It’s not too late to sip spring cocktails! Some are sweet. Some are floral. They all taste great.
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.
Absinthe Frappe Recipe
Army and Navy
The Army and Navy cocktail is a classic sipper that’s simultaneously sweet, sour and herbaceous. It’s also easy to craft with just four ingredients plus ice.
Army and Navy Recipe
Bee’s Knees
The Bee’s Knees screams spring with ingredients that include dry gin, tart lemon juice and sweet honey. It’s both sophisticated to sip and super easy to make at home.
Bee’s Knees Recipe
Cosmopolitan
The Cosmo is a serious vodka cocktail that’s easy to craft and even easier to sip. Plus, it’s pink color and easy recipe makes the Cosmo ideal for any spring fling.
Cosmopolitan Recipe
Gimlet
This sophisticated sipper tastes like spring in every sip. It’s also easy to craft with gin, lime juice and simple syrup.
Gimlet Recipe
Grasshopper
The Grasshopper is as green as the leaves that grow on the trees each spring. It’s also creamy, dreamy and delicious.
Grasshopper Recipe
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.
Hemingway Daiquiri Recipe
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.
Hugo Spritz Recipe
Kentucky Mule
The Kentucky Mule is our favorite mule. The sweet and spicy cocktail is an ideal spring sipper for bourbon drinkers.
Kentucky Mule Recipe
Last Word
The Last Word isn’t just another green cocktail. This one has green Chartreuse, dry gin, maraschino liqueur and freshly squeezed lime juice in its ingredient roster.
Last Word Recipe
Lemon Drop Martini
Sweet and tart, the Lemon Drop Martini is ideal to sip at spring soirees. It’s also super easy to craft at home and tastes like liquid candy.
Lemon Drop Martini Recipe
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.
Mint Julep Recipe
Pink Lady
This pretty pink cocktail packs a surprising punch. It’s a sophisticated sipper that’s more dry than sweet. Drink it with both caution and glee during the spring and all year long.
Pink Lady Recipe
About the Authors
Daryl and 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. Since launching the site in 2012, they’ve traveled to over 40 countries in their quest to bring readers a unique taste of the world.
