B-52
A characterful cocktail built around coffee liqueur, irish cream liqueur and orange liqueur, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Coffee liqueur, Irish cream liqueur, Orange liqueur. Serve well chilled.
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Citrus Cocktails
Citrus is one of the great engines of cocktail making. Lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, mandarin, yuzu, calamansi and clementine do more than add flavour; they bring structure, freshness and energy. This collection is built around active cocktails where citrus is part of the personality of the drink, whether that means a sharp sour, a sparkling citrus spritz, a tall Collins-style serve or a bright tropical cooler.
These cocktails are brilliant when you want something clean, lively and refreshing. Some are crisp and elegant, some are juicy and colourful, and others use citrus to balance richer flavours like honey, vanilla, spice, oak or coconut. If you are looking for drinks that feel fresh without being thin, vibrant without being too sweet, and easy to enjoy across almost any occasion, citrus cocktails are always a strong place to start.
Citrus is one of the great engines of cocktail making. Lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, mandarin, yuzu, calamansi and clementine do more than add flavour; they bring structure, freshness and energy. This collection is built around active cocktails where citrus is part of the personality of the drink, whether that means a sharp sour, a sparkling citrus spritz, a tall Collins-style serve or a bright tropical cooler.
These cocktails are brilliant when you want something clean, lively and refreshing. Some are crisp and elegant, some are juicy and colourful, and others use citrus to balance richer flavours like honey, vanilla, spice, oak or coconut. If you are looking for drinks that feel fresh without being thin, vibrant without being too sweet, and easy to enjoy across almost any occasion, citrus cocktails are always a strong place to start.
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Citrus Cocktails recipes
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Batanga
A characterful cocktail built around blanco tequila, cola and lime juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, Cola, lime juice, Small pinch of salt. Serve well chilled.
Bay Breeze
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, cranberry juice and pineapple juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, Cranberry juice, Pineapple juice. Serve well chilled.
Bees Knees
Bees Knees is zesty, focused and built around a satisfying snap, with Gin, Honey Syrup and Lemon Juice giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Gin, Honey Syrup, Lemon Juice.
Caipirinha
Brazil’s lime and cachaça classic: sharp, grassy, cold and full of character, with sugar pulling the citrus oils into the glass.
Ingredients: Cachaca, Lime, Sugar
Calamansi Cooler
A characterful cocktail built around gin, calamansi syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Calamansi syrup, citrus juice, Mint cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Cantarito
A characterful cocktail built around blanco tequila, lime juice and orange juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, lime juice, orange juice, grapefruit juice, Grapefruit soda. Serve well chilled.
Cantarito Fiesta
A Mexican-inspired tequila citrus highball with grapefruit, orange, lime and fizz. Bright, salty, lively and made for sharing.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, grapefruit juice, orange juice, lime juice, grapefruit soda. Build over ice.
Cape Codder
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, cranberry juice and lime juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, Cranberry juice, lime juice. Serve well chilled.
Champs-Elysees
A characterful cocktail built around cognac, green chartreuse and lemon juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Cognac, Green Chartreuse, lemon juice, Sugar syrup, Angostura bitters. Serve well chilled.
Chilli Watermelon Ranch
A characterful cocktail built around rye whiskey, brown butter purée and lychee cordial, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Rye Whiskey, Brown Butter Purée, Lychee Cordial, Lime Juice, Soda Water. Serve well chilled.
Citrus Aisle Sparkler
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, mandarin liqueur and champagne cordial, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, Mandarin liqueur, Champagne cordial, sparkling wine. Serve well chilled.
Citrus Breeze
A bright vodka highball with cranberry, grapefruit and lime. Tart, juicy, crisp and easy to build.
Ingredients: Vodka, cranberry juice, grapefruit juice, lime juice. Build over ice.
Citrus Paloma
A bright tequila and grapefruit highball with lime, agave and soda. Clean, citrusy and refreshing.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice, grapefruit soda, agave syrup. Build over ice.
Citrus Passion Vodka Soda
A light vodka soda with passion fruit and lime. Tropical, crisp, fizzy and easy to drink.
Ingredients: Vodka, passion fruit syrup, lime juice, soda water. Build over ice.
