15 Spring Cocktail Recipes by

15 Spring Cocktail Recipes

It's spring time; air is fresh, sun's out early and so are the birds. Get your short shorts out andthose colourful t-shirts, let's head out to the beach honey, even it's just for a real quick dip!Well, we all want to taste that freshness, don't we? Only if the weather can be bribed toremain that way. But that doesn't stop the flavours of spring to start creeping into ourcocktail menus. Bright colors, herbal and floral flavors, and seasonal ingredients make ourfavorite cocktails for spring.

LiquorOnline.co.uk presents light and refreshing cocktails, made out of seasonal flavors.Spring is in the air and in our cocktail glasses. Hope you will enjoy these delicious cocktailrecipes!

Index

1. Campari Basil Mojito

2. Sparkling Ginger Mint Julep

3. Kiwi & Mint Tom Collins

4. Great Gatsby

5. Mint Julep

6. Cointreau Rickey

7. Lemon-Lime Punch

8. Blackberry Thyme Champagne

9. Spring Gin-Tonic

10. Blackberry Rum Fizz

11. White Lion

12. Spring Skinny Sipper

13. Limoncello Spritzer

14. Cucumber-Mint Gin-Tonic

15. Classic Mojito

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1. Campari Basil Mojito

INGREDIENTS:

60 ml Campari

1 tbsp Brown Sugar

45 ml Lime Juice

8 to 10 Basil leaves

Crushed Ice

DIRECTIONS:

Add brown sugar, lime juice and basil leaves (5 to 7) in a cocktail shaker.

Muddle together with a muddler until the sugar is dissolved into the lime juice and there is a nice basil scent released from the leaves.

Add Campari and stir well to combine.

Fill a Collins or other glass with crushed ice.

Pour the Campari-basil mixture over the ice and top with a splash of sparkling water. Garnish with basil leaves to serve.

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2. Sparkling Ginger Mint Julep

INGREDIENTS:

1 pint Ginger Beer

60 ml Bourbon

6 to 8 Mint Leaves

Ice Cubes

DIRECTIONS:

Muddle 3-4 mint sprigs, ginger beer and bourbon together

in a glass until the mint has released its flavor (oil).

Fill the glass with ice cubes, then garnish with remaining

mint leaves.

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3. Kiwi & Mint Tom Collins

INGREDIENTS:

60 ml Dry Gin

30 ml Simple Syrup

1 Kiwi Fruit - Peeled & Diced

2 Mint Leaves

Club Soda to top it off

Juice of 1 Lime

Crushed Ice

DIRECTIONS:

Muddle kiwi and mint leaves together in a Cocktail shaker.

Add this mixer in a glass filled with ice

Shake gin, simple syrup and lime juice together in Shaker

Pour over ice. Top off with club soda and give a small stir

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4. Great Gatsby

INGREDIENTS:

30 ml Vodka

30 ml Lillet Blanc

45 ml freshly squeezed Grapefruit Juice

Cranberries to garnish

Ice Cubes

DIRECTIONS:

Fill half of a mixing glass with ice; add vodka, Lillet and

grapefruit juice and stir until chilled. Strain into an ice-

filled rocks glass

Garnish with a few cranberries.

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5. Mint Julep

INGREDIENTS:

60 ml or 2 oz Four Roses Kentucky Straight Bourbon

6 Fresh Mint Leaves

1 tbsp Powdered Sugar or 2-3 dashes of Sugar syrup

2 tbsp Water

Crushed Ice

Mint Leaves

DIRECTIONS:

Lightly muddle mint leaves, powdered sugar and water in

a Silver Goblet.

Fill the glass with crushed ice and add bourbon.

Top with more ice and garnish with a mint sprig.

Serve the drink with a Straw

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6. Cointreau Rickey

INGREDIENTS:

2 oz Cointreau

1/2 oz Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice

4 oz Club Soda

Ice Cubes

DIRECTIONS:

Pour Cointreau and lime juice into a rocks glass

Add ice. Top with club soda and stir

Garnish with a lime and orange zest.

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7. Lemon-Lime Punch

INGREDIENTS:

15 ml Captain Morgan White Rum

15 ml Captain Morgan Pineapple Rum

15 ml oz Captain Morgan Coconut Rum

3/4 Cup Lemonade

1 tspFresh Lime Juice

Lime wedge for Garnish & Ice

DIRECTIONS:

Combine all ingredients in a blender.

