2025 Spring Cocktail Recipes

Spring officially started on March 20, and while it may not feel very spring-like in many parts of the country, you can evoke the feeling of warmer weather with some light, refreshing cocktail options. 

To get you started, here's a recipe from Natalie Migliarini of Beautiful Booze for Kerry Foodservice using DaVinci Gourmet and Island Oasis products. "The Bee’s Knees is a classic cocktail that has always evoked a sense of summer, but it’s truly great for any occasion," says Migliarini. "There’s no better way to celebrate gin than by adding the herbaceous notes of basil and the summer flavors of peach to elevate this classic for warm-weather sipping."

Honey, Basil, and Peach Bee's Knees

Ingredients:

1½ oz Gin
1 oz Island Oasis Peach Beverage Mix
½ oz DaVinci Gourmet Natural Honey Syrup
1 oz Fresh lemon juice
4 Basil leaves, 1 for garnish
Lemon twist, for garnish

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Shake to chill and combine.
3. Double strain mixture into a glass.
4. Garnish with a lemon twist and basil leaf.

Looking for more spring inspiration? Try one of the cocktails below.

spring cocktail recipe

Spring Punch

Recipe created by Beverage Director Mickey Mullins, The Bower, New Orleans
Ingredients:
1.5 oz denizen rum
.5 oz elderflower liquor
.5 oz fresh grapefruit juice
1 oz rose wine

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker.
2. Shake thoroughly.
3. Pour over ice into a rocks glass.
4. Garnish with fresh farm flowers

spring recipe

Snap Pea Gin & Tonic

Recipe created by Jillian Vose, Crave Fish Bar, NYC

Ingredients:

0.5 OZ Fresh Lime Juice

.75 OZ Fresh Granny Smith Apple Juice

.75 OZ Orgeat

1.5 OZ Snap-pea Infused Gin

Top With Badger Tonic

Garnish: Three snap peas on a pick

Glassware: Collins glass

Directions: 

1. Combine all ingredients, not including the tonic, in a shaker.
2. Add ice and whip-shake.
3. Strain the liquid into a Collins glass filled with ice.
4. Top with Badger Tonic and give it a very light stir.
5. Garnish and serve. 

spring mocktail recipe

Luau Lagoon (Mocktail)

Recipe created by Lead Bartender Heather Blanchard, Virgin Hotels New Orleans

Ingredients:
1 oz Seedlip Grove N/A Spirit
2 oz Grapefruit Juice
.5 oz Orgeat
.5 oz Pineapple Shrub
Polynesian Bitters

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a shaker.
2. Shake and strain.
3. Garnish with dehydrated lime.

spring cocktail recipe

Lychee Martini

Recipe by Cheech Kinsway, Director of Operations, Market Bar

Ingredients:

1.5oz Ketel One Vodka
.75oz Giffard Lichi Li
1.5oz Strawberry Pink Peppercorn Syrup
.75oz Acid Adjusted Orange Juice

Directions:

1. Combine ingredients in shaker.
2. Shake, strain into rocks glass over large cube.
3. Garnish with dehydrated blood orange wheel.

spritz spring recipe

84 Spritz

Recipe created by Anthony’s Runway 84, Fort Lauderdale

Ingredients:
1.5 oz Pallini Limoncello
.5 oz Grey Goose Le Citron Lemon
.5 oz Basil Simple Syrup
3 oz Prosecco Zero
1 oz Soda Water

Directions:

1. Pour all ingredients (except for soda water) into a wine glass filled with ice.
2. Stir gently and top with soda water.
3. Garnish with a lemon twist and basil leaf.

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