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Fresh And Fun Spring Cocktails

Hibiscus Kiss

Course Drinks

Ingredients

  • 1 oz. Vodka
  • 1 oz. Ramazotti bitter liqueur
  • 2 oz. Strawberry puree
  • ¾ oz. Lemon juice
  • Edible flower for garnish

Instructions

  • Add all ingredients into a shaker.
  • Shake and strain into a glass.
  • Garnish with an edible flower.

Notes

The mixologists at Joia Beach in Miami created this recipe.

Flamingo

Course Drinks

Ingredients

  • 1 ¾ oz. Botanical gin such as Silent Pool
  • ¾ oz. Lime juice
  • ½ oz. Apricot liqueur
  • ½ oz. Raspberry liqueur

Instructions

  • Shake all ingredients together with cubed ice.
  • Double strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
  • Garnish with raspberry on a cocktail stick.

Notes

The mixologists at liqueur company Merlet created this recipe.

Coconut & Pineapple Sour

Course Drinks

Ingredients

  • 1 ¾ oz. London dry gin (such as Beefeater)
  • 1 oz. Coconut water
  • 1/3 Fresh lime juice
  • 1 ¾ oz. Fresh pineapple juice
  • 1 tsp. Agave syrup
  • 1 Egg white

Instructions

  • Combine ingredients and dry shake (no ice).
  • Add ice and shake again until chilled.
  • Strain ingredients into a lowball glass.
  • Garnish with a sprig of basil.

Notes

The mixologists at Beefeater created this recipe.

Carrot King

Course Drinks

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Reposado tequila such as Teremana
  • 1 oz. Fresh carrot juice
  • ¾ oz. Fresh lemon juice
  • ½ oz. Ginger syrup
  • 2 dashes Hot sauce
  • Pinch of Celery salt

Instructions

  • Build ingredients in a glass.
  • Add ice, then mix ingredients by “rolling” back and forth between Collins glass and the larger end of a shaker tin.
  • Garnish with a carrot top or parsley sprig and a pinch of celery salt.

Notes

The mixologists at Teremana tequila created this recipe.

Due Diligence

Course Drinks

Ingredients

  • 2 parts Premium vodka such as Elyx
  • 1 part Elderflower liqueur
  • 1 part Lemon juice
  • 1 pinch Dill
  • 2 parts Tonic water
  • 4 Cucumber slices

Instructions

  • Muddle 2 cucumber slices in a highball glass.
  • Add vodka, liqueur, lemon juice and dill.
  • Swizzle with crushed ice and add tonic.
  • Top with cubed ice and garnish with remaining cucumber slices.

Notes

Mixologist Gareth Evans created this recipe for Absolut Elyx.

Beehive

Course Drinks

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. Mezcal such as Del Maguey Vida
  • 1 oz. Coconut water
  • ½ oz. Lemon juice
  • ¼ oz. Honey

Instructions

  • Build all ingredients in a shaker.
  • Stir ingredients in shaker to loosen up the honey, then add ice.
  • Shake and pour over large ice cube in a rocks glass.
  • Garnish with honey stick.
  • Dust with Mish Mish seasoning—crystalized honey, saffron, dried lemon—if available.

Notes

Carolina Gonzalez, bar manager at WoodWind in Chicago, created this recipe.

The Spiced Turmeric Tonic

Course Drinks

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. American gin such as Gray Whale
  • 1 oz. Lemon juice
  • 1 oz. Orange juice
  • 1 oz. Ginger liqueur
  • 1 tsp. Turmeric
  • Soda water

Instructions

  • Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
  • Shake and strain into a glass filled with ice.
  • Top with soda water and garnish with an orange slice.

Notes

The mixologists at Gray Whale gin created this recipe.

Bramble Smash

Course Drinks

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Vodka or other preferred spirit
  • 1 oz. Jam or preserves
  • 1 oz. Lemon or lime juice
  • Splash club soda
  • Herb garnish mint, thyme or basil work best

Instructions

  • Mix jam, citrus and spirit together in a shaker.
  • Shake, then pour over ice in a glass and top with soda.
  • Garnish with herb sprig.

Notes

Simon Stilwell, beverage manager at Wild Common in Charleston, SC, created this recipe.

Aperol Fresca

Course Drinks

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz Aperol
  • 1 oz. Guava puree
  • 1 oz. Fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice
  • ¼ oz. Fresh lemon juice
  • Prosecco splash

Instructions

  • Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker, except prosecco.
  • Shake vigorously for 5 seconds.
  • Fill a rocks glass with crushed ice and strain the cocktail into the glass.
  • Add a splash of prosecco for a floater.
  • Garnish with an edible orchid and orange peel.

Notes

The mixologists at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel created this recipe.

Bourbon Peach Marmalade Julep

Course Drinks

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. Bourbon
  • 1 oz. Peach puree
  • 10-12 Fresh mint sprigs
  • 3-4 dashes Orange oil

Instructions

  • Muddle mint, with bourbon and puree, in bottom of glass.
  • Fill glass with nugget ice.
  • Garnish with a fresh mint sprig.

Notes

Westley Harris, general manager of Swizzle Dinner & Drinks at The Galt House Hotel
in Louisville, KY, created this recipe.

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