Blend until smooth and pour into a tall glass.

Garnish with lime wedge

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8. Blackberry Thyme Champagne

INGREDIENTS:

FOR THE BLACKBERRY SYRUP

1/3 cup Blackberries, 1/3 cup Water, 1/3 cup Sugar

FOR THE COCKTAIL

1 bottle of Prosecco or Champagne

FOR THE GARNISH

4 sprigs of Thyme & Blackberries

DIRECTIONS:

In a small saucepan, bring the blackberries, water and

sugar to a boil. Turn to low and let simmer for 10 minutes.

Strain blackberries and let syrup cool.

Add 2 tbsp. of syrup to the bottom of each glass. Top with

champagne and add in a sprig of thyme and 2

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9. Spring Gin-Tonic

INGREDIENTS:

Lemon twist

60 ml Plymouth Gin

120 ml Tonic Water

Sprig of Rosemary

Pinch of Sea Salt

1 Caper Berry

2 Arbequina or other small, mild, aromatic olives

DIRECTIONS:

Fill a rocks glass with ice. Rub lemon twist and rosemary

sprig around rim and drop into glass.

Add a pinch of sea salt, caper berry and olives.

Add gin and stir to combine. Top with tonic.

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10. Blackberry Rum Fizz

INGREDIENTS:

60 ml (2 oz) Rum | Liquor: I prefer, Bacardi Superior Rum

120 ml (4 oz) Soda Water or Sparkling Water

2 tbsp Blackberry Syrup

1 dash of Lemon Juice

Ice Cubes and Blackberries

DIRECTIONS:

Add Rum with Blackberry syrup in a shaker filled with ice.

Shake well, Strain into a glass bottom filled with ice cubes.

Fill up the glass with soda water, stir the mix.

Garnish with Blackberries and herbs (basil or tarragon).

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11. White Lion

INGREDIENTS:

60 ml Bacardi Razz Rum

5 ml Orange Curacao

1 Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice

2 tbs Caster Sugar

5 ml Raspberry Syrup

Seasonal Berries and Ice Cubes

DIRECTIONS:

Add all the ingredients to cocktail shaker.

Shake well and strain into a chilled highball glass.

Garnish with seasonal berries, served with spoon to eat

berries with.

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12. Spring Skinny Sipper

INGREDIENTS:

60 ml Iced Green Tea

45 ml Hendricks Gin

Splash of Ginger Ale

1 Lime Wedge

5 Mint Leaves

5 Cucumber Slices

DIRECTIONS:

Muddle the lime wedge, cucumber slices, and mint leaves

in a mixing glass.

Add gin and green tea; cover and shake.

Fill pilsner glass with ice and transfer ingredients.

Top glass with a splash of diet ginger ale or regular ginger

ale and soda water.

Garnish with lime wedge.

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13. Limoncello Spritzer

INGREDIENTS:

90 ml dry White Wine

30 Limoncello

Soda water

Lemon Peel

DIRECTIONS:

Fill a Collins glass with ice.

Add white wine, limoncello, then top with soda water.

Garnish with a lemon peel.

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14. Cucumber-Mint Gin-

Tonic

INGREDIENTS:

60 ml of Gin

3 Springs of Mint

Slices of Seedless English Cucumber

120 ml Tonic Water

1/4 or 1/2 Lime, Sliced (as per your taste)

Ice Cubes and 1 Cube Sugar

DIRECTIONS:

Add mint springs, sugar, lime wedges and few cucumber

slices to shaker

Muddle with a muddler of wooden spoon

Fill the glass with ice

Add gin and top of with tonic water and stir

Garnish with cucumber wedge or slice

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15. Classic Mojito

INGREDIENTS:

60 ml Rum

1½ Limes, cut into wedges

10 Fresh Mint Leaves

2 tsp of Caster Sugar

1 part Soda Water/Club Soda

Ice Cubes

DIRECTIONS:

Put 4 lime wedges, palm sugar & mint into glass, muddle

to release the flavor

Use spoon to gently push the mint down into the lime

juice

Fill glass with crushed ice, then add rum

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