Welcome the sun-soaked season of spring with 10 refreshing gin cocktails.
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz. gin
- 1.5 oz. cognac
- peach bitters
- 1 sugar cube
- fresh mint leaves
- absinthe
Preparation
Start with a large pinch of mint and sugar cube and drop them into a julep cup. Add all remaining ingredients and do a light muddle to extract mint. Add ice and then a mint sprig.
Ingredients
- 1 oz. Bombay Sapphire Gin
- ½ oz. Aperol
- ¼ oz. elderflower liqueur
- ¼ oz. fresh lime juice
- splash of grapefruit juice
- champagne
Preparation
Shake well and strain into a rocks glass over ice. Top with champagne.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz. gin
- 1 oz. thyme-infused honey (boil honey, add sprigs of thyme, and let steep for 15 minutes)
- ½ oz. lemon juice
- 4 slices cucumber
- 2 oz. ginger beer
- cucumber slices
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
Preparation
Add cucumber, lemon juice, and thyme-infused honey into a shaker and muddle. Add gin and a generous amount of ice. Shake vigorously and then strain into an ice filled glass. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with cucumber slices and fresh thyme leaves.
Ingredients
- 1 oz. gin
- ½ oz. Licor 43
- soda water
- 1 tsp. powdered sugar
- 1 lime, cut into wedges
Preparation
In a shaker, muddle lime wedges and sugar. Add gin, Licor 43, and ice. Shake well and pour contents in glass. Top with soda water.
Ingredients
- 1 orange wedge
- 2 oz. 209 Gin
- ¾ oz. lemon juice
- ¾ oz. simple syrup
- club soda
Preparation
Muddle orange wedge and then add ingredients. Shake and strain over ice. Top with club soda.
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz. Hendrick's Gin
- 1.5 oz. St. Germaine Liqueur
- 2 drops Tabasco Sauce
- 1 lemon wedge
Preparation
In a Boston shaker, add gin, liqueur, and sauce. Squeeze and drop in lemon wedge. Fill shaker with ice and shake lightly. Pour into highball glass.
Ingredients
- 2 oz. gin
- 2 oz. simple syrup
- ¾ oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
- club soda
- 1 lemon slice
- 1 amarena cherry
Preparation
Combine gin, simple syrup, and lemon juice. Shake and pour over ice. Top with club soda. Garnish with a lemon and cherry.
Ingredients
- 1 cup diced watermelon
- 1 ½ oz. gin
- 2 Tbsps. lime juice
- 1/3 cup ginger ale
- 1 lime wedge
Preparation
Puree watermelon in a blender until smooth. In a cocktail shaker, add watermelon puree, gin, ice, and lime juice. Shake vigorously. Pour into ice-filled glass, top with ginger ale, and garnish with lime.
Ingredients
- 1 oz. Nolet’s Gin
- 1 oz. Petal & Thorn Aperitif
- . 75 oz. ginger honey (equal parts fresh ginger juice and wild flower honey)
- . 75 oz. lemon juice
- 1 dash lavender-infused bitters
- 1 lemon wheel
- 1 lavender sprig
Preparation
Shake and strain on the rocks. Add lavender sprig and lemon wheel garnish.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz. gin
- juice of half a lemon, freshly squeezed
- dash of simple syrup to taste
- fresh raspberries
- fresh mint leaves
- dash of soda
Preparation
In a Collins glass, add 5 raspberries and 4 mint leaves. Muddle lightly. Fill glass with ice and squeeze in half a lemon. Add a dash of syrup. Pour in gin and mix thoroughly, getting the cocktail ice cold. Top with soda. Garnish with sprig of mint and serve in a tall highball glass.