7 Special Spritz Day Drinks
National Spritz Day is Aug. 1, if you didn’t know. (We didn’t know, until people started sending us Spritz recipes.) We love a good Spritz any time of the year, but especially in the heat of summer. The classic sparkling cocktails always refresh, but we’ve come across several creative riffs on the Spritz. Here are seven of them.
Cherry Tart Spritz
Ingredients
4 oz. King St. vodka2 oz. Tart cherry juice1 oz. Simple syrup1 oz. Fresh lime juice5-6 oz. Prosecco2 oz. Sparkling water
Instructions
Combine all ingredients except prosecco and sparkling water.
Pour into wine glass over ice.
Top with prosecco and sparkling water.
Garnish with edible flower and flamed lemon wheel.
Notes
The mixologists at King St. created this recipe.
Lil Fizzle
Ingredients
1 oz. Italicus Bergamotto liqueur1 oz. Cappelletti½ oz. Verjus blend½ oz. Strained grapefruit juice¾ oz. Simple syrup¾ oz. Lime juiceProsecco
Instructions
Build on ice in a wine glass.
Top with prosecco.
Stir and garnish with grapefruit.
Notes
Micah Wilder, beverage director of Mercy Me DC, created this recipe.
Grapefruit Spritz
Ingredients
1 oz. Opihr Spiced gin½ oz. Rosemary syrup1 ¾ oz. Pink grapefruit soda1 ¾ oz. Sparkling wineGrapefruit wedge to garnish
Instructions
Build in a wine glass with ice and churn.
Garnish with a grapefruit wedge.
Notes
The mixologists at Opihr created this recipe.
Martini Spritz
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Tamworth Garden White Mountain gin1 oz. Dolin dry vermouth½ oz. Lemon juice¼ oz. Jack Rudy olive brine1 Cucumber round2 pinches Sea salt1 ½ oz. Folkington’s English Garden tonic1 ½ oz. Seltzer8 drops Artemisia Junio Elder bitters3 dashes Scrappy’s Black Lemon bitters
Instructions
Add cucumber and sea salt to shaker tin and muddle.
Add all other ingredients except tonic and shake.
Strain through fine mesh strainer into tumbler glass over two square cubes.
Top with tonic.
Garnish with a sprig of dill, lemon twist and cucumber slice.
Notes
Jackie Nevin, mixologist at Art in the Age in Philadelphia, created this recipe.
Sweetheart Spritz
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. St. Germain elderflower liqueur3 oz. Pét-nat sparkling wine2 drops Miracle Mile yuzu bittersClub sodaFresh raspberriesBasil
Instructions
In a cocktail shaker, muddle the raspberries.
Add the liqueur, rosé, and bitters.
Shake and pour into a Collins glass over ice.
Top with club soda and garnish with fresh basil.
Notes
The mixologists at St. Germain created this recipe.
Spritz Don’t Kill My Vibe
Ingredients
1 oz. Aperol¼ oz. Campari½ oz. Cocchi Americano2 oz. Brut cava or brut sparkling wine¾ oz. Yuzu Luxe Sour simple syrup 1 part The Perfect Purée Yuzu Luxe Sour blend, thawed, + 4 parts simple syrup½ oz. Lemon juice1 oz. Club soda2 dashes Saline
Instructions
Combine all ingredients except cava and soda in a wine glass.
Add ice and stir to chill and dilute.
Finish with cava and club soda.
Garnish with lemon twist.
Notes
Bartender Maggie Mae Dale for Andy’s Pizza in Washington, D.C., created this recipe.
Bisous
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. St. Germain elderflower liqueur2 oz. Sparkling rosé1 oz. Grapefruit juice1 oz. Sparkling water2 dashes Rose water
Instructions
Pour ingredients in a Collins glass.
Add ice and stir.
Garnish with a grapefruit twist.
Notes
The mixologists at St. Germain created this recipe.
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