BBQ Cocktails

23 recipes, including Tinto de Verano (and Calimocho / Pé Sujo), Caipivinho, Batanga.

23 cocktails to serve at a barbecue.

  • Tinto de Verano (and Calimocho / Pé Sujo) — Built right in the glass for maximum refreshment.
  • Caipivinho — A caipirinha topped with dry red wine.
  • Batanga — Tequila, lime, and cola in a tall glass.
  • Cuba Libre — The classic Cuban highball of rum, lime, and cola.
  • Grape Caipirinha — A caipirinha muddled with grapes, lime, and cachaça, finished with a grape skewer.
  • Paloma — A Mexican classic of tequila with grapefruit and lemon syrups, topped with sparkling water.
  • Apple Tinto de Verano — A riff on Spain's summer wine: dry red wine with tangerine syrup, diced apple, and orange juice, topped with sparkling water.
  • Campari & Beer — Campari, lime, and beer, finished with a beer foam whipped with a blender.
  • Caipi Summer — A summer caipirinha with muddled strawberries and blueberry syrup, shaken in the shaker.
  • Pé de Serra — A cachaça highball with passion fruit pulp and lime, lengthened with guaraná soda.
  • Brasa — A whiskey mule with fresh ginger muddled in honey and lime, lengthened with soda water.
  • Caipirinha — Brazil's national cocktail: lime muddled with sugar, cachaça, and lots of ice.
  • Cashew Fruit Caipirinha — Cashew fruit muddled with syrup and lime: the acidity the fruit lacks, to bring out the juice and the cachaça.
  • Caju Amigo — Brazilian shaken classic of cachaça, cashew fruit in syrup, and lime, served unstrained in a highball.
  • Buckaroo — Whiskey and cola highball with three dashes of aromatic bitters — the Jack and Coke, elevated.
  • Blackberry Smash — Bourbon smash with blackberries and mint muddled in the glass, lemon, and ice to the rim — the cookout drink.
  • Jabuticaba Caipirinha — Built caipirinha with lime, jabuticaba Le Fruit, and unaged cachaça.
  • Ranch Water — Texas highball of blanco tequila, lime, and sparkling water, built in the glass.
  • Clericot — Pitcher punch of white or sparkling wine, chopped fruit, and orange liqueur — barbecue summer in a glass.
  • Blackberry Cola Whiskey — Blackberry whiskey and cola highball, with a cherry in the glass.
  • Arraial Mule — Cachaça mule with pé de moleque (peanut brittle) syrup and lime, lengthened with ginger beer.
  • Guaraná & Açaí Caipirinha — Cachaça and açaí-guaraná liqueur, with blackberry syrup in place of sugar.
  • Cantarito — Jalisco highball: tequila with grapefruit, orange, and lime juices, lengthened with grapefruit soda and a pinch of salt.

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