Spring Cocktail Recipes

Spring is sprung, and if you’re planning a garden party or a picnic in the sunshine, what better to accompany it than a selection of zingy cocktail recipes.

You can create delicious, thirst-quenching cocktails in minutes to celebrate the warmer months ahead. June Watermelon features notes of tangy watermelon and fresh cucumber, Zubrowka Bison Grass blends aromatic flavours for a refreshingly unique tipple, while Licor 43 Original is the perfect sweet spirit for a Spring Spritz!

 

June Summer Crush

• 40ml June Watermelon Gin
• 40ml Cranberry juice
• 20ml Fresh lime juice

To garnish

• Thin slice of watermelon

 

METHOD

• Fill a highball glass with ice cubes.
• Add June Watermelon, fresh lime juice and cranberry juice
• Stir gently to combine the ingredients before topping with lemonade
• Garnish with a thin slice of watermelon.

 

Mint Julep

• 65ml Heaven’s Door Tennessee Straight Bourbon 
• 10 mint leaves
• 12.5ml sugar syrup

To garnish

• 1 large mint sprig

METHOD

• Combine the Heaven’s Door Bourbon, mint leaves and sugar syrup in a shaker with ice
• Shake for 10 seconds
• Strain over a highball glass or julep tin filled with crushed ice
• Churn gently with a long-handled spoon and top with more crushed ice
• Garnish with a large mint sprig 

 

Spring Spritz

• 50ml Licor 43 Original
• 150ml soda water
• Sparkling wine (optional)
• A dash of tonic (optional)

To garnish:

• 2 slices of orange

METHOD

1. Add ice to a wine glass
2. Add the Licor 43 and soda water
3. If using Sparkling wine, then add after Licor 43 and then a dash of tonic.
4. Stir slowly
5. Garnish with orange slices.

 

Apple Zu 

• 50ml Zubrowka Bison Grass vodka
• 100ml cloudy apple juice
• Squeeze of lime

To garnish:

• Dried apple slice

METHOD

• Add Zubrowka Bison Grass vodka, cloudy apple juice, and a squeeze of lime to a cocktail shaker
• Shake well until foam appears on top
• Strain over into martini glass using a strainer
• Garnish with dried apple slice

 

Fizzy Fizzy June

• 40ml June Watermelon gin
• 25ml Fresh lemon juice
• 10ml Sugar syrup
• Top with soda water

To garnish

• Thin slice of watermelon
• Lemon twist

METHOD

1. Combine June Watermelon, lemon juice and sugar syrup in a shaker with ice
2. Shake for 10 seconds, before straining over a tumbler glass containing ice
3. Top with soda water
4. Garnish with a thin slice of watermelon and a lemon twist

 

Martin Miller G&T with dehydrated orange

• 50ml Martin Miller’s Original Gin
• 200ml premium tonic water

To garnish

• Dehydrated orange wheels
• Lemon twists

METHOD

• 1. Chill glass with ice before emptying any residue water from the melted ice
• 2. Pour Martin Miller’s Original Gin over the ice
• 3. Pour the tonic water gently to preserve the bubbles
• 4. Stir lightly
• 5. Garnish with a dehydrated orange wheel.

 

June Lemonade

• 40ml June Watermelon Gin
• 20ml fresh lime juice
• 120ml lemonade

To garnish

• Thin slice of watermelon

METHOD

• Fill a highball glass with ice cubes
• Add June Watermelon, fresh lime juice and lemonade
• Stir gently to combine flavours
• Garnish with a thin slice of watermelon

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