5 Herbaceous Cocktails to Make This Spring

Aviation Brothers

2 oz. Seven Brothers Seven Botanicals Gin
¼ oz. Creme de Violette
¾ oz. lemon juice
½ oz. maraschino liqueur 

Shake ingredients over ice. Strain into a chilled coupe. From Seven Brothers Distilling Co.

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Skyy Sparkling Lavender Lemonade

1½ oz. SKYY Vodka
1 oz. lemon juice
¾ oz. lavender syrup
4 oz. soda water
Lavender sprig

Add the first three ingredients to the shaker tin and shake with ice. Strain into a glass tumbler. Top with soda water and garnish with a sprig of lavender. From SKYY Vodka.

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Garden Martini

1½  oz. Noble Cut Signature Vodka
½  oz. Elderflower Liqueur
¾  oz. lime juice
½  oz. simple syrup
3 slices of cucumber (muddled)
Cucumber ribbon

Add all ingredients, then add ice. Shake then strain into a martini glass. Garnish with cucumber ribbon on a skewer and serve up. From Noble Cut Distillery.

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Corpse Reviver No. 1301

¾ oz. East Side Gin
¾ oz. Orange Tiger
¾ oz. Lillet Blanc
¾ oz. fresh lemon juice
¼ oz. simple syrup
Absinthe rinse
Lemon peel

Rinse a chilled cocktail glass with absinthe, coating the inside of the glass. Add all ingredients except for the lemon peel to a shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously for 10-15 seconds to combine and chill the ingredients. Strain the mixture into the absinthe-rinsed glass. Garnish with a lemon peel. From Toledo Spirits Co.

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Elder Ginger Brother

1½ oz. Seven Brothers Cinnamon Infusion
½ oz. St. Elder or St. Germain
¼ oz. Aperolginger ale
Cinnamon sticks

Shake over ice. Pour into a rocks glass. Top with ginger ale. Garnish with cinnamon sticks. From Seven Brothers Distilling Co.

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