Citrus Vodka Cocktail
A clean served-up vodka cocktail with citrus vodka, orange liqueur, lemon and lime. Sharp, cold, polished and easy to like.
Ingredients: Citrus vodka, triple sec, lemon juice, lime juice, simple syrup. Shake and strain.
Clementine Cardamom Sour
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, clementine syrup and lemon, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, Clementine syrup, lemon, Cardamom syrup. Serve well chilled.
Daiquiri
A crisp cocktail made with lime and rum.
Ingredients: Rum, lime juice, sugar syrup. Shake with ice and serve chilled.
Dragon Fruit Mojito
A characterful cocktail built around gin, miso liqueur and tiramisu syrup, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Miso Liqueur, Tiramisu Syrup, Bitters. Serve well chilled.
Elderflower Collins
A characterful cocktail built around gin, elderflower liqueur and lemon juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Elderflower liqueur, lemon juice, Sugar syrup, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Garibaldi
A stylish cocktail pairing campari with orange juice for a focused, modern serve.
Ingredients: Campari, orange juice. Serve well chilled.
Gin Rickey
A dry gin highball with lime and soda. Crisp, unsweetened, refreshing and sharper than a Collins.
Ingredients: Gin, Lime Juice, Soda Water.
Golden Hour Collins
A characterful cocktail built around gin, apricot syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Apricot syrup, citrus juice, Citrus cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Greyhound
A stylish cocktail pairing vodka with grapefruit juice for a focused, modern serve.
Ingredients: Vodka, Grapefruit juice. Serve well chilled.
Hemingway Daiquiri
Hemingway Daiquiri is bright, tart and clean without feeling thin, with White Rum, Lime Juice, Grapefruit Juice and Maraschino Liqueur giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: White Rum, Lime Juice, Grapefruit Juice, Maraschino Liqueur.
Hotel Nacional
A characterful cocktail built around white rum, pineapple juice and apricot liqueur, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: White rum, Pineapple juice, Apricot liqueur, lime juice, Sugar syrup. Serve well chilled.
Illegal
A characterful cocktail built around mezcal, jamaican overproof rum and falernum, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Mezcal, Jamaican overproof rum, Falernum, Maraschino liqueur, lime juice. Serve well chilled.
John Collins
A characterful cocktail built around bourbon, lemon juice and sugar syrup, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Bourbon, lemon juice, Sugar syrup, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Kamikaze
A bold and zesty vodka-based cocktail with lime and triple sec, served in a chilled coupe or as a shooter.
Ingredients: Vodka, lime juice and triple sec.
Kir
A stylish cocktail pairing dry white wine with creme de cassis for a focused, modern serve.
Ingredients: Dry white wine, Creme de cassis. Serve well chilled.
Last Word
Last Word is zesty, focused and built around a satisfying snap, with Gin, Green Chartreuse, Maraschino Liqueur and Lime Juice giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Gin, Green Chartreuse, Maraschino Liqueur, Lime Juice.
Lemon Drop Martini
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, triple sec and lemon juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, Triple sec, lemon juice, Sugar syrup. Serve well chilled.
Lemon Silk Highball
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, lemon syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, Lemon syrup, citrus juice, Honey cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Limoncello Collins
A tall gin and limoncello Collins with fresh lemon and soda. Bright, easy, botanical and perfect for aperitif-style sipping.
Ingredients: Gin, limoncello, lemon juice, simple syrup, soda water. Shake and top.
Limoncello Gin Fizz
A sparkling gin and limoncello fizz with fresh lemon. Bright, botanical, softly sweet and refreshing.
Ingredients: Gin, limoncello, lemon juice, simple syrup, soda water. Shake and top.
Limoncello Martini
A chilled vodka and limoncello martini with fresh lemon. Smooth, bright, citrus-led and sharply polished.
Ingredients: Limoncello, vodka, lemon juice. Shake and strain.
Mamie's Sister
A characterful cocktail built around scotch whisky, lime juice and ginger ale, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Scotch whisky, lime juice, Ginger ale, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Margarita
A zesty drink featuring lime and tequila.
Ingredients: Tequila, lime juice, triple sec, salt rim. Serve chilled.
