Floral Cocktails
Explore 68 Floral cocktail recipes.
Floral cocktails take their cue from the flower, not the field. Elderflower, rose, violet, hibiscus and orange blossom all show up here, usually delivered through a liqueur or cordial rather than a fresh ingredient. The Elderflower Collins is the most readable expression of the family: gin, elderflower cordial, lemon and soda, the elderflower carrying a floral top note that sits cleanly over the gin's botanicals.
The White Negroni does similar work with Suze and Lillet Blanc, taking the structure of a Negroni into a paler, more perfumed register. The Old Friend trades cucumber and elderflower against gin and grapefruit for a long-and-bright drink, and the Enzoni stretches the Negroni shape with grapes. What you'll notice across the list is how readily floral notes go off-balance — a single dash too much elderflower turns the whole drink soapy, and the same is even truer of rose and violet.
The drinks here hit when the floral component sits as a top note above other flavours rather than as the headline. Most are stirred or shaken short, most lean dry rather than sweet, most use gin or a wine-based aperitif as the spine. They reward fresh lemon, restraint with the syrup, and a slow approach with the cordial — a measure is more than you'd think.
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Aviation
Gin, Creme de violette, Licor de cereja Maraschino, Lemon juice
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Lavender French 75
Gin, Champanhe / prosecco, Lemon juice, Xarope de lavanda
Oliver Twist
Dry gin, Licor de flor de sabugueiro, Lager, Lemon juice, Pimentas chilli, Mel
Violet Martini
Vodka de baunilha, Xarope de violeta
Earl Grey Martini
Dry gin, Açúcar / xarope simples, Lemon juice, Chá, Ovo
Velo
Dry gin, Licor de flor de sabugueiro, Peychaud's Aromatic Bitters, Xarope de maracujá, Suco de lima
Honey Old Fashioned
Bourbon, Bitters aromáticos, Mel
Old Friend
Dry gin, Licor de flor de sabugueiro, Aperol, Sumo de toranja rosa
Spritz 43
Licor 43 (Cuarenta Y Tres), Champanhe / prosecco, Água com gás, Lemon juice, Mint leaves, Lemon
Smoked Chamomile Paloma
Hornitos Plata, Mezcal, Refrigerante de toranja, Xarope de mel, Lemon juice, Grapefruit juice
Calypso
Dark rum, Lillet Blanc, Vermute branco, Suco de lima, Bitters aromáticos
Gin Basil Smash
Dry gin, Açúcar / xarope simples, Lemon juice, Folhas de manjericão
Chrysanthemum
Absinto, DOM Benedictine, Vermute branco
Lavender French 75
Gin, Champanhe / prosecco, Lemon juice, Xarope de lavanda
Oliver Twist
Dry gin, Licor de flor de sabugueiro, Lager, Lemon juice, Pimentas chilli, Mel
Violet Martini
Vodka de baunilha, Xarope de violeta
Earl Grey Martini
Dry gin, Açúcar / xarope simples, Lemon juice, Chá, Ovo
Velo
Dry gin, Licor de flor de sabugueiro, Peychaud's Aromatic Bitters, Xarope de maracujá, Suco de lima
Honey Old Fashioned
Bourbon, Bitters aromáticos, Mel
Old Friend
Dry gin, Licor de flor de sabugueiro, Aperol, Sumo de toranja rosa
Spritz 43
Licor 43 (Cuarenta Y Tres), Champanhe / prosecco, Água com gás, Lemon juice, Mint leaves, Lemon
Smoked Chamomile Paloma
Hornitos Plata, Mezcal, Refrigerante de toranja, Xarope de mel, Lemon juice, Grapefruit juice
Calypso
Dark rum, Lillet Blanc, Vermute branco, Suco de lima, Bitters aromáticos
Gin Basil Smash
Dry gin, Açúcar / xarope simples, Lemon juice, Folhas de manjericão
Chrysanthemum
Absinto, DOM Benedictine, Vermute branco
More top Floral cocktails
Lavender French 75
Gin, Champanhe / prosecco, Lemon juice, Xarope de lavanda
Oliver Twist
Dry gin, Licor de flor de sabugueiro, Lager, Lemon juice, Pimentas chilli, Mel
Violet Martini
Vodka de baunilha, Xarope de violeta
Earl Grey Martini
Dry gin, Açúcar / xarope simples, Lemon juice, Chá, Ovo
Velo
Dry gin, Licor de flor de sabugueiro, Peychaud's Aromatic Bitters, Xarope de maracujá, Suco de lima
Honey Old Fashioned
Bourbon, Bitters aromáticos, Mel
Old Friend
Dry gin, Licor de flor de sabugueiro, Aperol, Sumo de toranja rosa
Spritz 43
Licor 43 (Cuarenta Y Tres), Champanhe / prosecco, Água com gás, Lemon juice, Mint leaves, Lemon
Smoked Chamomile Paloma
Hornitos Plata, Mezcal, Refrigerante de toranja, Xarope de mel, Lemon juice, Grapefruit juice
Calypso
Dark rum, Lillet Blanc, Vermute branco, Suco de lima, Bitters aromáticos
Gin Basil Smash
Dry gin, Açúcar / xarope simples, Lemon juice, Folhas de manjericão
Chrysanthemum
Absinto, DOM Benedictine, Vermute branco
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