Bored of Aperol Spritz? Three interesting summer cocktails to try this weekend

G&T who? (Footage: Getty/offered)

Summer time evenings are greatest spent with a cocktail in hand, should you ask us.

And with a full weekend of uninterrupted solar and 30-degree warmth on the playing cards, what higher time than now to check out some new recipes?

We requested three mixologists for some lesser-known summer season cocktail recipes, for when G&Ts or pornstar martinis simply aren’t chopping it.

Shakers on the prepared, of us. 

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Tastes just like the seashore (Image: Will Rogers)

Will Rogers, head of beverage at Kricket, makes use of cardamom so as to add a little bit bit of heat to this coconut-heavy cocktail.

• 5 cardamom pods
• 50ml coconut rum
• 25ml coconut water
• 15ml lime juice
• 15ml Sugar Syrup (a normal 1:1 – water : sugar ratio)
• 1 mint leaf, to garnish

1. Put the cardamom pods in a shaker and bash them with a wood spoon to open them up barely.
2. Add the rum, coconut water, lime juice, sugar syrup and a giant handful of ice, and shake exhausting.
3. Pressure right into a martini glass, garnish with the mint leaf and serve.

Supreme for an early night tipple (Image: Anton Rodriguez)

The proper aperitif (AKA, pre-dinner cocktail), the Smaquiri – created by Matt Ottley, the pinnacle bartender at Luca – mixes candy and bitter components to seek out the right stability.

• 40ml Mezcal
• 10ml Pineapple juice
• 20ml Lime juice
• 5ml Sugar syrup
• 15ml Campari 

1. Add mezcal, pineapple juice, lime juice and syrup to a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Shake nicely.
3. Double pressure right into a martini/coupette glass.
4. Float the Campari instantly into the glass.

A candy French twist on an previous traditional (Image: )

This fruity martini by Scott McGlynn is the right post-dinner cocktail.

• 2 elements vodka 
• 2 elements pineapple juice 
• 1 half raspberry liquor

1. Add all of the components right into a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Shake nicely.
3. Drain by a sieve and garnish with some dried fruit.