3 new cocktail recipes to try this spring

Spring can only spring with a good cocktail in hand. Now that winter is behind us, we can truly toast to what is current.

And the season brings us a host of fresh and colourful ingredients ideal for mixing.

As you say farewell to winter and hello to warmer days, clink a glass full of one of these best spring cocktail recipes.

Roku negroni. Picture: Supplied

Roku gin negroni

Note: Use a short glass

Ingredients

25ml Roku gin

25ml Campari

25ml sweet vermouth

5ml maraschino liqueur

1 orange

Method

Pour all ingredients into a cocktail, shake, fill with ice and stir for seconds

Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass and garnish with an orange twist

Enjoy these classic Roku Gin cocktails and take in the moments that the new season brings.

The Gimlet

Ingredients

70ml Wild Cucumber gin

50ml lime juice, freshly squeezed

50ml simple syrup

Lime wheel

Ice

Method

Add the gin, lime juice and simple syrup to a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass or a rocks glass filled with fresh ice. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Serve and enjoy!

Special Laphroaig cocktail

Ingredients

1 sugar cube

1 tsp water

1 dash bitters

70ml Laphroaig 10 Year Old

1 lemon twist

½ cup ice cubes (or as needed)

1 orange slice, for garnish; 1 maraschino cherry, for garnish.

Method

Muddle sugar cube, water, and bitters in an old-fashioned glass for 1 minute. Pour in whisky and stir for 1 minute. Squeeze the lemon twist over the glass and drop it in. Add the ice cubes and garnish with the orange slice and maraschino cherry. Serve with a swizzle stick and enjoy!