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Welcome the warmer weather with these whiskey cocktails for spring

From brambles to spritzes, these fun and light options celebrate the season

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Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey

Spring is here, the weather is warming up, and there’s no better excuse for mixing up a spring cocktail. These fun, fruity recipes combine fresh and refreshing ingredients with whiskey to create a relaxed, celebratory atmosphere for welcoming the new season.

Hoppy Camper

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Ingredients:

  • 1.5 oz Gold Rum
  • 1 oz Mash & Mallow
  • .5 oz Gardenia Mix (Honey, Butter, Cinnamon, Vanilla Extract)
  • .5 oz Lime Juice
  • .5 oz Orange Juice

Method:

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Combine all ingredients in a shaker tin and shake. Strain into glass. Top with crushed ice. Garnish with pineapple frond and flower.

Baa Baa Bramble

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Method:

Muddle blackberries and then add remaining ingredients. Shake and pour into a collins glass and top with soda. Garnish with mint and blackberries.

The Sunny Rabbit

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In a tall glass, add Angostura bitters and Heigold. Fill glass with crushed ice and top with lemonade. Garnish with an orange slice.

Breadfruit Turmeric Spritz

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Ingredients:

  • 1 ½ oz ROOTS Infused Mutiny Island Vodka
  • ½ oz lemon juice
  • ½ oz pineapple syrup
  • ½ oz lychee syrup
  • 2 to 3 oz sparkling rosé
  • 2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters
  • Garnish: pineapple leaf, lemon peel

Method

Combine ingredients directly into a chilled large wine glass with ice and stir until well mixed. Add garnishes.

Dowling’s Garden Sip

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Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Mary Dowling Tequila Barrel Whiskey
  • 1 ½ oz fresh lime juice
  • 1 oz simple syrup
  • 3 to 4 fresh strawberries
  • 3 to 4 fresh basil leaves
  • Prosecco
  • Garnish: strawberry slice, basil leaf

Method:

Muddle the fresh strawberries and basil leaves together. Add the fresh lime juice, simple syrup and whiskey to the shaker. Fill the shaker with ice and shake vigorously for 15-20 seconds. Strain the mixture into a glass filled with ice, top with splash of prosecco and garnishes.

Georgina Torbet
Georgina Torbet
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Georgina Torbet is a cocktail enthusiast based in Berlin, with an ever-growing gin collection and a love for trying out new…

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