Lady in Red

Combine 1 part Sipsmith London Dry Gin, 1 part Sipsmith Sloe Gin, ½ part lemon juice, 1 egg white, and 1 barspoon of raspberry syrup in a cocktail shaker and dry shake. Add ice and shake again. Double strain into a chilled glass and garnish with a raspberry.

Recipe by Sipsmith

Hearts on Fire

Pour 1 part raspberry rose water syrup into the bottom of your glass. Fill the glass with large chunks of crushed clear ice. Separately, combine 1½ parts pink gin and 1½ parts pink grapefruit juice in a mixing glass with ice. Stir to chill, then add 1½ parts pre-chilled raspberry (or plain) seltzer. Gently pour into your glass so that it layers on top of the syrup. Top off with 2½ parts Mumm Napa Brut Rosé. Garnish with grapefruit slice, fresh raspberries, and some blossoms.

Recipe by Jes Gutierrez-Switaj/@the.sauceress

Sober Sour (A Mocktail!)

Combine 2 oz. Monday Non-Alcoholic Gin, 1 oz. lemon juice, ½ oz. strawberry syrup, and ½ oz. egg white (optional) in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until chilled, then strain into a glass without ice.

Recipe from The Cocktail Snob

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Sparkling Strawberry

In a cocktail shaker with ice, add 1½ oz. YaVe Tequila Reposado, ½ oz. lemon juice, and ½ oz. strawberry syrup. Shake and strain into a champagne flute and add 2½ oz. champagne. Garnish with a fresh strawberry.

Recipe by YaVe Tequila/Sarah Gualtieri

Angels and Herbs

Shake together 1½ parts Gran Centenario Plata Tequila, 1 part sage simple syrup, 1 part cranberry juice, 1 part grapefruit juice, and ½ part lime juice, then strain. Top with 1½ parts grapefruit soda. Garnish with grapefruit slice and sage leaf.

Recipe by Gran Centenario

Sweet as Honey

First, make a honey simple syrup by combining ½ cup honey and ½ cup water in a small pot. Bring to a simmer and stir until honey is dissolved. Cool and pour into a resealable glass container. Refrigerate any unused syrup.

Then, in a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine 2 oz. gin, ¾ oz. honey simple syrup, and ¾ oz. lemon juice (plus lemon peel). Shake until chilled. Strain into a coupe glass and serve with a lemon twist.

Recipe by HelloFresh

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Glendalough Rose Spritz

In a glass filled with ice, pour 2 oz. Glendalough Rose Gin. Add 1 oz. fresh lime juice, and top with grapefruit soda. Garnish with a grapefruit wheel and fresh sprig of mint.

Recipe by Glendalough

Old-Fashioned Love Song

In a rocks glass, add ice, 2 oz. Bourbon or rye whiskey, ¾ oz. crème de cacao, ½ oz. simple syrup, and some chocolate bitters. Stir with a bar spoon, until drink is chilled (about 20 times). Garnish with an orange twist and a cocktail cherry, and serve!

Recipe by HelloFresh

Passionate Souls Paloma

In a cocktail shaker, combine 1½ oz. Corralejo Reposado tequila, ¼ oz. simple syrup, ¾ oz. lemon juice, 1 oz. passion fruit purée, 5 dashes cayenne, and 3 drops Angostura bitters, and shake thoroughly. Rim a Collins glass with Tajín, then add ice. Strain the cocktail over ice in a glass, then top off the cocktail with grapefruit soda or grapefruit beer. Garnish with a dried blood orange wheel.

Recipe by Corralejo

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Electric Cosmopolitan (A Mocktail!)

In an ice-filled cocktail shaker, add 2 oz. Three Spirit Livener, 2 oz. cranberry juice, 2 bar spoons of lime juice, and half a bar spoon of Seville orange marmalade, and shake. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with candied cranberries and an orange wheel. If you want it boozy, drizzle in half an ounce of citrus vodka before you shake!

Recipe by Three Spirit Livener

Spicy Marg

In a cocktail shaker, combine 1 oz. lime juice, 1 or 2 slices jalapeño, and 1 tsp. agave syrup. Muddle a few times. Fill shaker with ice and pour in 2 oz. grapefruit juice and 2 oz. silver tequila. Shake until chilled. Rim a highball glass with pink Himalayan salt, then fill with ice. Strain chilled contents from shaker into the glass. Top with club soda. Garnish with another slice of jalapeño and a small wedge of grapefruit.

