Long Weekend Batch Cocktails & Boozy Recipes

This recipe elevates sauvignon blanc, a summertime staple, with bubbles and fruity blood orange flavor. What more could you ask for?

The Recipe

• 2 cups Kim Crawford Illuminate Sauvignon Blanc

• 3 large rosemary sprigs

• 4 ounces fresh blood orange juice

• 1, 12-ounce can club soda

• Thinly sliced blood oranges

Add sauvignon blanc, rosemary sprigs and fresh blood orange juice to a large pitcher. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, but up to 24 hours. Fill glasses with ice and fill ¾ way with wine mixture. Top with club soda. Garnish with rosemary and thinly sliced blood oranges. Makes 4 to 6 cocktails.

Scotch might not be the first spirit you reach for to make a summertime cocktail but trust us on this one: this single malt Scotch is finished in Caribbean rum barrels, giving it a tropical flavor profile with notes of banana, pear and apple. Mixed with watermelon, agave and mint, this one is downright delicious.

The Recipe

• 1 ½ cups The Glenlivet Caribbean Reserve Scotch

• 4 watermelon chunks

• 1 ½ cups fresh watermelon juice

• 1 teaspoon agave nectar

• Mint sprigs

• Watermelon wedge

In a pitcher, add Scotch, watermelon chunks, watermelon juice and agave nectar. Muddle and set aside. In a glass with ice, add mixture and garnish with mint sprig and watermelon wedge. Makes 6 to 8 cocktails.

The name says it all. This punch is boozy, fruity and blue as the sky on a beautiful long weekend. Try garnishing with a cocktail umbrella for a splash of tropical flair!

The Recipe

• 2 cups Alpine Blu Vodka

• 4 cups lemonade

• ¼ - ½ cup Charles Regnier Blue curaçao

• Blueberries

• Lemon wheel

In a punch bowl, add vodka, lemonade, blue curaçao, blueberries and lemon wheels. Serve in a glass over fresh ice and garnish with a lemon wheel. Makes 8 to 10 cocktails.

What’s better than a cherry limeade on a hot day? Maybe a boozy watermelon limeade, which is basically what this is.

The Recipe

• 6 ounces Brother’s Bond Bourbon Whiskey

• 3 ounces simple syrup

• 3 ounces fresh lime juice

• 2 cups fresh watermelon, cubed

• 6-8 ounces club soda

• Watermelon, cut into stars

• Mint leaves

In a blender, add whiskey, simple syrup, lime juice and watermelon. Blend until combined. Pour into a pitcher and top with club soda and ice. When ready to serve, pour into individual glasses and garnish with a watermelon star and mint leaves.