One of the joys of Summer is making a fruity sangria to serve chilled with the fresh foods of summer coming off the grill or chilled from the fridge. The combination of crisp, lightly sweet, slightly tart, and fruity makes it the perfect drink to serve when friends come over to hang out.
Traditionally, sangria is made with:
Bottle of dry wine – typically red
Brandy or another spirit
Fruit juice – often orange to add some acidity
Granulated sugar or simple syrup
Fruit
Optional – seltzer, ginger ale, sparkling water
Orange adds great acidity to a sangria recipe!
Each Summer, we love making up sangria recipes with our meads. One of the reasons mead is a great base for sangria is that it’s already lightly sweet so no need to add extra sugar or simple syrup to it! You can also skip the extra fruit juice, unless you want it, because many of our meads are already fruity.
Easy Mead Sangria looks a lot like – pick your favorite mead, add the fruit of your choice, let sit overnight in the fridge, and enjoy! You can also add brandy or another spirit to it if you’d like for an extra kick. (We don’t do it at the meadery because we can’t serve spirits under our license.)
Check out some of our favorite Sangria recipes on our website:
Becky’s favorite Peach Sangria – Peaches and raspberries
Sparkling Bengal Spice Sangria – to celebrate International Tiger Day on July 29
Red, White and Blueberry Sangria – for Labor Day weekend
What great sangrias are you putting together this summer?