Recipe by HelloFresh

Be Mine Basil Smash

Add 50 mL Renegade gin to a tall glass, and then add 25 mL fresh lemon juice, and 20 mL simple syrup. Next, add 4 blackberries and a couple of basil leaves and muddle. Fill with ice and stir. Top with soda or prosecco...whatever you’re feeling!

Recipe by Doghouse Distillery

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Cocoatini

Rim a martini glass with chocolate syrup. Combine 1½ oz. chocolate liqueur, 1½ oz. Kahlua, 1½ oz. Baileys Irish cream, 2 oz. brewed espresso, 2 oz. half-and-half, and ¼ cup crushed ice in a cocktail shaker. Cover and shake well. Strain into prepared glass. If desired, garnish with fresh raspberries.

Recipe by Hy-Vee

Cherry Nojito (A Mocktail!)

Place 5 cherries (roughly chopped) and 1 lime (quartered) in a glass. Add a little sweetener, if desired. Muddle together for about 1 minute. If you don't have a muddler, use the back end of a wooden spoon. The idea is to get things small enough to fit through a straw. Clap 6-8 mint leaves together in your hand to release the scent, then add to the glass. Press gently with a muddler a few times. Add ice and top with your choice of sparkling drink. Garnish with lime wheels, mint, and/or extra cherries.

Recipe from The Mindful Mocktail

The Cointreau Cosmo

In a cocktail shaker, combine 1 oz. Cointreau, 2 oz. vodka, 1 oz. cranberry juice, and 1 oz. fresh lime juice. Add ice and shake until well chilled. Strain into a coupe or cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

Recipe by Cointreau

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Rosé Aperol Spritz

Fill a wine glass with ice, then add 1 oz. Aperol, 2 oz. simple syrup, 2 oz. sparkling rosé, and 1 oz. grapefruit juice. Feel free to garnish with a grapefruit peel “rose.”

Recipe by Bon Appeteach

Blackberry Hot Toddy

Run a lemon wedge along the rim of a mug or cocktail tumbler. Rim the glass in a bowl of 1 tbsp. brown sugar. Mash 3 oz. blackberries (half a package) in a colander over a bowl to capture juice. Add 2 oz. bourbon whiskey, ½ tsp. vanilla extract, remaining juice from the lemon wedge, and ½ cup hot water or tea to blackberry juice. Pour in the leftover brown sugar and stir until sugar dissolves. Pour mixture into the sugar-rimmed glass and garnish with a blackberry and vanilla stick.

Recipe by Driscoll’s

Raspberry Paloma

Muddle 5 raspberries in a cup. Once muddled, add ½ oz. lime juice, 2 oz. grapefruit juice, and 3 oz. YaVe Blanco tequila. Shake for 10 seconds, then add ice. Strain the cocktail into a separate glass and top with 2 oz. club soda.

Recipe from YaVe Blanco Tequila and @CocktailsWithMeNYC

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Bubble Bouquet

In a shaker filled with ice, add 1½ oz. Absolut Original, ½ oz. simple syrup, and 1 or 2 drops rose water. Shake and strain into a flute and top with champagne. Garnish with rose petals.

Recipe from Absolut

Pomegranate Martini

Muddle 1 tsp. pomegranate arils with 2½ oz. The Botanist Islay Dry Gin and allow to steep for 1 to 2 hours. Add the infused gin and ½ oz. vermouth to a mixing glass with ice and stir to chill. Fine strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a sprig of fresh thyme.

Recipe by The Botanist

Megan Uy is an associate shopping editor at Cosmopolitan, where she searches for the best products in all things fashion, home, beauty, sex, gifts, and more, so you don’t have to. When she’s not writing for the site, she’s whipping up some cool and trendy content for the fashion section of the print magazine. She’s been with the brand since 2019 (when she was an itty-bitty editorial fellow), and she's also written for Delish, House Beautiful, and People. Follow her on Instagram to get some BTS of the editor life and chaotic NYC content. Also, feel free to hit her up if you ever wanna discuss the madness that is TikTok. 

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