With the warm spring weather on the rise and festive summer gatherings ahead, you can develop and show off your mixology skills. Whether it’s a refreshing drink to toast a special occasion, an artisanal cocktail to kick off dinner, or a nightcap after a busy day, here are 12 recipes that are delightful and easy to create. We have included the spirit websites for your convenience. Stock your home bar, keep these recipes on hand, and start mixing!
Coffee Margarita
Ingredients:
2 oz. Kilinga Bacanora Reposado
.5 oz. Coffee Liqueur
.5 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
Method: Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice, shake well and strain into a lowball glass. Fill glass with ice, garnish with a lime wheel and serve.
Prosecco Spritz
Ingredients:
3 oz. Avissi Prosecco
2 oz. Aperol
1 oz. Splash of Soda
Garnish: 1 slice of orange
Method: Place ice cubes in a glass. Pour 3 oz of Avissi Prosecco. Follow by pouring 2 oz. of Aperol and 1 oz. of soda. Add slice of orange for garnish.
Zomoz Paloma
Ingredients:
2 oz. Zomoz Mezcal
½ oz. Lime Juice
½ oz. Agave Nectar (optional)
4 oz Q Mixers Grapefruit Soda (or East Imperial Grapefruit Soda)
Grapefruit Wedge for a garnish
Salt or Tajin blend to rim glass
Method: Combine all ingredients (except Q Grapefruit Soda), Lightly shake with ice.
Add Grapefruit Soda and strain into an Old Fashioned glass with its salt rim. Garnish with Grapefruit Wedge.
Hibiscus Margarita
Ingredients:
2 oz. Gran Coramino Cristalino
.75 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
.75 oz. Hibiscus Syrup
Method: Shaken, served over ice with a lime garnish. You can also add hibiscus salt to the rim.
Gran Coramino Cristalino website
Paloma
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. Mercer + Prince
2 oz. Ocean Spray Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice
Top w/ Grapefruit Soda (or Soda Water)
Method: Add ingredients into an ice filled Collins glass or Highball glass.
Stir to combine and chill. Garnish with fresh mint and grapefruit.
Spiced Peach Mule
Ingredients:
2 oz. Beach Whiskey Bonfire Cinnamon
.5 oz Peach Puree
.5 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
Method: Shake and strain over ice. Top with Ginger Beer. Garnish with a lime wedge and peach slice.
The Photo Finish
Ingredients:
2 oz. Jeptha Creed Straight Four Grain Bourbon
½ oz. St. Germaine Elderflower Liqueur
½ oz. Cointreau
2 oz. Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice
1 oz. Fresh Pineapple Juice
Method: Combine all ingredients into a shaker tin with ice. Shake thoroughly, and strain into a Collins glass filled with ice. Garnish with an orange wheel.
Sorel Hibiscus Margarita
Ingredients:
.75 oz. Sorel
1.5 oz. Tequila
.75 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
.5 oz. Agave Syrup
Method: Add tequila, Sorel, lime juice and agave syrup to a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake until well-chilled. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with lime.
Busk & Ginger
Ingredients:
1 oz. The Busker Triple Cask Triple Smooth
Top with Ginger Beer
Lime Wedge for garnish
Method: Fill a highball glass with ice, pour in The Busker and top up with ginger beer. Stir and garnish with a lime wedge.
Super Bloom
Ingredients:
2 oz. Supergay Vodka
1 oz. Cherry Blossom Syrup (we like Haku Sakura Cherry Blossom Shoyu)
1 oz. White Cranberry Juice
Cherry for garnish
Method: Shake Vodka with cherry blossom syrup and cranberry juice. Pour into a glass and garnish with a cherry.
Think Green
Ingredients:
1.25 oz. Bottega Pistacchio Liqueur
2.25 oz. Vodka
1 dash absinthe
Method: Combine all ingredients in shaker tin with ice. Shake until tins are frosted. Chill the martini glass and garnish with coconut flakes. Fine strain cocktail into the martini glass. Garnish with crushed pistachio pieces.
Bottega Pistachio Liqueur website
Electric Pink Lemonade
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. American Harvest Organic Vodka
3 oz. Pink Lemonade
2 oz. Ginger Beer
Lemon Wedge for Garnish
Method: Build each ingredient in a large wine glass with ice and stir. Garnish with a lemon wedge.
American Harvest Organic Vodka website
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