Welcome the warmer weather with these whiskey cocktails for spring

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

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:

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

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ oz. Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey
• ½ oz. Green Chartreuse
• ½ oz. Lemon Juice
• 5 Blackberries
• Mint & Blackberries for Garnish

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

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Rabbit Hole Distillery Heigold High Rye Double Malt Bourbon
• 4 oz. Lemonade
• 3-4 dashes Angostura Bitters
• 1 orange slice for garnish

Method:

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

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

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.