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    Home » Recipes » Cocktails » Camping Sangria

    Modified: Jan 20, 2025 · Published: Jul 12, 2014 by Angela G. · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Camping Sangria

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    This is the original camping sangria as seen on Buzzfeed — a delicious, portable camping beverage. Made and stored in a Mason jar. This sangria is perfect to take camping, on vacation or to outdoor music festivals. Suit your own taste buds and try different fruits, wine and vodka flavors.

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    Let me just start out by saying that this camping sangria goes down a little too easily! 😉

    Sangria is for sharing!

    I highly recommend making lots of friends around the campsite and sharing this tasty little beverage. Especially if you plan to eat any of the fruit, a cup or two will be plenty. Trust me.

    This is camping sangria. Meaning it's specifically designed to travel, making it the perfect make-ahead cocktail to take camping.

    So, you'll need a few things to make this portable and suitable for camping:

    • A quart-sized mason jar with lid
    • 1-gallon pitcher or dispenser
    • A wine cork

    Watch how easy it is to make :

     

    Have sangria, will travel.

    The key here is the method of concocting and also storing this campsite-friendly beverage. So, once you gather everything you need to make this, you're half way to making your first batch of camping sangria. 🙂

    I first made this sangria on the fly before a camping trip and just used random fruit and soda I had on hand. What I had, happened to be grapes, peaches and strawberries. A little bit random. But it wasn't bad!

    What fruits work best in this sangria?

    Truly, any combination of fruits can work in a sangria. You can get as creative as you want when you pick your fruits. I made another batch and tried to pick more tropical fruits in order to give it that vacationy-vibe! So choose your favorite fruit combo.

    What mixer is best?

    You can also choose your favorite carbonated or non-carbonated beverage. I've tried Fresca, ginger ale, cranberry juice, and Sprite. Any carbonated or non carbonated juice works as a mixer.

    Give this sangria a punch of flavor!

    Adding just a little bit of lemon juice or lime juice, makes the fruits in this sangria "pop" and gives the drink a really delicious but slightly more tart flavor. Add if you want — totally optional!

    What type of vodka works best?

    You can also try flavored vodka. That's another way to customize the taste of this sangria. The possibilities are endless!

    Make this sangria your own!

    This sangria is so versatile.

    Every time you go camping, have fun and mix up a new flavor combo to share! It's a sure way to meet fried around the camp site, I'll tell you that, ha!

    Feel free to share any variations you've tried in the comments below.

    Variations of this sangria I've tried

    You'll see my tropical variation if you click to the left on the image slider above where I used Limoncello (instead of vodka) peaches, pineapples, papaya and cran-pineapple juice for a more tropical flavor. Campsite luau anyone??

    Mason Jar Pour lidCheck out this Mason jar with pour lid

    A company right here in my town of Erie, PA invented these awesome mason jar pour caps.

    These mason jar caps are great for this particular recipe because it allows you to mix up and store your sangria concentrate. Then you can repurpose the mason jar as a drinking glass with a lid once you mix the sangria in your pitcher!

    The lid keeps out bugs and prevent spills (party foul!). You can buy the mason jar pour caps on Amazon.

    Want more camp recipe ideas?

    Since you're cool campers like us, check out our Campfire Rotisserie Chicken recipe and my Pinterest board dedicated to other camping-friendly food and drink recipes to get recipe ideas for your next camping trip.

    Want more fun drink ideas?

    Browse all my cocktail recipes

    This camping sangria recipe was featured on South Your Mouth!

    Happy camping, friends!

    Please note: Certain laws may prevent you from transporting this in the passenger area of your car, or at all. Check the open container law in your area or ask a police officer if you're concerned about transporting this to your campsite. This beverage is for 21+

    Camping Sangria

    Camping Sangria

    Author: Angela G.
    This is the original camping sangria as seen on Buzzfeed — a delicious, portable camping beverage. Made and stored in a Mason jar. This sangria is perfect to take camping, on vacation or to outdoor music festivals. Suit your own taste buds and try different fruits, wine and vodka flavors.
    4 from 88 reviews
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    Course: Cocktails
    Cuisine: American
    Skill Level: Easy
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Servings: 8 Servings
    Yield: 2 liters

    Ingredients 

    • 1 peach sliced
    • 8-10 strawberries sliced
    • ½ cup white or red grapes
    • 1 tbsp lemon juice optional but recommended for extra flavor!
    • 2-3 cups white or red wine choose a semi-sweet to sweet wine
    • ¼ cup vodka optional, you can replace with more wine if you'd like
    • 1 liter carbonated or non-carbonated fruit beverage
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    Instructions

    • Fill up the mason jar with peaches, strawberries and grapes. Add lemon juice if desired.
    • Pour in vodka a ¼ of the way up the jar, use a mason are and measurements will be on the jar. Fill up the remainder of the jar with wine.
    • Chill sangria concentrate overnight or at least for several hours.
    • Pack up the sangria concentrate and 1-liter bottle of fruit beverage of your choice. Keep chilled. When you get to the campsite, mix all 3 together in a large pitcher and enjoy! Serve over ice if desired.
    • Remember to drink responsibly!

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    Notes

    Choose any blend of fruit you'd like!
    Choose any fruit juice or fruit beverage you'd like. Cranberry juice, and cranberry blends are yummy. Apple juice, guava juice, orange juice... truly anything! Or you can try a carbonated drink like lemon-lime soda, Fresca, or even ginger ale is yummy! Experiment and find your favorite.

