There’s no better way to spend the bleak, dark months of January than taking some time in the kitchen to tinker with bright and buoyant cocktail recipes that remind you of warmer times ahead: longer days, spring produce, flowers, and all that fun stuff.
And this year brought in some stellar recipes. Take for example, Alexandre Gabriel’s very fun take on the French 75, in which the Citadelle Gin founder adds a teeny splash of cassis to the drink. There’s also Mob Wife Era—a vodka-prosecco-Aperol concoction by Jones Hollywood bartender Amy Jo Williby that you simply have to try based on its name alone. And of course, there’s the Pink Elephant that the highly regarded, award-winning Leo Robitschek sent in—his Aperol-forward riff on “the Satan’s Circus cocktail from the opening menu of NoMad New York.”
All in all, there are enough stellar recipes here to spring you forward until summer. So go grab your bar tools and stir (or shake) up some fun. It’s never too early.
THE SUNSET SPRITZ
Ingredients
1 oz. Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur, 0.75 oz. pineapple juice, 1.5 oz. prosecco, 0.20 oz. Luxardo cherry syrup, East Imperial yuzu tonic
East Imperial plc (LON:EISB), founded in 2012, produces and markets a line of branded premium mixers that sell throughout APAC, US and EMEA. The company was founded on the philosophy of creating products defined by heritage, tradition and authenticity.