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A month in quarantine may have you missing your favorite happy hour spot! Try making these fresh spring-inspired cocktails, perfect for your next Zoom date or at-home movie night!
Rosemary and Elderflower Spritz
What You’ll Need
- 1 ounce St. Germain, or any elderflower liqueur
- 1-2 sprigs rosemary
- 1 ounce lemon juice
- 1 lemon slice
- 6 ounces prosecco or champagne
What You’ll Do
- Remove the leaves from one of the rosemary springs and set the other aside. Put the rosemary leaves and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker and muddle the leaves.
- Strain the mixture into a glass.
- Top with prosecco and garnish with the lemon slice and remaining rosemary sprig.
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Honey and Blood Orange Gin Spritz
This is an extremely bright and versatile drink — use vodka in place of gin, or any citrus-flavored spirit, or switch out the seltzer for blood orange Italian soda!
What You’ll Need
- 2 ounces gin (or vodka if you prefer!)
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 blood orange
- 2 ounces seltzer
What You’ll Do
- Slice the blood orange into rounds, leaving the peel on, and put half aside. Place 4 or 5 large blood orange slices into a cocktail shaker and muddle using the back of a wooden spoon.
- Pour the honey into the shaker and muddle again.
- Add the ice and gin and shake, pour into a glass with ice.
- Top with seltzer and garnish with a slice of blood orange.
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Kombucha Mule
Quarantine cocktails…but make it wholesome. Get your probiotics in with ginger kombucha in place of ginger beer in this spicy and sour mule!
What You’ll Need
- 1 cup ginger kombucha, or about half a bottle. Try GTS Gingerade!
- 2 ounces vodka
- 2 ounces lime juice
- Lime wedge and candied ginger for garnish.
- ½ cup ice
- Optional: Add 1 tablespoon of agave or honey for additional sweetness
What You’ll Do
- Add ginger kombucha, vodka and lime juice to a glass.
- Pour into a cocktail shaker or another glass to combine, but don’t shake it!
- Pour the mixture over ice and skewer the lime wedge and candied ginger on the toothpick to garnish.
Strawberry Basil Margaritas
These margaritas are so refreshing and sweet, but for a spicy version, substitute the basil for jalapeño slices!
What You’ll Need
- ½ cup ice
- 2 ounces tequila
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 3-4 strawberries, halved
- 3-4 basil leaves
- 1 ounce Cointreau or triple sec
- ½ cup ice
What You’ll Do
- Put one strawberry half and one basil leaf aside. With the back of a wooden spoon, muddle the strawberries in the bottom of a cocktail shaker.
- Rip the basil leaves into smaller pieces and add to the shaker.
- Pour in tequila, lime juice, honey and cointreau.
- Add ½ cup of ice, shake and pour into glasses and garnish with the strawberry and basil!
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White Peach Spring Sangria
This spring sangria is full of seasonal fruit and makes 6-8 servings!
What You’ll Need
- 1 bottle (750 ml) sauvignon blanc
- 2 peaches
- 1 cup strawberries
- 2 cups ice
- 1/4 cup Cointreau or triple sec
- 1 cup seltzer
What You’ll Do
- Cut the peaches into thin slices and halve the strawberries. Place into a large pitcher.
- Pour the Cointreau, white wine and ice into the pitcher and stir.
- Top the pitcher off with seltzer.
- Pour into wine glasses and spoon a few pieces of the sliced fruit into each.
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