10 Spritz Cocktail Recipes for Light Refreshment

Spritzer, spritzer little drink, how I wonder how you taste. No need to wonder anymore, allow the bubbles and fizz to wash over you with your own spritz cocktail. From something a little sweet and fruity to one with a gentle bite, there's a little something for any mood you're in.

The Hugo spritz is a dressed-up elderflower spritz that took a walk through a garden and thought, "This moment should taste like a happy hour."

Ingredients

• ½ ounce elderflower liqueur
• 2-3 fresh mint leaves
• 4 ounces prosecco
• 2 ounces club soda
• Ice
• Lemon wheel and mint sprig for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, briefly muddle mint sprig with elderflower liqueur.
2. Pour into a wine glass.
3. Add ice, prosecco, and club soda.
4. Stir briefly to mix.
5. Garnish with a lemon wheel and mint sprig.

It's the spritz that sprints to the front of your mind when you think of spritzes, but there's a reason the Aperol spritz remains so popular. Try this bubbly, orange drink out for yourself!

More bitter than the Aperol spritz, but even less boozy thanks to the lack of prosecco, it's a great medium for when you want a bitter cocktail but don't want a nap after.

Ingredients

• 3 ounces sauvignon blanc
• 2 ounces Campari
• Ice
• Club soda to top off
• Orange twist for garnish

Instructions

1. In a rocks glass, add ice, wine, and Campari.
2. Stir to mix.
3. Top off with club soda.
4. Garnish with an orange peel.

Unlike the traditional Campari-based Americano, this spritz utilizes an ingredient normally reserved for white negronis. It's slightly sweet and the perfect whisper of bitter.

Ingredients

• 1 ounce Suze
• 1 ounce white vermouth
• Ice
• Club soda to top off
• Orange peel and mint sprig for garnish

Instructions

1. In a highball glass, add ice, Suze, and white vermouth.
2. Top off with club soda.
3. Stir briefly to mix.
4. Garnish with an orange peel and mint sprig.

Sweet, sweet strawberries, and you don't need to race the clock to enjoy the flavors before they go bad. Well, maybe save a few for the garnish but if not, you can use a lemon wheel instead. Don't sweat it.

Ingredients

• 1½ ounces vanilla vodka
• ¾ ounce strawberry liqueur
• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• Ice
• Club soda to top off, plain or strawberry
• Strawberry for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, vanilla vodka, strawberry liqueur, and lemon juice.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
4. Top off with club soda.
5. Garnish with a strawberry.

You know those days when you're craving a lemonade but you want it to have a little sparkle? Consider those days gone. This is how you can have your lemonade and sparkle, too.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces blueberry vodka
• 4 ounces lemonade
• Ice
• Lemon club soda to top off
• Lemon slice for garnish

Instructions

1. In a rocks or highball glass, add ice, blueberry vodka, and lemonade.
2. Top off with club soda.
3. Stir briefly to mix.
4. Garnish with a lemon slice.

A quick muddle of cucumbers, a splash of lime juice, and a helping of gin and you have a spritz cocktail for watching the flowers grow. Or watching someone else mow the lawn.

Ingredients

• 1½ ounces gin
• 2-3 cucumber wheels
• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• ½ ounce elderflower liqueur
• ½ ounce simple syrup
• Ice
• Club soda to top off
• Cucumber wheel for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle cucumber wheels with simple syrup.
2. Add ice, gin, lime juice, and elderflower liqueur.
3. Shake to chill.
4. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
5. Top off with club soda.
6. Garnish with a cucumber wheel.

Easy summertime sipping, the red wine spritzer is the go-to drink for the sunshine. And there's no need to worry about the color of your teeth.

Explore the different road tequila offers. You were growing tired of the usual margarita and when you add bubbles, well, tequila just hits differently. #DoItForTheGram

Ingredients

• 1½ ounces tequila
• ½ ounce Aperol
• ½ ounce grapefruit juice
• Ice
• Club soda to top off
• Grapefruit slice for garnish

Instructions

1. In a rocks glass, add ice, tequila, Aperol, and grapefruit juice.
2. Stir to mix.
3. Top off with club soda.
4. Garnish with a grapefruit slice.

Don't be fooled, this is actually a three-ingredient cocktail in disguise. If you want to this have a little citrus, spring for four with a half ounce of lemon juice.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces gin
• 2 ounces pear nectar
• Ice
• Club soda to top off
• Pear slice and thyme sprig for garnish

Instructions

1. In a rocks glass, add ice, gin, and pear nectar.
2. Top off with club soda.
3. Stir briefly to mix.
4. Garnish with a pear slice and thyme sprig.

There's a whole big, wide world of spritz cocktails out there to tickle the tip of your nose and fill your world with bubbles. And none of them require gobs of time to make. Pick a spritz, make a spritz, and sprint out your door in no time. All that's left to do is choose a place to start.