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