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Cocktails To Put A Spring In Your Step

03/28/2022

by: Jamie Stafford

Grand Rising cocktail

Spring has nearly sprung so it’s time to be thinking about renewal, along with fresh vegetables, herbs and flowers. Here are some cocktail recipes that reflect the flavors and colors of the season.

Warda

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Course: Drinks
Keyword: creme de framboise, gin, lavender-rose cordial, lemon juice

Ingredients

  • ¾ oz. Gin with floral notes
  • ¾ oz. Crème de Framboise
  • ¾ oz. Labneh
  • ½ oz. Lemon juice
  • ½ oz. Lavender-rose water cordial*

Instructions

  • Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake. Strain into a Nick & Nora glass. Garnish with strawberry cotton candy.

Notes

*For Lavender-rose water cordial:Combine 1 cup sugar, 1 cup of water, 1 serving spoon of dried lavender and ½ oz. rose water.
Rachid Hdouche, beverage director at Ilili in Washington, D.C., created this recipe.
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Bourbon Raspberry Sour

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Course: Drinks
Keyword: bourbon, chocolate bitters, lemon juice, woodford reserve

Ingredients

  • 2 parts Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Bourbon
  • ½ parts Chambord or raspberry syrup
  • ¾ parts Fresh lemon juice
  • 3-4 dashes Woodford Reserve
  • chocolate bitters

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients in a shaker. Add ice and shake well. Double strain into a coupe or Martini glass. Garnish with three skewed raspberries.

Notes

The mixologists at Woodford Reserve created this recipe.
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Make Me Blush

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Course: Drinks
Keyword: lemon juice, red wine, whiskey

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. Duke & Dame salted caramel whiskey
  • 1 oz. Fresh grapefruit juice
  • ½ oz. Fresh lemon juice
  • ½ oz. Red wine
  • ½ oz. Agave

Instructions

  • Combine ingredients in cocktail shaker with ice and shake. Strain into coupe glass and garnish with an edible flower.

Notes

The mixologists at Duke & Dame created this recipe.
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Purple Reign

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Course: Drinks
Keyword: lemon juice, shochu, tequila, yuzu

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Shochu
  • 1 oz. Silver tequila
  • ¼ oz. Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur
  • ¾ oz. Lemon juice
  • ¼ oz. Yuzu
  • 1 oz. Butterfly pea and lavender syrup
  • 3 dashes of Fee Foam cocktail foamer

Instructions

  • Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake. Strain into a tall glass over fresh ice and garnish with an edible pansy.

Notes

The mixologists at Swan restaurant in Miami created this recipe.
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Miami Peach

Miami Peach

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Course: Drinks
Keyword: bitters, bourbon, egg white, lemon juice

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Dickel bourbon
  • ½ oz. Passion fruit liqueur
  • 1 oz. Peach nectar
  • ½ oz. Fresh lemon juice
  • ½ oz. Honey syrup 2 parts honey: 1 part water
  • 2 Dashes of Aromatic bitters
  • 1 Orange peel
  • 1 Egg white

Instructions

  • Place all ingredients in a shaker, dry shake without ice to froth the cocktails. Add ice and shake vigorously. Fine strain into a coupe. Garnish with an edible flower.

Notes

The mixologists at Dickel created this recipe.
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Grand Rising cocktail

Grand Rising

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Course: Drinks
Keyword: champagne, lemon juice, tequila

Ingredients

  • 1 oz. DeLeón Blanco tequila
  • ½ oz. White peach puree
  • ½ oz. Mango nectar
  • ½ oz. Fresh lemon juice
  • 3 oz. Champagne

Instructions

  • Add tequila, peach puree, mango nectar, lemon juice and ice into a shaker. Shake and strain into a flute glass. Top with champagne. Garnish with a lemon peel, mint sprig and peach slice.

Notes

The mixologists at DeLeón created this recipe.
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Good Day Sunshine

Good Day Sunshine

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Course: Drinks
Keyword: ginger liqueur, lemon, limoncello, tequila, vanilla liqueur

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Pallini Limoncello
  • 1 oz. Tequila
  • ½ oz. Ginger liqueur
  • ½ oz. Vanilla liqueur
  • ¾ oz. Lemon juice
  • 3 dashes Orange bitters

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients except garnish in a shaker with ice.
  • Shake and strain into a chilled coupe.
  • Garnish with edible flowers.

Notes

Bartender Paula Lukas created this recipe.
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Sweet Cherry Smash

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Course: Drinks
Keyword: whiskey

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Starward Two Fold Australian Whisky
  • 1 oz. Cherry Jam
  • 1 oz. Lime
  • 1 oz. Soda
  • 2 Strawberries garnish

Instructions

  • Shake ingredients over ice, then strain into a wine glass of ice. Garnish with 2 strawberries on a skewer, large mint sprig and striped straw.

Notes

The mixologists at Two Hands cafe in New York created this recipe.
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Turkish Duet

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Course: Drinks
Keyword: bitters, bourbon, lemon juice

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ parts Redemption High Rye bourbon
  • ½ part Montenegro Amaro
  • ¼ part Orgeat syrup
  • 1 part Fresh lemon juice
  • 1 dash Cardamom bitters
  • 2 dashes Rose water
  • Rose bud for garnish

Instructions

  • Shake all ingredients with ice. Fine strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with a rose bud.

Notes

The mixologists at Redemption created this recipe.
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The Last Corsair

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Course: Drinks
Keyword: curacao, Rum

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Old Line Aged Caribbean rum
  • ½ oz. Dry Curaçao
  • ½ oz. Blackberry simple syrup
  • ½ oz. Fresh lime juice

Instructions

  • Combine in shaker, add ice, shake until well mixed. Strain over fresh ice in tumbler. Garnish with lime wheel.

Notes

The mixologists at The Ready Room, Old Line’s cocktail bar, created this recipe.
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What’s The Tea, Rosarita

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Course: Drinks
Keyword: liqueur, tequila

Ingredients

  • 1 oz. Patrón Silver tequila
  • 1 oz. St. Germain elderflower liqueur
  • ¾ oz. Hibiscus tea
  • ¾ oz. Beet juice
  • ½ oz. Freshly squeezed lime juice

Instructions

  • Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add all ingredients and shake well. Strain into a chilled coupe and top with salted rose air.

Notes

For salted rose air (optional)
  • 4 oz. Water
  • 2 oz. Fresh lime juice
  • 1 ½ tsps. Sucro ½ tsps.
  • Maldon salt ½ Rose water
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Using an immersion blender or hand blender, mix until bubbles form. Carefully spoon on top of the drink.
The mixologists at Bacardi created this recipe.
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Decanso Bloom

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Course: Drinks
Keyword: Rum, sake

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Don Papa 7 rum
  • ¾ oz. Unfiltered sake
  • ½ oz. Lime juice
  • ½ oz. Simple syrup
  • 3 Honeydew spheres

Instructions

  • In a cocktail shaker, muddle 2 melon spheres. Add rum, sake, lime juice and simple syrup into shaker. Fill with ice and close shaker. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass with half of a cup of ice. Spear and garnish with the remaining melon sphere.

Notes

Mixologist Tomas Delos Reyes created this recipe.
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