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Top 10 cocktail recipes for August 2025

05 August 2025 By Rupert Hohwieler

Shakers and bar spoons at the ready, here are 10 of the best cocktail recipes to make from home this month.

A spritz named after Renais co-founder Emma Watson landed in our 10 cocktail recipes for August

The forecast for August says it should be hot (not to jinx it) – and that means it’s prime time for refreshing summer cocktails. And right on cue, this month’s roundup of recipes is here to help, whether you’re a novice behind the bar or not.

Itching for more cocktail-making inspiration? Check out our recipes from June and July.

If you have a cocktail recipe that would fit in next month’s roundup, get in touch at info@thespiritsbusiness.com.

Elderflower Old Fashioned

This summer twist on an Old Fashioned isn’t too fussed about tradition, it just wants to chill by the pool all day.

Ingredients:

60ml Sagamore Spirit Small Batch Rye Whiskey
22ml Blood orange juice
15ml Elderflower syrup
1 dash Orange-blossom water
Garnish: Basil leaf and cucumber ribbon

Method: Add ice to a mixing glass and stir in ingredients. Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube. Garnish with basil leaf and cucumber ribbon.

Desi Mango Spritz

Desi Daru’s South Asian-inspired Spritz calls for a sundowner, and will make your backyard feel a little more like the beach in Goa.

Ingredients:

25ml Desi Daru Alphonso Mango vodka
25ml Sauvignon Blanc
100ml London Essence Co Peach & Jasmine Soda
Curry leaf

Method: Pour Desi Daru Alphonso Mango vodka and the other ingredients into a wine glass. Fill your glass to the top with ice cubes. Add a few curry leaves and give the drink a quick stir.

The Breakfast Ball

The Breakfast Ball is often associated with golf as a precursor to a perfect day out on the course.

Ingredients:

50ml Elijah Craig Bourbon
10ml Honey
Grapefruit soda
Grapefruit wedge

Method: Stir your Elijah Craig Bourbon and honey in a Highball glass until dissolved. Add ice, top with grapefruit soda, and stir again. Garnish with a grapefruit wedge and serve.

Mount Gay XO Coco Hill

Barbados is never too far away when you have this simple recipe from Mount Gay to hand.

Ingredients:

60ml XO
1 Coconut water ice cube

Method: Place the coconut water ice cube into an Old Fashioned glass. Add XO and serve.

Emerson

This cocktail from Tatratea has a vintage European summer aesthetic, plus a subtle sweetness to taste.

Ingredients:

40ml Taratea 52% Original
20ml Almond syrup
100ml Apple juice
100ml Soda water
Lemon juice
Ice

Method: Fill a tall glass with ice and add Tatratea 52%, almond syrup, and apple juice. Squeeze in a dash of fresh lemon juice, top with soda water, and stir gently.

The Classic Laddie Highball

It’s as easy as giving the ingredients a good stir and hey presto, you’ve got yourself a top-tier Highball.

Ingredients:

50ml Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie
10ml Crème De Peche and Fino Sherry blend
Soda water
Lemon twist

Method: Fill a Highball glass with cubed ice. Pour in The Classic Laddie and Crème de Peche/Fino Sherry blend, top with soda water, stir and garnish with a lemon twist.

Spicetache

Mauritian rum brand Beach House’s Spicetache cocktail is a real flavour bomb – nutty, sweet, and spiced.

Ingredients:

40ml Beach House White Spiced
20ml Joseph Cartron triple sec
25ml Pistachio orgeat
25ml Lime juice
25ml Cloudy apple juice

Method: Mix all ingredients in a shaker, strain and serve in a tumbler glass. Garnish with green pistachio powder.

Pineapple Tommy’s Margarita

Throwing a tiki party and looking for a way to sneak a Margarita onto the cocktail lineup? This pineapple-flavoured variation will do the job.

Ingredients:

50ml Hacien Pineapple Tequila Blanco
20ml Agave syrup
20ml Lime juice

Method: Add all ingredients to a Boston shaker and shake well with ice. Strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with a dehydrated pineapple slice.

The Emma Spritz

This spruced-up Spritz from Renais oozes with French vineyard vibes.

Ingredients:

30ml Renais Gin
10ml Domaine Watson Chablis
20ml Elderflower syrup
20ml Fresh lemon juice
2 dashes Suze Gentian Liqueur
80ml Soda water

Method: Fill a large wine glass to the brim with large chunks of clear, good-quality ice. Add all ingredients and give a gentle stir with a long spoon to incorporate the ingredients but not to kill the bubbles.