The best easy cocktail recipes for outdoor parties
With large al-fresco gatherings back on the cards, polish off that pitcher and knock up some batch drinks this summer
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From Monday, groups of up to 30 can meet outdoors as lockdown eases a further notch, and that means (weather allowing, of course) that al-fresco drinks parties are back on – a cause for celebration.
Time, then, to revive the “batch” cocktail or summer punch, something you can scale up to refresh a crowd. I’m sharing eight recipes, all relatively easy to make and which don’t require buying lots of expensive and obscure ingredients (nor do they call for syrups or cordials to be made in advance). They major on truly summery flavours, be that elderflower, mint, vibrant fruit juices or sparkling wines, and each has a refreshing, mouth-watering style of its own.