5 Must Mix Spring Inspired Sips

Celebrate the end of the longest winter ever with these must mix cocktails.

I’ll Have What She’s Having

Created by Ian Hardie at Huckleberry Bar, Brooklyn

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 parts Caorunn
• 1/2 parts St. Germain
• 1/2 parts Aperol
• 3/4 parts Lemon Juice
• 2 Dashes Peychaud’s Bitters

Preparation: Shake all ingredients and add to a coupe glass. Garnish with a grapefruit twist.

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Sandeman Spritz

Created by Jim Meehan, Please Don’t Tell, NYC

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 parts Sandeman Founders Reserve Port
• 1 1/2 parts Grapefruit Juice
• 1 1/2 parts Pellegrino Chinotto

Preparation: Combine the first two ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake with ice and strain into a Douro spice rimmed rocks glass filled with ice. Top with Pellegrino Chinotto. Garnish with half a grapefruit wheel.

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Jasmine Cocktail

Created by Josh Harrell, Five Star Bar, Chicago

Ingredients:

• 1/2 parts Caorunn
• 1/2 parts Cointreau
• 1/2 parts Aperol
• 3/4 parts Lemon Juice

Preparation: Shake all ingredients. Garnish with a lemon wedge.

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Day Spa

Created by Clint Rogers and Harrison Ginsberg, The Dawson, Chicago

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 parts Caorunn Gin
• 3/4 part Camomile Cucumber Syrup
• 3/4 Lime Juice
• 1/2 part Cocchi Americano
• 1/2 part Grapefruit juice
• 3/4 part Suze
• 3/4 part Chareau
• Two dashes Jamaican #2 Biters

Preparation: Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake with ice. Strain into a rocks glass, then fill with fresh ice. Garnish with cucumber slices.

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Port Margarita

Created by Peter Vestinos, Wirtz Beverage Group, Chicago

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Avion Tequila
• 3/4 parts Lime Juice
• 3/4 parts Sandeman Porto Founders Reserve
• 1/4 part Agave nectar
• 1 dash Orange Bitters

Preparation: Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake with ice. Strain into a rocks glass, then fill with fresh ice. Garnish with a lime wheel.

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Sandeman Sangree

Created by Peter Vestinos, Wirtz Beverage Group, Chicago

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 parts Sandeman Porto Founders Reserve
• 3/4 parts Plymouth Gin
• 3/4 parts Lemon Juice
• 1/2 parts Simple Syrup
• 2 parts Soda water

Preparation: Combine all ingredients, except the soda water into a cocktail shaker. Shake briefly with ice. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice. Add soda water. Add a lemon wheel and grate nutmeg across top.