The best summer cocktail recipes for sunny days in the garden

Fresh, fizzy, and a little bit unexpected - earthy matcha meets sweet white grape juice, lifted with the refreshing sparkle of Cucumber & Watermelon tonic water for a drink that feels light, vibrant, and heatwave ready.

Ingredients:

• ½ spoon Matcha Powder
• 40ml White Grape Juice
• Double Dutch Cucumber & Watermelon
• Blackberries
• Ice

Method:

Add the matcha powder and white grape juice into your highball glass. Stir well to dissolve the matcha (a small whisk or spoon helps avoid clumps). Fill the glass with ice. Top with Double Dutch Cucumber & Watermelon. Garnish with blackberries on a cocktail stick.

A crisp, sparkling non-alcoholic take on the classic marg. It’s simple enough to make at home, and light enough to drink all night long.

Ingredients:

• 50ml REAL Dry
• 40ml Lyres Agave Blanco (0.4% ABV)
• 10ml lime juice
• 5ml agave syrup

Method:

Chill a rocks glass. Combine the Lyres Agave Blanco, lime juice, and agave syrup and shake with ice until a frost forms on the exterior of the shaker. Double strain into the chilled glass over iceTop with REAL Dry and garnish with a lime wedge.

If you're a fan of whisky and are looking for a refreshing drink this season, try this sparkling, jewel-toned Black Ruby Tonic.

Ingredients:

• 50ml Johnnie Walker Black Ruby
• 2tsp blackberry jam
• 100ml Tonic water

Method:

Fill a tall glass with ice. Add ingredients and stir until the liquid becomes uniform.

It really is the summer of the spritz. This refreshingly fruity and floral rosé spritz from Lady A is ideal for long summer evenings spent chatting away in the garden.

Ingredients

• 25ml Elderflower mint cordial
• 50ml Lady A rosé wine
• Fresh raspberries and strawberries
• Topped with soda water

We're still clutching onto summer and will be keeping the Mediterranean vibes going with this twist on a classic spritz.

Ingredients:

• 30ml Gin Mare
• 25ml Fino Sherry
• 15ml 1:1 Sugar Syrup
• 10ml Lemon Juice
• 75ml Cava

Method:

Mix and serve in a cocktail glass, and garnish with a lemon slice and sprig of thyme.

Tequila and a spritz? We don't need to be asked twice. Try this new cocktail from our go to tequila brand.

Ingredients:

• 30ml Patrón El Cielo
• 60ml chilled Pinot Grigio or Provençale Rose Wine
• 90ml Ginger Ale

Method

In a white wine glass with cubed ice, build all the ingredients. Stir to combine. Garnish with a fresh orange wedge – squeeze and drop into the glass.

An icy lemon dessert cocktail created in collaboration between (the) Nigella Lawson and Ocado? Yep we will be making these the second the sun comes out.

Ingredients:

• 100g Remeo Lemon Sorbet
• 25ml chilled vodka (1 shot)
• 25ml chilled prosecco (1 shot)

Method:

1. Get a small 150ml coupe or martini glass and a small wide-ish jug. Scoop the lemon sorbet into the jug.

2. Pour over the vodka, followed by the prosecco. Mix swiftly but gently with a couple of forks, pulling the sorbet apart and into the liquid rather than beating the ingredients together.

3. When you have a lump-free cohesive mixture resembling a cloud of frosty froth, pour into the prepared glass.

4. Raise to your lips and prepare to be transported!

Pimm's, strawberries, cream. Does it get more British summer time than this? No, no it doesn't. Created in partnership with The Ivy, this soon to be classic cocktail is a fun take on the strawberries and cream served at Wimbledon every year, with the added fun addition of Pimm's. Here's how to make it yourself.

Ingredients:

• 50ml Pimm’s No.1
• 25ml Strawberry Puree (Monin)
• 25ml Apple Juice
• 300ml Double Cream
• 5ml White Chocolate Syrup (Monin)
• 15ml White Chocolate Sauce (Monin)
• Dried Strawberry (to garnish)
  

Method:

To build the drink combine the Pimm’s, strawberry puree, and apple juice in a shaker and add a big handful of ice. Shake hard, then pour over ice into your chosen glass. To make the white chocolate cream whisk the double cream, white chocolate syrup and white chocolate sauce until mixed. And to finish, layer the white chocolate cream over the fruit base and garnish with dried strawberries.

Tanqueray's new Paradiso gin is perfect for a summer spritz!

Ingredients

• 50 ml Tanqueray Paradiso
• 10ml lemon juice
• 5ml sugar syrup
• 90ml Prosecco
• 40ml soda water

Pour all of your ingredients, minus the Prosecco and soda into a wine glass. Fill the glass with cubed ice then slowly pour over your Prosecco and soda water. Stir quickly to mix everything up, and garnish with a long lemon twist.

Tanqueray Paradiso is on shelves now in Morrisons and Sainsbury’s, and rolls out at Tesco, Amazon and The Bar from 28th May with an RRP of £20.

This bourbon Old Fashioned sings thanks to Wild Turkey's vanilla notes.

Ingredients

• 50ml Wild Turkey® 101 Bourbon
• 10ml simple syrup
• 2 dashes bitters
• An orange peel to garnish

Method

Add Wild Turkey® 101 Bourbon and syrup to a mixing glass with ice. Add two dashes of bitters and stir together. Pour over ice into a rocks glass and garnish with orange peel.