Red Sangria

You will be sipping this Red Sangria all summer long! It’s perfectly sweet, fruity and delightful on a hot summer day. The perfect blend of red wine, brandy, orange juice, triple sec plus fruit. It’s perfect for summer parties and having friends over.

This perfectly sweet and delicious Easy Sangria recipe is loaded with lemons and strawberries. It’s perfect for a hot summer day! Invite all your friends over and whip up this sangria before they come so you can enjoy it with them!

Sangria is kind of my jam. It seems that it’s your guy’s jam too. You adore this Peach Rose Sangria, Strawberry Limeade Sangria and Blueberry Sangria!

I’ll admit I’m not real picky when it comes to my sangrias but the first one I ever tried was that Blueberry Sangria and it holds a specially spot in my heart.

But, this might knock it out of it’s #1 spot! It’s seriously the best of all worlds. Slightly sweet, loaded with fruit and refreshing on a long hot summer day!

What Kind of Alcohol is in Sangria?

Essentially it’s a fruity wine with a kick, typically a hard alcohol added to wine and fruit. A lot of time there is a fruity flavored alcohol that is also added.

This is a red sangria so typically a Garnacha (also called Grenache) or Pinot Noir is used. It doesn’t have to be an expensive one because you don’t want the flavors in your wine to overpower everything else in it.

Typically a hard alcohol is added. I used brandy in this recipe for that component. Sometimes a rum, gin or vodka is used.

I also used Triple Sec which is a liquor with an orange flavor!

Ingredients Needed

I usually finish my Sangria off with a little bit of lemon lime soda, but this is totally optional and not required.

• Alcohol – Red wine (we recommend Garnacha or Pinot Noir), Brandy (we used E & J Brandy), Triple sec
• Orange juice
• Sweetner – We used white sugar but you can also use brown sugar if you prefer. This is a taste base ingredient so if you want it sweeter or less sweet adjust to your preference. You could also use maple syrup or honey for a natural alternative.
• Fruit – We used strawberries and lemons, but you could also chop up applese, oranges and more!
• Bubbles – This is an optional ingredient, but we like the fizz it adds. Just top off your glasses with a light Lemon Lime Soda or sparkling water.

What do you typically put in your sangria?

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Steps to Prepare

It’s soooo easy!

• First in a large pitcher add wine, brandy, orange juice, triple sec and sugar; stir until combined and sugar is dissolved.
• After that add lemons and chopped strawberries, stir. Put in fridge for at least 30 minutes or up to 8 hours.
• Then add your lemon lime soda before serving. This is optional… it’s great without it too!

Expert Tips

• The fruit is very flexible. You can throw anything from lemons, strawberries, oranges, pineapple, pears and peaches into it depending on what you have in your fridge!
• Mix up at least 30 minutes before serving or up to 8 hours. This helps the flavors meld together.
• Usually a red wine is used, but you could do white or rosé to mix it up.
• If Brandy isn’t your choice of hard liquor you can use cognac, gin etc.
• This is perfect for using up leftover fruit you have. Any fresh or frozen fruit is great in it. We prefer citrust, berries, grapes, pineapple etc.

More Summertime Drink Recipes!

• With only three ingredients you’ll be mixing up Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade all summer long! It’s perfect for a non-alcoholic summer drink at parties.
• If you love fruity drinks make this easy Spiked Watermelon Lemonade. A frozen lemonade drink that’s so refreshing!
• Need more large batch party cocktails? Try Pink Moscato Lemonade. Slightly fruity, sweet and bubbly!
• Grab a Mai Tai this summer! It’s a delicious, refreshing Tiki cocktail that’s perfect for sipping on.

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