightly pressed mint, and crushed ice, lengthened with soda water.
Tequila Sunrise — A shaken classic of tequila and orange juice, with grenadine poured over a spoon for the sunrise gradient.
Caipi Summer — A summer caipirinha with muddled strawberries and blueberry syrup, shaken in the shaker.
Spritz Lemonade — A long mocktail of tangerine and strawberry syrups with lime juice, topped with soda water.
Homemade Soda — A soda by the glass with fruit syrup and soda water: sweet only from the syrup, citrusy if you top it with Lemon Fresh.
Pisco Punch — A San Francisco classic: pisco shaken with pineapple syrup, pineapple juice, and lemon.
Caipiroska — The classic caipirinha with vodka instead of cachaça: lime, simple syrup, and ice in a rocks glass.
Maré Baixa — A gin highball lengthened with cajuína and lime, with mint muddled in the glass.
Caipirinha — Brazil's national cocktail: lime muddled with sugar, cachaça, and lots of ice.
Mojito — Cuban classic of white rum, mint, lime, and soda, built in a highball without shredding the leaves.
Piña Colada — Puerto Rican blender classic: white rum, cream of coconut, and ripe pineapple.
Mai Tai — Tiki classic of two rums, curaçao, orgeat, and lime, served over ice.
Dark 'n' Stormy — Bermudian highball of dark rum floated over ginger beer — a storm in a glass.
Cashew Fruit Caipirinha — Cashew fruit muddled with syrup and lime: the acidity the fruit lacks, to bring out the juice and the cachaça.
Caju Blue — Easygoing highball of cashew fruit juice, honey cachaça, and blue curaçao, lengthened with soda water.
Pink Lemonade — Long mocktail of lime, syrup, and grenadine, topped with soda water and mint.
Caju Amigo — Brazilian shaken classic of cachaça, cashew fruit in syrup, and lime, served unstrained in a highball.
Strawberry Mojito — Cachaça mojito with strawberries muddled in a highball, mint just pressed, and crushed ice on top.
Jabuticaba Caipirinha — Built caipirinha with lime, jabuticaba Le Fruit, and unaged cachaça.
Jungle Bird — Tiki drink of dark rum, Campari, and pineapple: sweet, sour, and bitter in a rocks glass.
Marajó — Highball of Beerita Elétrica jambu gin lengthened with ice-cold coconut water, lime, and mint.
Sex on the Beach — Classic highball of vodka, peach liqueur, orange juice, and cranberry.
Port Light — Bourbon tiki drink with lemon, honey syrup, passion fruit, and egg white, over crushed ice.
Apple Ice Lemonade — Highball of vodka and green apple syrup with lime juice, lengthened with soda water.
Coconut Ginger Refresher — Mocktail of ginger syrup, coconut water, and mint, lengthened with soda water.
Sunset Mule — Vodka mule with orange juice and grenadine, built in the glass for a sunset gradient.
Hakuna Matata — Tropical drink of coconut rum, spiced rum, banana liqueur, and pineapple, with grenadine at the bottom for a sunrise.
Golden Pine Whiskey — Honey whiskey and pineapple juice highball, built in the glass over ice.
Caramel Balla — Sweet whiskey and coconut water highball, stirred in a tall glass until chilled.
Rum Punch — Gold rum punch with orange, pineapple, lime, and grenadine, shaken and served over ice.
Sailor's Sunrise — Spiced-rum sunrise with orange and lime, grenadine layered in a rocks glass.
Tropical Shadow — Layers of grenadine, pineapple, and white rum with Sprite, built over crushed ice.
Crimson Cactus — Espadín mezcal with Aperol, pineapple, and lime, shaken and served over ice.
Sea Breeze — Classic vodka highball lengthened with cranberry and grapefruit juice, built in the glass.
Hurricane — New Orleans classic: two rums, passion fruit syrup, and lemon, in a tall glass.
Cantarito — Jalisco highball: tequila with grapefruit, orange, and lime juices, lengthened with grapefruit soda and a pinch of salt.
Coconut Honey Margarita — Blanco tequila margarita with Grand Marnier, lime, toasted coconut syrup, and honey syrup.
Matador — Trader Vic tropical sour: blanco tequila, pineapple juice, and lime, shaken and served up.
Mary Pickford — Cuban Prohibition classic: white rum, pineapple, grenadine, and maraschino liqueur, shaken and served up.
Wray's Nephew — Tropical daiquiri of Jamaican overproof rum, gold rum, pineapple, and a touch of Fernet.
Ti' Punch — National drink of Martinique and Guadeloupe: agricole rum, a touch of syrup, and a lime coin, built in the glass.
Snap Out of It — Blanco tequila margarita with pineapple and ginger syrup, shaken and served on the rocks.
One Two Punch — Blanco tequila sour with muddled strawberry, lime, and a touch of Aperol.
Igarapé — Cachaça highball with açaí-and-guaraná liqueur, lime, and guaraná soda.
Blackberry Garden Tonic — Gin and tonic with blackberry syrup and lemon, lengthened with tonic in a tall glass.
Blackberry Mojito — White-rum mojito with blackberry syrup, mint, and lime, lengthened with soda water.