Marmalade Cooler
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, orange marmalade syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, Orange marmalade syrup, citrus juice, Lemon cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Mary Pickford
A characterful cocktail built around white rum, pineapple juice and grenadine, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: White rum, Pineapple juice, Grenadine, Maraschino liqueur. Serve well chilled.
Mexican Mule
A characterful cocktail built around blanco tequila, lime juice and ginger beer, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, lime juice, Ginger beer. Serve well chilled.
Mexican Sunset
A characterful cocktail built around tequila, orange juice and grenadine, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Orange juice, Grenadine. Serve well chilled.
Paloma
Paloma is sharp, lively and properly structured, with Tequila, Grapefruit soda, Lime juice and Salt giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Tequila, Grapefruit soda, Lime juice, Salt. Serve over ice.
Paloma Picante
A characterful cocktail built around tequila, lime juice and grapefruit soda, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, lime juice, Grapefruit soda, Agave syrup, Chilli slices. Serve well chilled.
Paper Plane
Paper Plane is bright, tart and clean without feeling thin, with Bourbon, Aperol, Amaro Nonino and Lemon Juice giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Bourbon, Aperol, Amaro Nonino, Lemon Juice.
Paradise
A characterful cocktail built around gin, apricot brandy and orange juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Apricot brandy, Orange juice. Serve well chilled.
Pegu Club
A characterful cocktail built around gin, orange liqueur and lime juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Orange liqueur, lime juice, Angostura bitters, Orange bitters. Serve well chilled.
Pimm's Cup
A characterful cocktail built around pimm's no.1, lemonade and cucumber, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Pimm's No.1, Lemonade, Cucumber. Serve well chilled.
Pisco Sour
Pisco Sour is sharp, lively and properly structured, with Pisco, Lime Juice, Simple Syrup and Egg White giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Pisco, Lime Juice, Simple Syrup, Egg White, Bitters.
Ron Collins
A characterful cocktail built around white rum, lemon juice and sugar syrup, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: White rum, lemon juice, Sugar syrup, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Salty Dog
A stylish cocktail pairing vodka with grapefruit juice for a focused, modern serve.
Ingredients: Vodka, Grapefruit juice. Serve well chilled.
Sherry Cobbler
A characterful cocktail built around amontillado, sugar syrup and orange, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Amontillado, Sugar syrup, orange. Serve well chilled.
Sidecar
A classic brandy sour with orange liqueur and lemon. Bright, warm, elegant and sharper than its smooth appearance suggests.
Ingredients: Brandy, Orange liqueur, Lemon juice. Serve over ice.
Spritz Veneziano
A characterful cocktail built around aperitif bitters, prosecco and soda water, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Aperitif bitters, Prosecco, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Tom Collins
A refreshing gin cocktail with lemon juice, sugar, and soda water, served in a Collins glass.
Ingredients: Gin, lemon juice and simple syrup.
Vodka Collins
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, lemon juice and sugar syrup, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, lemon juice, Sugar syrup, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Vodka Gimlet
A stylish cocktail pairing vodka with lime cordial for a focused, modern serve.
Ingredients: Vodka, Lime cordial. Serve well chilled.
Vodka Rickey
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, lime juice and soda water, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, lime juice, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Whiskey Sour
A tangy mix of whiskey and lemon juice.
Ingredients: Whiskey, lemon juice, sugar syrup. Shake with ice.
White Lady
A crisp and elegant gin sour cocktail with citrus and a velvety texture, served in a coupe glass.
Ingredients: Gin, Cointreau, and lemon juice add egg white for a silky foam.
Yellow Bird
A characterful cocktail built around white rum, galliano and triple sec, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: White rum, Galliano, Triple sec, lime juice. Serve well chilled.
Yuzu Garden Martini
A characterful cocktail built around gin, yuzu liqueur and shiso modifier, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Yuzu liqueur, Shiso modifier. Serve well chilled.
Yuzu Paloma Pop
A characterful cocktail built around bourbon, strawberry syrup and passionfruit juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Bourbon, Strawberry Syrup, Passionfruit Juice, Citrus Juice, Sugar Syrup. Serve well chilled.