Discover a dozen delightful spring cocktails that you’ll love sipping throughout the spring season and beyond. Some are sweet. Some are floral. They all taste great.
Spring is special.
It’s the season when we say goodbye to cold, dark winter days and hello to sunshine and daffodils. We love this season’s longer days and warmer weather along with the sun-assisted Vitamin D we receive during long, leisurely walks.
We also love spring cocktails.
What Are Spring Cocktails?
Spring cocktails are cocktails that taste great on hotel verandahs and at graduation parties. Many feature gin in their ingredient list while others incorporate bourbon, rum and vodka.
And, not surprisingly, many burst in colorful pastel colors.
Crafting Spring Cocktails at Home
We love crafting cocktails in the spring months when we can sip them with the windows wide open. Sometimes we serve our spring drink creations at Kentucky Derby parties and sometimes we sip them in the pleasure of our own company.
These are our favorite spring cocktail recipes:
12 of the Best Spring Cocktails
Pink Lady
This pretty pink cocktail packs a surprising punch. Drink it with both caution and glee during the spring and all year long.
Gin Gimlet
This sophisticated sipper tastes like spring in every sip. It's also easy to craft with gin, lime juice and simple syrup.
Bee's Knees
The Bee's Knees screams spring with ingredients that include dry gin, tart lemon juice and sweet honey.
Mint Julep
Millions of people drink Mint Juleps while they watch the Kentucky Derby each May. We love drinking the sweet bourbon smash cocktail throughout spring and during the other three seasons too.
Grasshopper
The Grasshopper is as green as the leaves that grow on the trees each spring. It's also creamy, dreamy and delicious.
Hugo Spritz
We love sipping this refreshing Italian sipper on sunny spring days but we'll understand if you want to sip Hugo Spritzes on rainy days too.
Hemingway Daiquiri
Hemingway probably drank this cocktail during the spring. Then again, he probably drank it in other seasons too. The drink was named in his honor after all.
Absinthe Frappe
The Absinthe Frappe isn't absent in the list of our favorite spring cocktails. The historic New Orleans cocktail has been tickling tongues for more than a century.
Kentucky Mule
The Kentucky Mule is our favorite mule. The sweet and spicy cocktail is an ideal spring sipper for bourbon drinkers.
Last Word
The Last Word is another green cocktail but this one has green Chartreuse, dry gin, maraschino liqueur and freshly squeezed lime juice in its ingredient roster.
Spring Cocktail FAQs
Spring cocktails are cocktails that are especially enjoyable to drink during the spring season.
While numerous cocktails are popular during the spring season, our favorites include the Bee’s Knees, Mint Julep and Pink Lady cocktails.
Spring cocktails taste best during the months of March, April, May and June.
You can drink cocktails anywhere but the best places are outside on a porch, verandah or patio.
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About the Authors
Daryl & Mindi Hirsch
Saveur Magazine’s BEST TRAVEL BLOG award winners Daryl and Mindi Hirsch share their culinary travel experiences and recipes on the 2foodtrippers website and YouTube. The married Food and Travel content creators live in Lisbon, Portugal.
Original Publication Date: April 22, 2023