Pick up a few bottles of your favourite Swan Valley spirits and bring out your inner mixologist with these cooling cocktail recipes.

Summer is the perfect time to shake things up with refreshing drinks made using the finest Swan Valley spirits. Whether you’re hosting a backyard barbecue or relaxing by the pool, these Swan Valley cocktail recipes will impress your guests and elevate your mixology game. Featuring zesty, sweet, and sophisticated blends, this guide highlights seven easy cocktail recipes that celebrate the unique flavours of Australian craft spirits.

Smashed Apple Spritz

By Damaged Goods Distilling

A reinvention of the classic Spritz cocktail, this sophisticated and captivating blend combines a trio of distinct flavours to create a memorable drinking experience. Crafted by expert mixologists, this cocktail embodies the perfect balance of sweet, sour, and fizz.

Ingredients:

60ml Smashed Apple Aperitivo
90ml Funk Perth Cider (dry apple cider)
30ml soda water
Garnish: Fresh apple slices

Method:

Add the three ingredients into an empty wine glass.
Top with cubed ice and garnish with slices of fresh apple.

Lady Marmalade

By Limeburners & Giniversity in the Valley

An all-time favourite among the Giniversity bar staff, Lady Marmalade is a little sweet and sour. It blends the bold Giniversity Barrel Aged gin, blushed red from Shiraz barrels, with citrus and sticky marmalade. It’s the perfect afternoon refresher with attitude.

Ingredients:

30ml Giniversity Barrel Aged
60ml grapefruit juice
15ml lime juice
1 tablespoon orange marmalade
Garnish: Orange and rosemary

Method:

Shake all of the ingredients together with ice, then strain into a glass filled with fresh ice.
Garnish with a wheel of orange and sprig of rosemary.

Lemon Vodka Collins

By AmberChes Spirits

Impress your tastebuds with the bright and tangy flavours found in this simple and refreshing summer beverage.

Ingredients:

60ml AmberChes Lemon Vodka
30ml fresh lemon juice
15ml simple syrup Soda water
Garnish: Lemon wheel

Method:

In a cocktail shaker, add AmberChes Lemon Vodka, fresh lemon juice, and simple syrup. Add ice to the shaker and shake vigorously for 15-20 seconds until well combined.
Fill a highball glass with ice and strain the cocktail into the glass. Top with soda.
Give the cocktail a gentle stir to combine. Garnish with a lemon wheel and serve.

Caf-Fiend

By Old Young’s Distillery

Sweet, bitter, rich and toasty; Cold Drip Coffee Vodka is the backbone of this decadent yet refined cocktail. Averna Amaro adds a bittersweet sensation with some spice and, finally, a dash of salted agave syrup rounds things off.

Ingredients:

30ml Old Young's Cold Drip Coffee Vodka
30ml Averna (amaro)
7.5ml salted agave syrup
Garnish: Honey Joy (or orange peel)

Method:

Stir and strain ingredients over ice into a rocks glass.
Garnish with a Honey Joy.

Native Mojito

By Old Young’s Distillery

A refreshing cocktail to beat the heat. Great Northern Distillery has twisted up the classic mojito by using its spiced dark rum; Maiden Voyage Spiced Gold. Infused with lemon myrtle and roasted wattle seeds, Spiced Gold gives a gorgeous citrus burst and rounds out the palate with a waxy and nutty tone.

Ingredients:

30ml Maiden Voyage Spice Gold
4 fresh mint leaves (crushed in hand)
2 lime wedges (squeezed and left in glass)
Soda or lemonade
Garnish: Mint and lime wedge

Method:

Muddle the mint, lime and Maiden Voyage Spice Gold in a glass.
Add ice and top with soda (or lemonade).
Garnish with a mint sprig and lime wedge.

Sloth Martini

By Sin Gin

Sloth is a perfect gin for lazy summer days with pronounced juniper, plus coriander, cardamom and a hint of lemon myrtle. Let the botanicals sing when mixed in this simple martini.

Ingredients:

70ml Sloth Gin
10ml dry vermouth
1 teaspoon finger lime
Garnish: Lemon or lime twist

Method:

Pour dry vermouth over ice in a Nick and Nora glass.
In a separate glass, stir gin and ice until very chilled.
Place teaspoon of finger lime caviar in the bottom of the glass.
Garnish with a lemon or lime twist.

Herbee Mango Frosé

By Valley Social

This refreshing blend of Herbee Vodka and Caprice Rosé is summer favourite with its tropical touch of mango and peach syrup to balance.

Ingredients:

15ml Herbee Vodka
75ml Caprice Rosé
30ml Peach Monin syrup
300ml frozen mango (1 full short cocktail glass)
Garnish: Cocktail cherry, mint, dash of Caprice

Method:

Chill a coupe glass while preparing the cocktail.
Add the ingredients into a blender and blend.
Add a small scoop of ice and blend again.
Pour into the coupe glass.
Add a dash of Caprice Rosé.
Garnish with skewered cocktail cherry and sprig of mint.

These Swan Valley cocktail recipes are a testament to the region's commitment to quality craft spirits. Whether you’re experimenting with easy cocktail recipes or planning your next batch of refreshing summer drinks, Swan Valley’s finest spirits will elevate every sip. Gather your ingredients, bring out your inner mixologist, and enjoy the best of summer with these Swan Valley cocktail recipes.