The ten best Aperol cocktails you’ll ever taste
Starting with the original Aperol Spritz, which we won’t leave out, these ten Aperol cocktails will be your best ally.
10 Aperol cocktails to taste
Aperol Spritz Original
Ingredients
Equal parts of Aperol
Equal parts of Prosecco
A squirt of soda
Garnish
Orange slice
Type of glass
Glass of wine
Preparation
Mix all the ingredients in a glass of wine with ice and mix gently. Decorate with a slice of orange.
Brockmans Summer Negroni
Ingredients
2 oz (60 ml) Gin
1 oz (30 ml) Antica Formula
1 oz (30 ml) Aperol
Raspberries
Garnish
Dehydrated orange
Type of glass
Rock
Preparation
Machaca 4 raspberries in a cocktail shaker and add ice cubes with the rest of the ingredients. Shake well until it cools down. Strain twice into the rock vessel over an ice sphere. Decorate with a slice of dried orange.
Ten Spot
By John Walter of Outlier, Seattle.
Ingredients
1.5 oz (45 ml) London dry gin style
.5 oz (15 ml) Aperol
.5 oz (15 ml) Grapefruit
.5 oz (15 ml) lime
Type of glass
Champagne flute
Preparation
Mix ingredients with ice. It’s in the champagne flute.
Summer City Spritz
By Kenneth McCoy, Creative Director for The Rum House
Ingredients
1.5 oz (45 ml) Rum
.5 oz (15 ml) Aperol
.75 oz (7.5 ml) watermelon juice
.5 oz (15 ml) simple syrup
.5 oz (15 ml) lemon juice
Sparkling water
Type of glass
Glass of wine
Garnish
Mint leaves
Preparation
Combine ingredients in a glass of wine with ice and mix. Add sparkling water at the end and decorate with mint leaves.
Maya Bay
Ingredients
1.5 oz (45 ml) Mandarin tequila
.5 oz (15 ml) Agave Syrup
.75 oz (7.5 ml) Freshly squeezed lime juice
.5 oz (15 ml) Aperol
Garnish
A quarter of a lime
Type of glass
Martini glass / Coupe
Preparation
Combine and shake well, pour into a double rock glass with an extra large ice cube. Decorate with lemon.
The Airedale
Of the simplest Aperol cocktails, the Airedale from Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox blends bourbon and syrup, resembling an Old Fashioned.
By KY Belk of Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, Denver
Ingredients
2.5 oz (75 ml) Bourbon
75 oz (7.5 ml) Aperol
1 tsp simple syrup
Garnish
Grapefruit zest
Type of glass
Rock
Preparation
Combine ingredients in a mixing glass with ice and mix for 10-15 seconds. Filter into the rock vessel over a large block of ice. Decorate with grated grapefruit.
D.B Cooper
By Red Star Tavern, Portland
Ingredients
.75 oz (7.5 ml) Whiskey
.75 oz (7.5 ml) Aperol
.75 oz (7,5 ml) Amaro
.75 oz (7.5 ml) Lemon juice
Type of glass
Coupe
Preparation
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Mix with ice and strain twice into the glass.
MacNamara Rose
By Joaquín Simó de Pouring Ribbons
Ingredients
2 oz (60 ml) Irish Whiskey
.75 oz (7,5 ml) Lillet Rosé
.5 oz (15 ml) Aperol
2 slices of cucumber
1 pinch Kosher salt
Garnish
Cucumber bow
Type of glass
Rock
Preparation
Crush the cucumber slices in a mixing glass. Add ice and other ingredients. Stir and double strain into the glass. Decorate with cucumber bow.
Strawberry Letter
With the return of the shrub in bars, cocktails take on another dimension, a way to vary Aperol cocktails with sweet tastes like strawberry.
By Meaghan Dorman of Dear Irving, Hudson
Ingredients
.5 oz (15 ml) of Strawberry Shrub*.
1 oz (30 ml) Aperol
3 oz (90 ml) Rosé wine
1 oz (30 ml) seltzer, to taste
Garnish
4 Strawberry slices
Type of glass
Glass of wine
*Strawberry Shrub: Wash 10 strawberries and cut them into quarters. Let them rest in two cups of sugar overnight and then add 2 cups of raspberry vinegar and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Add mixture to skillet until boiling and remove immediately. Let cool, filter strawberries and bottle.
Preparation
Build the ingredients -except the seltzer- in a glass of wine on the rocks. Stir to combine and decorate with 4 slices of strawberry.
Turbo Lover
Another Aperol cocktail with an interesting twist using Ancho Reyes spiced liqueur and coffee liqueur, for the strong palates.
By Nitecap, NYC
Ingredients
.5 oz (15 ml) Aperol
.5 oz (15 ml) coffee liqueur
A strip of bitter Cardamom
Type of glass
Rock
Preparation
Build the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and filter in a rock glass with fresh ice.
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