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Spritzer Mixology Recipes

Aperol Spritzer

Yield: 6 drinks

  • ice cubes
  • 1 (750ml) bottle La Gioiosa Asolo Prosecco, chilled
  • 12 oz. Aperol Aperitivo
  • sparkling water, chilled
  • 6 orange slices

DIRECTIONS

For each drink, fill a 14- to 16-ounce tumbler three-quarters full with ice. Fill each glass two-thirds full with Prosecco, add 2 ounces of the Aperol, a splash of sparkling water, and an orange slice, and stir. Serve ice cold.

Traditional Paloma

  • kosher salt
  • 1 grapefruit wedge
  • ¼ cup of grapefruit juice
  • 1 tsp. sugar
  • splash of lime juice
  • ¼ cup El Jimador Blanco Tequila or your favorite Mezcal
  • splash of club soda

DIRECTIONS

Pour some kosher salt on a plate. Rub half of rim of a highball glass with grapefruit wedge; dip rim of glass in salt.

 

Combine grapefruit juice, lime juice, and sugar in glass; stir until sugar is dissolved. Stir in tequila, add ice, and top off with club soda. Garnish with grapefruit wedge.

Americano "Milano Torino"

  • 1 ½ oz. Campari
  • 1 ½ oz. Dolin Sweet Vermouth
  • 3 oz. soda water
  • orange wheel or twist for garnish

DIRECTIONS

Pour into a Collins glass filled with ice and stir very gently to combine. Be careful not to stir so much that all the fizz is gone. Add a slice or twist of orange.

Cherry Bomb

  • 1½ oz. Leblon Cachaça
  • 1 oz. Luxardo Cherry Liqueur
  • ½ oz. lime
  • club soda

DIRECTIONS

Add all the ingredients except the club soda to a shaker and fill with ice. Shake and strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice. Top with club soda and garnish with a lime wheel and a cherry.

Tropical Summer Spritzer

  • 1 ½ cups orange juice
  • 1 ½ cups pineapple juice
  • 1 (750 ml) bottle of Toso Brut
  • ½ cup strawberries, thinly sliced

DIRECTIONS

In a pitcher, mix orange and pineapple juice together. Pour orange-pineapple mixture into champagne flutes until half full. Fill glasses with white wine. Serve immediately, garnished with strawberries, if desired.

Tom Collins

  • 1½ oz. Roxor Gin
  • 1 oz. lemon juice
  • ½ oz. simple syrup
  • club soda
  • lemon slice for garnish

DIRECTIONS

Pour gin, lemon juice and simple syrup in a Collins glass with ice and stir with a long bar spoon until well combined. Top with club soda and garnish with lemon.

The Early Bird

  • 1 ½ oz. Rock Town Grapefruit Vodka
  • 2 oz. Lemonade
  • 2 oz. Ginger Ale
  • 1 oz. Cranberry Juice

 

DIRECTIONS

Combine Rock Town Grapefruit Vodka, lemonade, and cranberry juice in a Collins glass. Add ice, stir, and finish with ginger ale.

Loaded Ammunition

  • 1 ½ oz. Oolong-infused Bulleit Rye Whiskey*
  • ½ oz. fresh lemon juice
  • 2 oz. fresh tangerine juice
  • 10 green peppercorns
  • ½ oz. brown sugar simple syrup
  • ½ oz. Fever Tree Club Soda

DIRECTIONS

Muddle peppercorns in bottom of shaker. Add lemon juice, tangerine juice, simple syrup, and bourbon to cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously, double strain into a highball cocktail glass filled with ice. Top with a splash of club soda. Garnish with a few peppercorns and tangerine wedge.

 

Oolong-Infused Whiskey

Pour 375ml bottle of Bulleit Rye whiskey over Oolong tea leaves and infuse overnight in refrigerator.

 

Strain tea infusion through a fine mesh and pour the infused rye back into your bottle. Label bottle, “Oolong-infused Bulleit Rye.”

Gin Fizz

2 oz. Citadelle Gin

½ oz. St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur

4 oz. La Gioiosa Prosecco

Garnish: mint leaves, cucumber

 

DIRECTIONS

Add gin and elderflower liqueur to a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a stemless wine glass and top with Prosecco. Garnish with mint leaves and/or cucumber slices.

Cucumber Fizz Cocktail

  • 2 oz. cucumber, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 1 ½ oz. pear vodka
  • ½ oz. St. Germain
  • ½ oz. lemon juice
  • ½ oz. simple syrup
  • Garnish: mint, cucumber slices and lemon zest

DIRECTIONS

In a shaker, muddle the cucumber. Add the vodka, St. Germain, lemon juice and simple syrup, and fill with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice. Garnish with mint, cucumber slices and lemon zest and top with lemonade or club soda.

The Americano

  • 1 ½ oz. Campari
  • 1 ½ oz. Carpano Antica Vermouth
  • splash of Fever Tree Club Soda

DIRECTIONS

Pour the Campari and vermouth over ice and add a splash of club soda. Garnish with an orange slice and enjoy!

Cranberry Aperol Spritzer

  • 2 oz. Aperol
  • 1 oz. homemade cranberry syrup
  • 2 dashes orange bitters
  • 3 oz. chilled seltzer
  • orange peel for garnish, optional

DIRECTIONS

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add Aperol, cranberry syrup, and bitters. Shake until well chilled, about 20 seconds. Strain into an ice filled highball glass and top with 3 ounces of seltzer, or more to taste. Stir gently. Garnish with orange peel if desired.

Cranberry Syrup

  • 1 ½ cups fresh cranberries
  • 1 cup water
  • ¾ cup sugar

DIRECTIONS

Combine all the ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer until the cranberries start to fall apart. Fine-strain into a bowl, discarding the solids, and let cool. Cover and store in the refrigerator.

Tonics – 3 Ways!

GNT (Gin & tonic):

  • 2 ¼ oz. Citadelle Gin
  • 3 oz. Fever Tree Mediterranean Tonic

TNT (Tequila & tonic):

  • 2 ¼ oz. Don Julio-Blanco
  • 3 oz. Fever Tree Indian Tonic

VNT (vodka & tonic):

  • 2 ¼ oz. Kettle One
  • 3 oz. Fever Tree Light Tonic

Garnish: lime twist or wedge

 

DIRECTIONS  (for all 3)

Pour liquer over ice in rocks glass. Top with tonic and garnish with the lime.

 

TIP: For a less dilute cocktail, pre-make some ice cubes with tonic water.