Batch Cocktails

<b>A hip accessible guide to batch cocktail-making for entertaining with 65 recipes that can be made hours--or weeks!--ahead of time so that hosts and hostesses have one less thing to worry about as the doorbell rings.</b> <p/><b>NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY <i>BUZZFEED</i></b> <p/>As anyone who has hosted a dinner party knows cocktail hour is the most fun part of the evening for guests--but the most stressful for whomever is in charge of keeping the drinks flowing. The solution though is simple: batch it! In this fun collection Maggie Hoffman offers 65 delicious and creative cocktails that you don't have to stir or shake to order; rather they are designed to stay fresh when made ahead and served out of a pitcher. Recipes such as Tongue in Cheek (gin Meyer lemon thyme Cocchi Rosa) Friendly Fires (mezcal chile vodka watermelon lime) Birds & Bees Punch (rum cucumber green tea lemon) and even alcohol-free options are organized by flavor profile--herbal boozy bitter fruity and tart and so on--to make choosing and whipping up a perfect pitcher of cocktails a total breeze.