    Nutrition Facts

    Calories: 376kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 19mg | Potassium: 194mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 136IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1mg
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    Comments

    1. Karen says

      February 27, 2024 at 9:05 am

      5 stars
      I’m trying this this summer!

      Reply
    2. Sally says

      May 02, 2022 at 12:42 pm

      5 stars
      Looks wonderful! Wondering how you could serve up a glass at a time with adding all of your carbonated drink at one time? Thanks

      Reply
      • Angela G. says

        May 02, 2022 at 2:02 pm

        Hi Sally, You will mix everything together in a large pitcher when you get to your campsite. Then you can use the mason jar as a drinking glass for your serving. Hope you give it a try!

        Reply
    3. Valerie says

      August 15, 2020 at 9:07 pm

      We used to get watermelons, cut a hole in it & put vodka, rum, tequila & anything else that we liked at the time. We let it soak overnight & drained the juice off for "cocktails" & ate the watermelon. Awesome & very intoxicating!

      Reply
      • Angela G. says

        August 16, 2020 at 1:31 pm

        Hi Valerie! That sounds tasty and fun too! Love this idea.

        Reply
    4. Ashlee says

      July 25, 2016 at 6:33 pm

      I just tried this recipe this weekend. I customized it to try what I liked and it was so yummy! I did the same fruit but I chose to use 44 north (huckleberry vodka), barefoot moscato and fresca. It was amazing!

      Reply
      • Angela G. says

        July 25, 2016 at 6:57 pm

        Using huckleberry vodka sounds amazing! Thanks for sharing your version, Ashlee. 🙂

        Reply
    5. Aimee says

      June 24, 2016 at 5:29 pm

      what kind of wine?!

      Reply
      • Angela G. says

        June 25, 2016 at 7:04 pm

        I would recommend a sweet wine to compliment the fruit but dry works too. I would go with whatever type of wine you normally prefer. That's the beauty of this sangria. It's totally customizable to your own preferences in fruit or wine.

        Reply
    6. Terri says

      June 09, 2016 at 4:07 pm

      I have made this several times using frozen mixed berries and peaches plus a slice orange, AWESOME!

      Reply
      • Angela G. says

        June 10, 2016 at 1:41 am

        Great idea to use frozen fruit! I bet that helps it stay cooler longer while you're in transit. Totally going to try that next time I make this. Thanks for the feedback! 🙂

        Reply
    7. Tiff says

      May 09, 2016 at 4:02 pm

      Are you able to just leave the fruit out of this?
      Also would you be able to freeze it for it to stay cooler longer ?

      Reply
      • Angela G. says

        May 15, 2016 at 1:54 am

        Hi Tiff,
        You only need the fruit to make it authentically "sangria" but if you aren't worried about it being authentic, then I think you could do without the fruit and it would still be decent. Or maybe substitute some juice for added flavor. I haven't tried freezing it, but that's not a bad idea in order to keep it cold longer. I would not freeze it in a glass mason jar though since that could break the jar. I just transported mine in an insulated cooler bag and then served each cup over ice that we picked up at the general store on the campgrounds. Thanks for the good questions. Enjoy!

        Reply
    8. Mondo says

      March 27, 2016 at 12:05 pm

      Never had this before. So do you serve the drinks with some fruit in each cup also or do you keep it in the container for a 2nd mix of refills?

      Reply
      • Angela G. says

        March 31, 2016 at 12:46 am

        Hi Mondo, You can serve sangria with or without the fruit, just keep in mind the fruit does absorb a lot of alcohol so your drinks will be very strong and if people eat the fruit too then they are really going to feel it! You can refill for a second round, but the fruit will loss some of it's flavor-enhancing powers.

        Reply
    9. Glamping Mom says

      March 15, 2016 at 12:33 am

      Camping right now with my new favorite camping drink!

      Reply
    10. Jen says

      January 19, 2016 at 6:37 pm

      Have you tried this with other fruits? I'm not sure about the peaches?

      Reply
      • Angela G. says

        January 19, 2016 at 8:27 pm

        You can use any fruits. Peaches happen to be one of my favorites but I realize I may be *special* so yes, absolutely, mix it up. Try different fruits and flavors of vodka. Whatever sounds good to you, mix it up!

        Reply
      • Susan says

        May 30, 2016 at 6:32 pm

        How about watermelon

        Reply
        • Angela G. says

          June 01, 2016 at 1:19 am

          Never tried watermelon but sounds yummy! I think the flavor would be really sweet and summery.

    11. penny says

      September 16, 2015 at 7:10 pm

      Can this be made 3days ahead of time or best if only chilled around 24 hours

      Reply
      • Angela G. says

        September 17, 2015 at 7:40 am

        Hi Penny,
        I think this would be OK to make and chill for a few days as long as the fruit is relatively fresh when you start. I do think it would be better if it's chilled for less time though so the fruit doesn't start to break down.

        Reply
    12. Debbie D says

      August 06, 2015 at 8:36 pm

      I actually found a 12pk of Fresca in my local grocery.. i fixed half the mix with 2 cans. . then i tried Sprite for the last bit and we lijed it much better!

      Reply
      • Angela G. says

        August 08, 2015 at 6:19 pm

        Thanks for the tip! I think I'd like Sprite better too. I'm totally a lemon-lime girl. I just happened to have leftover Fresca that no one wanted when I made this the first time, lol.

        Reply
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