Ingredients
Summer Party Punch Recipes are some of the most common ways to have a celebration gathering with friends with good drinks and fun times all around. Since the summer party is often either during a hot day or just after a hot afternoon, the punch itself must reflect the mood of the crowd, and the only way to do this is to make sure that whatever recipe you decide to use has three things in mind:
- Alcohol
- Drink Flavor
- Cold Temperature
Alcohol
Clearly all the good summer party punch recipes for an adult crowd have high amounts of alcohol to kick off the celebration. In summer, the best alcohol to use tends to be rum, as it creates that Caribbean feel that most people are looking for from their punches. Vodka works as well, but wines/champagnes are far less common unless you are celebrating something very specific. You want your drink to go down smooth but get people loosened up very quickly.
Flavor
When it comes to summer party punch recipes, the flavor you are looking for is almost always fruity and tropical. Summer parties are about getting outside and having fun, not mellowing out near an open fire, and so the drink itself should be a “party drink” in that it can be gulped heavily like any tropical beverage. The general rule is to stay away from milk recipes, tea recipes and wine flavored recipes in favor of tropical fruits and oranges.
Cold Temperature
Because it is usually very hot outside, your punch should be heavily iced. Even if you are worried about the air getting colder later, let the vodka warm people up rather than the punch itself. Though there are some summer party punch recipes that are made for the colder summer nights, those are the exception rather than the rule, and should really only be used if the summers where you live are not much warmer than the spring and fall in other areas of the country.
If you pay attention to these three keys, you are guaranteed to be picking a summer party punch recipe that you and your friends will enjoy. Tropical drinks are always a big hit in nice weather, and the copious amounts of alcohol will make the party itself thrive.
