Aperol Spritz
A sparkling, refreshing aperitif with orange bitters.
Ingredients: Aperol, prosecco, soda water. Serve over ice with an orange slice.
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Holiday Escape Cocktails for When You Need Sun in a Glass cocktails.
Holiday Escape Cocktails for When You Need Sun in a Glass is for those times when you want a drink to do more than just taste good. You want it to change the mood a bit. Something cold, bright, and full of the kind of flavours that instantly feel like a break from normal life. Citrus, tropical fruit, crushed ice, a bit of fizz, a bit of rum, maybe something that tastes like it should be served somewhere with sea air and late afternoon sun. That is what this collection is built around.
These are the cocktails that bring that holiday feeling quickly. Some lean tropical and full-on escapist, with pineapple, coconut, passion fruit, or rum doing the heavy lifting. Others are lighter and sharper, built around lime, grapefruit, mint, or sparkling wine, but still have that same warm-weather feel to them. Together they create the sort of line-up that works whether you want something beachy, poolside, rooftop-ready, or just a drink that makes an ordinary evening feel less ordinary.
This is the kind of collection you go to when you want something refreshing, relaxed, and easy to enjoy. The drinks feel sunny, social, and made for slowing down a bit, even if you are nowhere near a holiday. If you want cocktails that bring a bit of escape into the glass, this is exactly the mood.
These are the cocktails that bring that holiday feeling quickly. Some lean tropical and full-on escapist, with pineapple, coconut, passion fruit, or rum doing the heavy lifting. Others are lighter and sharper, built around lime, grapefruit, mint, or sparkling wine, but still have that same warm-weather feel to them. Together they create the sort of line-up that works whether you want something beachy, poolside, rooftop-ready, or just a drink that makes an ordinary evening feel less ordinary.
This is the kind of collection you go to when you want something refreshing, relaxed, and easy to enjoy. The drinks feel sunny, social, and made for slowing down a bit, even if you are nowhere near a holiday. If you want cocktails that bring a bit of escape into the glass, this is exactly the mood.
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Basil Peach Daiquiri
A characterful cocktail built around white rum, peach syrup and lime, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: White rum, Peach syrup, lime, Basil syrup. Serve well chilled.
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.
Cocoa Grove
A characterful cocktail built around dark rum, cacao liqueur and banana modifier, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Dark rum, Cacao liqueur, Banana modifier. Serve well chilled.
Coconut Pandan Fizz
A characterful cocktail built around gin, coconut syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Coconut syrup, citrus juice, Pandan cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Daiquiri
A crisp cocktail made with lime and rum.
Ingredients: Rum, lime juice, sugar syrup. Shake with ice and serve chilled.
East 8 Hold-Up
A vivid modern vodka cocktail combining pineapple and passion fruit with lime and the bittersweet orange bite of Aperol.
Ingredients: 45 ml vodka; 15 ml Aperol; 20 ml pineapple juice; 15 ml fresh lime juice; 7.5 ml rich sugar syrup; 5 ml passion fruit syrup.
Electric Sunset
A characterful cocktail built around tequila, orange syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Orange syrup, citrus juice, Grenadine cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Enzoni
A modern gin-and-Campari sour softened by muddled fresh green grapes, lemon and sugar.
Ingredients: 5 fresh green grapes; 30 ml London dry gin; 30 ml Campari; 20 ml fresh lemon juice; 15 ml rich sugar syrup.
Guava Glow
A characterful cocktail built around rum, guava syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Rum, Guava syrup, citrus juice, Lime cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Harbour Lights
A characterful cocktail built around rum, pineapple syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Rum, Pineapple syrup, citrus juice, Lime cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Late Checkout
A characterful cocktail built around tequila, pineapple syrup and lime, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Pineapple syrup, lime, Jalapeno syrup. Serve well chilled.
Mai Tai
A tropical rum punch with a hint of lime.
Ingredients: Rum, lime juice, almond syrup, orange liqueur.
Mango Chilli Margarita
A characterful cocktail built around tequila, mango syrup and lemon, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Mango syrup, lemon, Chilli syrup. Serve well chilled.
Margarita
A zesty drink featuring lime and tequila.
Ingredients: Tequila, lime juice, triple sec, salt rim. Serve chilled.
Mojito
A refreshing cocktail with mint, lime, and rum.
Ingredients: Mint, lime, rum, sugar, and soda water. Serve over ice.
Palm Court Cooler
A characterful cocktail built around gin, cucumber syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Cucumber syrup, citrus juice, Melon cordial, Soda water. 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.
Pandan Colada
A characterful cocktail built around rum, pandan juice and coconut syrup, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Rum, Pandan juice, Coconut syrup, lime juice. Serve well chilled.
Passionfruit Pepper Spritz
A characterful cocktail built around tequila, passion fruit liqueur and pink pepper cordial, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Passion fruit liqueur, Pink pepper cordial, sparkling wine. Serve well chilled.
Pina Colada
A tropical blend of pineapple, coconut, and rum.
Ingredients: Rum, pineapple juice, coconut cream. Blend with ice.
Pineapple Sage Smash
A characterful cocktail built around gin, pineapple syrup and lime, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Pineapple syrup, lime, Sage syrup. Serve well chilled.
Poolside Breeze
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, watermelon syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, Watermelon syrup, citrus juice, Mint cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Pornstar Martini
A fruity, passion fruit-flavored cocktail, served with a shot of prosecco.
Ingredients: Vanilla vodka, passion fruit puree, lime juice, sugar syrup, and prosecco.
Rum Punch
A generous tropical rum punch with pineapple, orange, lime and grenadine. Colourful, fruity, balanced and built for sharing.
Ingredients: Rum, Orange juice, Pineapple juice, Lime juice, Grenadine
Seaside Ceremony
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, cucumber syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, Cucumber syrup, citrus juice, Sea salt cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Sex on the beach
A fruity, vodka-based cocktail with peach schnapps and tropical flavours.
Ingredients: Vodka, peach schnapps, cranberry juice, and orange juice.
Sundown Tiki
A characterful cocktail built around dark rum, passion fruit juice and orange syrup, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Dark rum, Passion fruit juice, Orange syrup, lime juice. Serve well chilled.
Tamarind Sunset
A characterful cocktail built around tequila, tamarind syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Tamarind syrup, citrus juice, Orange cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Tokyo Iced Tea
A vivid green Long Island Iced Tea variation built from five spirits, melon liqueur, lime and lemon-lime soda.
Ingredients: 15 ml white rum; 15 ml gin; 15 ml vodka; 15 ml reposado tequila; 15 ml triple sec; 15 ml green melon liqueur; 30 ml fresh lime juice; 50 ml chilled lemon-lime soda.
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.
Tropical Tailwind
A characterful cocktail built around rum, mango juice and coconut syrup, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Rum, Mango juice, Coconut syrup, lime juice. Serve well chilled.
Watermelon Basil Splash
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, watermelon syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, Watermelon syrup, citrus juice, Basil cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.