Summer cocktails 2025
Summer cocktails 2025
Malibu
Elderflower
Gin
Honey
Rum
Sparkling Wine
Summer
Tonic
Vodka
Whiskey

5 delightfully unusual Summer cocktails you likely haven't tried: refreshing Summer Fizz with basil and cucumber, vibrant Mediterranean Breeze, a unique frozen Saturn, delightful Summer Irish and the lighter Pina Colada Spritz — perfect for any summer gathering.

Ingredients

Summer Fizz

  • 2 oz. / 60 ml Vodka
  • 1 oz. / 30 ml Elderflower Liqueur
  • ½ oz. / 15 ml Lime Juice
  • 3-4 Basil leaves
  • 3 oz. / 90 ml Soda water
  • Garnish with Basil sprig and Cucumber slice
  • Build in Highball glass with ice, muddle basil first

Mediterranean Breeze

  • 1⅔ oz. / 50 ml White Rum
  • 1⅓ oz. / 40 ml White Grape Juice
  • ⅔ oz. ./ 20 ml Lime Juice
  • ⅓ oz. / 10 ml Lavender Syrup
  • ⅓ oz. / 10 ml Honey Syrup
  • 5-7 Fresh Basil leaves
  • Dash of Orange Bitters
  • Top up with Tonic water
  • Garnish with Lime wheel and Basil sprig
  • Shake, strain into Highball glass with ice, top with tonic

Summer Irish

  • 1½ oz. / 45 ml Irish Whiskey (Calvados cask aged)
  • 1 oz. / 30 ml Fresh Apple Juice
  • ¾ oz. / 22 ml Elderflower Liqueur
  • ¾ oz. / 22 ml Lemon Juice
  • ¼ oz. / 7 ml Simple syrup
  • ¾ oz. / 22 ml Sparkling wine
  • Garnish with Apple wheel
  • Shake, strain into Rocks glass with large ice cube, top with Sparkling wine

Saturn (Frozen Gin Cocktail)

  • 1½ oz. / 45 ml Gin
  • ½ oz. / 15 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
  • ½ oz. / 15 ml Passion Fruit Syrup
  • ¼ oz. / 7 ml Falernum Syrup
  • ¼ oz. / 7 ml Almond Syrup
  • Garnish with Orange or Lemon peel
  • Blend with ice, strain into Cocktail glass

Piña Colada Spritz

  • 2 oz. / 60 ml Coconut Rum
  • 2 oz. / 60 ml Pineapple Juice
  • 1 oz. / 30 ml Cream of Coconut
  • 1 oz. / 30 ml Coconut water (optional)
  • ¼ oz. / 7 ml Lime juice
  • Dry Sparkling Wine to top
  • Garnish with Dried Pineapple
  • Shake, strain into Hurricane glass with ice, top with Sparkling wine