Summer cocktail recipes to try

Try one of these boozy recipes from Matthew Polzin and Allison Hangen at a.bar and Mariko Honda at a.kitchen, as you plan your summer smartly with our Ultimate Summer Fun Guide.

Hybrid Moments

1 1/2 ounces honeydew-melon-infused vodka & Beefeater gin

1/2 ounce sweet pea syrup

1/2 ounce clarified milk

1/4 ounce Bluecoat gin

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Bramble On

2 ounces Cognac

½ ounce crème de cassis

¼ ounce lemon juice 

¼ ounce Cynar

¼ ounce simple syrup

2 muddled blackberries

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Speak of the Devil

2 ounces vodka

¾ ounce Aperol

½ ounce lemon juice 

2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters

2 pinches of salt

2 muddled pieces of cucumber

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Reluctant Bulldog

Here’s what you’ll need: 

2 ounces spiced rum

3/4 ounce lime juice

1/2 ounce ginger syrup

1/4 ounce dry Çuracao

Ginger-sugar-rimmed martini glass

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