Top it Off: Spindrift Cocktails & Mocktails Volume IV

It’s about to be the unofficial start to summer so we wanted to share some of our favorite recent cocktail/mocktail recipes with you. So you can make them with your friends, family, guests, and neighbors this summer!

Also…

Every Costco in the US is stocked up with our new 3-flavor variety pack! That’s 30 cans of Lemon, Grapefruit, & Raspberry Lime. We’re excited!

In honor of our new Costco pack, and the extra Spindrift you’ll likely have on-hand – we’re going share a few of our favorite Lemon, Grapefruit, & Raspberry Lime cocktails!

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Floral Gin Fizz

Fresh and floral, you’ll want to sip this sparkly pink drink all day. ?✨

Floral Gin Fizz

Ingredients (makes 1):
· ice
· fresh grapefruit
· 1 1/2oz gin
· 1/2oz elderflower liqueur
· 3-4oz Grapefruit Spindrift
· 1/8 tsp honey or agave

Directions:
Squeeze a big wedge of fresh grapefruit into a shaker with ice, gun, and honey. Shake vigorously and pour over fresh ice. Top with Grapefruit Spindrift. Enjoy! (For a tasty mocktail version, skip the liquor for a splash of your favorite floral tea like hibiscus or elderflower/elderberry.?)

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Grapefruit Mimosa

Every brunch should have a fruit course. ?

Grapefruit Mimosa

Ingredients:
· fresh grapefruit
· champagne or prosecco
· Grapefruit Spindrift

Directions:
Squeeze grapefruit into wine glass, add champagne, top with Spindrift. Enjoy!

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Raspberry Lime Planter’s Punch

Offer to make these for your friend with the best patio, porch, deck, fire escape, or lawn. ?✨

Raspberry Lime Planter’s Punch

Ingredients (makes 1):
· Ice
· 1 ½ oz dark rum
· 2-3 dashes of bitters
· ½ a fresh lime
· 1 tsp agave or simple syrup
· Raspberry Lime Spindrift

Directions:
Add ice, rum, 2-3 dashes of bitters, agave, the juice from ½ of a lime to a glass and stir. Top with Raspberry Lime. Garnish with a lime wheel, raspberries, or fresh mint. Enjoy!

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Raspberry Lime Cosmopolitan

Grab a quality friend, cue up a quality movie, and mix up two of these quality Spindrift Cosmos!?We suggest serving them alongside a delicious sweet/savory snack.

Raspberry Lime Cosmopolitan

Ingredients (makes 2):
· ice
· a handful of raspberries
· 3oz vodka*
· 1oz Cointreau*
· 1/2oz fresh squeezed lime juice
· Raspberry Lime Spindrift

Directions:
Muddle raspberries in the bottom of a cocktail shaker then add ice, vodka, Cointreau, and lime juice. Shake vigorously then strain into martini glasses and top with Raspberry Lime Spindrift. Garnish with lime peel and a fresh raspberry. Enjoy!
*omit for a cocktail version

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Lemon Lime Caipirinha

The only thing better than fresh-squeezed lemon juice is fresh-squeezed lime juice. (Or vice versa.) Here’s a cocktail where both shine. ?

Lemon Lime Caipirinha

Ingredients:
· ice
· fresh limes – cut into quarters
· 1 tsp sugar
· Lemon Spindrift
· 2 1/2oz cachaça

Directions:
Muddle sugar and 4 lime wedges in an old-fashioned glass. Fill the glass with ice. Add cachaça and top with Lemon Spindrift. Garnish with more lime and enjoy!

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Three-Lemon Ginger Spritz

So very lemony ? This drink tastes like springtime. It serves 2 and has 3 types of lemon (if you count lemongrass, which is more grass than lemon.)?

Three-Lemon Ginger Spritz

Ingredients – makes 2 drinks:
· ice
· 3oz vodka
· fresh lemon
· 2 tsp chopped lemongrass
· 2 tsp chopped ginger
· 2 tsp sugar
· Lemon Spindrift

Directions:
Infuse your own lemongrass ginger vodka! Soak fresh ginger and lemongrass in your vodka. (For as long as you like – we infused for 30m). Then shake together vodka, ice, and sugar. Pour over fresh ice into two glasses. Squeeze fresh lemon into each then top with Lemon Spindrift. Enjoy! ? If you want to make a mocktail version, skip the sugar and the vodka and infuse your own lemongrass ginger simple syrup. ?

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