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9 Perfect Summer Cocktail Recipes

Test-run at our Best Bars list launch, these are the cocktails summer dreams are made of.

Tanqueray No 10 Summer Cocktail Sunflower

Tanqueray 10 Sunflower by Keegan McGregor – World Class Global Bartender of the Year 2024

  • 45ml Tanqueray 10
  • 15ml Yogurt Soju
  • 22.5ml Lime
  • 22.5ml Prosyro Apricot Syrup
  • 2 drops Orange Blossom Water

Glassware: Rocks

Garnish: Nasturtium

Preparation:

Add all ingredients to shaker and shake until chilled. Strain into rocks glass with ice and garnish.

Johnnie Walker Black Label Summer Cocktail

Johnnie Walker Black Label “The Traveller” by Kate Chernoff – World Class Canada 2025 Bartender of the Year

  • 45ml Johnnie Walker Black Label
  • 22.5ml bitter red aperitif
  • 22.5ml dry vermouth
  • 7.5ml raspberry syrup
  • 1 dash shiso bitters

Glassware: Coupe

Garnish: Shiso leaf if available – otherwise lemon coin

Preparation:

Into a stir tin, measure and combine all liquid ingredients. Fill tin with ice, and stir thoroughly until chilled and gently diluted. Strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a fresh shiso leaf for aromatics. 

 

 

Georgian Bay Collins Cocktail

Georgian Bay Spirits Bay Collins

  • 2oz Georgian Bay Gin  
  • 3/4oz fresh grapefruit Juice 
  • 3/4oz lemon Juice 
  • 3/4oz lavender honey syrup* 
  • 3 drops saline (20g salt/80g water)

*Lavender honey syrup:

  • 1 cup unpasteurized honey or pure local honey 
  • 1/2 cup boiling water 
  • 1 cup dried lavender  

Directions: Combine honey and boiling water by thoroughly mixing until fully integrated.  Add dried lavender to the syrup and thoroughly mix. Infuse for 12-24 hours, and fine strain with a cheese cloth.  Store in a sealed container and keep for 3 weeks in the fridge. 

Glassware: Collins

Garnish: Half grapefruit wheel and a lavender sprig 

Preparation:

Add all of your ingredients into a shaker tin and shake on ice.  Fine strain into a chilled Collins glass, fill the glass with ice and top with soda. Garnish with a half wheel of grapefruit and a lavender sprig.

Hendrick's Gin Cocktail SummerCocktail

Hendrick’s Oasium Fizz

  •       1.5oz Hendrick’s Oasium Gin
  •       1oz Pink Grapefruit Juice
  •       ¾oz Lime Juice
  •       ¾oz Simple Syrup
  •       Top with Soda

Glass: Highball

Garnish: Cucumber slice

Preparation:

Combine all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice, lightly stir, garnish with a cucumber slice.

Xocolate Old Fashioned Summer Cocktail Reserva De La Familia

Reserva Xocolate Old-Fashioned

  • 2oz Reserva De La Familia Extra-Anejo
  • ¼oz Caramelized Honey Syrup
  • 2 dash Xocolatl Mole Bitters
  • 2 dash Angostura Bitters

Glassware: Old fashioned

Garnish: Orange zest

Preparation:

Combine all ingredients into a glass with ice, stir until chilled and garnish.

Tequila Herradura Summer Cocktail Herradura Estrellitas

Herradura Estrellitas

  • 1 ½ oz. Tequila Herradura Silver
  • 1 oz. Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice
  • 1 oz. Pamplemousse Liqueur
  • ¾ oz. Lime Juice
  • Brut Rosé
  • Pinch of Himalayan Salt

Glassware: Champagne flute

Garnish: Orange peel

Preparation:

Add all ingredients in a champagne flute. Slowly add champagne over the top. Garnish with orange peel.

Diplomatico Rum Old-Fashioned Summer Cocktail

Diplomatico Old Fashioned

  • 50 ml Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva
  • 5 ml Sugar syrup
  • 3 dashes of bitters

Glassware: Old fashioned

Garnish: Orange peel and chocolate chips

Preparation:

Add sugar, bitter and ice to a rock glass and stir. Add rum and stir to blend together. Garnish with orange peel and choco chips

FeverTree Classic Caesar Summer Cocktail

Fever Tree Classic Caesar

  • 1 oz. quality vodka
  • 4oz. Fever-Tree Classic Caesar Mix
  • Optional: celery salt or steak spice rim

Glassware: Highball or Collins

Garnish: Celery salt and lime

Preparation: 

Wet the rim of the glass with your lime wedge and roll in celery salt. Fill glass to the rim with ice, add wet ingredients, stir & enjoy.

Flor De Cana Summer Cocktail Fruit Mojito

Flor Passion Fruit Mojito

  • 1 ½ oz Flor de Caña 12 Year Rum
  • ½ oz fresh passion fruit juice
  • ½ oz simple syrup
  • Splash of sparkling water

Glassware: Mason jar or highball

Garnish: Lemon peel and basil leaves

Preparation:

Place the basil, sugar, lemon peel, and passion fruit juice into the glass and gently mash with a mortar. Add ice, pour in the Flor de Caña 12 Year Rum, and top with sparkling water.

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