Punch

Rim some glasses with spicy salt and make this juicy watermelon cocktail recipe for your summer barbecue. It’s an easy gin cocktail served by the pitcher.

This minty fino sherry punch is cooling and light, served by the pitcher. Float some cucumber slices in each glass, spa-water style.

A delightful large-format blend of lychees, gin, elderflower, and citrus perfect for festive gatherings like Lunar New Year.

This understated holiday punch has a cognac base brightened by a simple lemon syrup and lightly sweet sherry.

If you’re looking for the most summery of punches that doesn’t overdo it on the booze, have your people call our people.

Cognac doesn’t deserve to gather dust in the back of your liquor cabinet. Here it fits seamlessly into a tropical punch with the help of a creamy condensed milk and pineapple syrup.

This rum punch is very simple to throw together, but cranberry-studded ice makes it feel deceptively fancy, doubling as a festive garnish and temperature control.

Did I mention it’s also a punch bowl?

Chef Omar Tate makes a natural version of Kool-Aid by mixing freeze-dried sweet cherries and strawberries with citric acid for tartness.

Rum punch is anytime punch.

Don't spend cocktail hour stressing about individualized drinks.

Rum punch, a big batch of rosé-Aperol spritzes, and more big batch cocktails.

Yes, you can serve this in a punch bowl if you don't have any coconut shells lying around!

This basil-infused puréed watermelon punch will go fast, trust us!

You’ll need seven to eight limes to make all that juice.

Why drink in monochrome when you can drink in technicolor?

This punch recipe easily scales down by half, or even all the way to festive drinks for two.

Turn this tea punch recipe up a notch with a decorative ice ring.

Two types of rum double the fun in this citrusy punch. If you can’t find kumquats, add another orange.

“Without the oleo-saccharum, the punch would be flat,” Jack McGarry, one of the owners of the Dead Rabbit in NYC, insists. “It’s vital.”

Homemade eggnog is great. This cashew nut nog is better.

In a classic case of more is more, a beach-ball-size bowl of eggnog turns any house into holiday central.

Feel free to experiment and substitute Luxardo in other drink recipes calling for fruit liqueurs or brandy.

This makes you feel like you’re on vacation no matter where you are.