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Aries (March 21 – April 19)
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Long Island Iced Tea
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Ingredients:
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3/4 ounce vodka
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3/4 ounce white rum
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3/4 ounce silver tequila
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3/4 ounce gin
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3/4 ounce triple sec
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3/4 ounce simple syrup
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3/4 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed
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Cola, to top
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Garnish: lemon wedge
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Steps
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Add the vodka, rum, tequila, gin, triple sec, simple syrup and lemon juice to a Collins glass filled with ice.
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Top with a splash of the cola and stir briefly.
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Garnish with a lemon wedge.
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Serve with a straw.
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Taurus (April 20 – May 20)
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White Russian
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Ingredients
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2 ounces vodka
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1 ounce Kahlúa
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1 splash heavy cream
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Steps
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Add the vodka and Kahlúa to a rocks glass filled with ice.
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Top with the heavy cream and stir.
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Gemini (May 21 – June 20)
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Aperol Spritz
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Ingredients
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Ice
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3 ounces (1 part) Aperol
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3 ounces (1 part) dry Prosecco
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1 ounce (a splash) club soda or unflavored sparkling water
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Orange slice, for garnish
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Steps
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Add ice to a wine glass until it is nearly full. Pour in the Aperol (I usually eyeball this and pour until I’ve filled about one-third of the glass).
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Pour in an equal amount of Prosecco. Top your drink off with a splash of club soda and add a slice of orange. Enjoy!
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Cancer (June 21 – July 22)
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Grapefruit Sunrise
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Ingredients
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1 part regular vodka
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2 parts ruby red grapefruit juice drink
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1 part orange liqueur
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Splash lemon juice
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Splash grenadine
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Optional: Ruby red grapefruit slices and/or rosemary sprigs for garnish
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Steps
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Mix vodka, ruby red grapefruit juice, orange liqueur, and lemon juice together and pour in a glass over ice. Top with grenadine. Garnish with grapefruit slices and/or rosemary sprigs, if desired.
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Leo (July 23 – August 22)
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Sex on the Beach
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Ingredients
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ice
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50ml vodka
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25ml peach schnapps
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2 oranges, juiced, plus 2 slices to garnish
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50ml cranberry juice
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glacé cherries, to garnish (optional)
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Steps
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Fill two tall glasses with ice cubes. Pour the vodka, peach schnapps and fruit juices into a large jug and stir.
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Divide the mixture between the two glasses and stir gently to combine. Garnish with the cocktail cherries and orange slices.
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Virgo (August 23 – September 22)
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Negroni
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Ingredients
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1 ounce gin
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1 ounce Campari
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1 ounce sweet vermouth
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Garnish: orange peel
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Steps
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Add the gin, Campari and sweet vermouth to a mixing glass filled with ice, and stir until well-chilled.
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Strain into a rocks glass filled with large ice cubes.
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Garnish with an orange peel.
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Libra (September 23 – October 22)
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Farmers Cocktail:
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Ingredients:
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3 1-inch-thick cubes watermelon
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3/4 ounce simple syrup
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2 ounces Veev spirit
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1/4 ounce Aperol
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1 ounce tomato juice, freshly pressed
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3/4 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
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Garnish: 3 cherry tomatoes, speared
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Steps:
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Add the watermelon cubes and simple syrup into a shaker and muddle.
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Add the Veev, Aperol, and tomato and lime juices, plus ice, and shake until well-chilled.
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Double-strain into a highball glass.
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Garnish with three speared cherry tomatoes.
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Scorpio (October 23 – November 21)
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Watermelon Mojito
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Ingredients
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4 ounces seedless watermelon, chopped
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4 large mint leaves
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1 tablespoon agave nectar
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1/4 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
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1 1/2 ounces light rum
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Garnish: lemon twist
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Steps
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In a shaker, muddle the watermelon and mint with the agave nectar and lime juice.
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Add the rum and fill the shaker with ice.
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Shake until well chilled, and strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
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Garnish with a lemon twist.
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Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21)
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whiskey sour
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Ingredients
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2 ounces bourbon
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¾ ounce fresh lemon juice
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¾ ounce simple syrup
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½ orange wheel (for serving)
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Maraschino cherry (for serving)
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Steps
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Combine bourbon, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker.
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Fill the shaker with ice, cover, and shake vigorously until the outside of the shaker is very cold, about 20 seconds.
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Strain cocktail through a Hawthorne strainer or a slotted spoon into an old-fashioned or rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with orange wheel and cherry.
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Capricorn (December 22 – January 19)
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Mango Mimosas (Add cut up Strawberries for a fun addition)
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Ingredients
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2 ounces Mango juice smoothie
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Sparkling wine, chilled, to top (best with prosecco or champagne – but the cheap stuff)
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Sliced strawberries (optional)
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Steps
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Optional: Add a tablespoon of slice strawberries to the champagne flute
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Pour the juice into a Champagne flute.
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Top with the sparkling wine.
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Aquarius (January 20 – February 18)
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Blue Hawaii
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Ingredients
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1 ounce white rum
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1 ounce vodka
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¾ ounce blue curacao
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2 ounces pineapple juice
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½ ounce lime juice
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½ ounce lemon juice
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½ ounce simple syrup
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Crushed ice, for serving
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Garnish: pineapple wedge, cocktail cherry, drink umbrella (optional)
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Steps:
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Place the rum, vodka, blue curacao, pineapple juice, lime juice, lemon juice and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add 2 handfuls of ice and shake until cold.
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Strain the drink into a hurricane glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with a pineapple wedge and cherry.
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Pisces (February 19 – March 20)
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Moscow Mule
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Ingredients
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2 ounces vodka
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1/2 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
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3 ounces ginger beer, chilled
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Garnish: lime wheel
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Steps
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Fill a Moscow Mule mug (or highball glass) with ice, then add the vodka and lime juice.
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Top with the ginger beer.
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Garnish with a lime wheel.
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